Kent Film Office

small cape wrath posterThe Kent Film Office is a Kent County Council initiative which aims to promote Kent's urban, industrial and countryside locations as major film and television venues, benefitting the county's economy.

In filming terms, Kent has suffered from three major preconceptions:

  • It has 'one look' - the Garden of England
  • It is too far from London's major film studios and production centres
  • A lack of creative sector support and/or resources makes it difficult to organise a shoot

 

The Kent Film Office was launched in March 2006 to counteract this.

Since its launch, the Film Office has managed to secure some Eastenders, at a shoot in Stansteadhigh profile productions such as:

  • Cape Wrath
  • BBC Emma
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Sherlock Holmes

This has benefited many local businesses, communities and attractions and in total has generated in excess of £14 million into the Kent economy (not counting tourism and marketing).

The Film Office also established a Kent Film and Television Board

It's made up of key industry players, such as Brenda Blethyn, Actor, Geoff Miles, MD Maidstone Studios, Jo Nolan, CEO Screen South, etc.

The other Boleyn girl posterThese high profile figures will act as advocates and ambassadors for Kent, encouraging more productions to locate in the county. The board will also help the Kent Film Office to expand and adapt by keeping it abreast of industry requirements.

The Kent Film Office and Visit Kent in partnership with National Trust, English Heritage Penshurst Place and Hever Castle also worked on a film tourism campaign, capitalising on the feature film The Other Boleyn Girl, featuring key Kent Heritage Locations.

The campaign brought over £1 million to the Kent economy and helped to raise the profile of Kent locations both as film settings and tourist attraction.

The Kent Film office also recently launched a Kent Moviemap to help maximise the increasing benefits of set-jetting to the Kent economy.

For more information on Kent County Council's Kent Film Office please visit the website.

Contacts:

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Kent County Council
County Hall
Maidstone
Kent ME14 1XQ

county.hall @kent.gov.uk

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08458 247 905

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