Valladolid - Spain
Shooting Locations Marketplace 2026
This year, I had the privilege of attending this prestigious event in Valladolid, where I met and networked with film commissions from around the world. It was an opportunity to learn about the incentives available to film and television productions—and, just as importantly, to discover the remarkable locations each country has to offer.
The location diversity is extraordinary: from Portugal’s dramatic Atlantic cliffs, Spain’s high deserts ready for a western and the pine forests of south-west France to the Alps of Switzerland, Austria and northern Italy. Norway’s fjords, Scotland’s tarns, Malta’s Crusader castles and the port of Montevideo all offer distinctive settings waiting to be explored and filmed. And this is just a drop in the ocean…..
Contact me to discuss your production plans and explore the possibilities for filming overseas.
Fam Trip - Estonia
A Baltic Jewel
After the Marketplace, I travelled to Estonia with the Estonian Film Commission to explore this lesser-known Baltic country. More closely aligned with Scandinavia than with neighbouring Russia, Estonia is a regional jewel, with a population of 1.3 million and forests covering 51% of its land.
We began in Tallinn, which hosted the motorway action sequence in Christopher Nolan’s Tenet. The city’s main motorway was closed for eight weeks to enable filming. From there, we travelled to Tartu, Estonia’s university city, before crossing the country to Narva on the Russian border. The surrounding region and towns could convincingly double for a Soviet-era setting.
Estonia offers a 40% cash rebate, along with an exceptional range of locations that you can explore here.
https://filmestonia.eu/
Location Filming
Enola Holmes 3
In 2025, I supervised location filming in Malta for the third Enola Holmes film. Supporting the locations team as they moved a 200-person crew across the island, including filming on clifftops, in the medieval streets of Mdina and at a private country house in Valletta. We also used the Malta film studio large water tank—an impressive facility in its own right.
Malta offers a remarkable variety of period settings. Although the Enola Holmes story was set on the island, the film portrayed Malta during the Victorian era. Productions are rarely set in Malta itself; instead, its locations often double for other parts of the Mediterranean or for different historical periods.
Malta is well connected to Europe and the wider world, with highly experienced crews and two of the world’s largest and deepest water tanks. English is widely spoken, and the climate is generally mild throughout the year, although temperatures in July and August can exceed 40°C.
