Vis one of the favourites for European Film Location of the Year title
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The Croatian island of Vis is one of the favourites for the European Film Location Award for the best European location.
The European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) announced the finalists in the European Film Location Award for the best European location earlier this month.
Among the candidates this year was the island of Vis thanks to the filming of Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again!. The sequel to the Hollywood blockbuster, which starred Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Cher, was filmed in September and October last year on the island of Vis for 24 days, with more than 270 Croatian film professionals and extras engaged.
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Voting was opened to the public and after three weeks of votes, Vis is one of the favourites for the title. Vis was the second top location in voting over the last week, just behind Corfu where The Durrells was filmed.
Public voting will close tomorrow on Friday, 30 November. To vote click here.
Last year the award was won by German town of Görlitz which was a filming location in the Wes Anderson film The Grand Budapest Hotel.
There are 12 finalists for this year’s award:
1. Corfu Island
The Durrells by Oliver Kienle (2017)
2. Fort St. Elmo, National War Museum, Valletta
Murder on the Orient Express by Kenneth Branagh (2017)
3. Frankfurt, Financial District
Bad Banks by Christian Schwochow (2018)
4. Hotel Metropole – Brussels
The Happy Prince by Rupert Everett (2018)
5. Innsbruck, the old town
Tiger Zinda Hai by Ali Abbas Zafar (2017)
6. Lake Carezza, Karersee – Nova Levante (Bolzano)
The girl in the Fog by Donato Carrisi (2017)
7. Michaelerplatz – Vienna
Red Sparrow by Francis Lawrence (2018)
8. Preikestolen, The Pulpit Rock – Forsand (Rogaland)
Mission: Impossible – Fallout by Christopher McQuarrie (2018)
9. Tabernas Desert – Almería
The Sisters Brothers by Jacques Audiard (2018)
10. Teide National Park – Tenerife (Canary Islands)
Yucatán by Daniel Monzón (2018)
11. The island of Vis
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again by Ol Parker (2017)
12. Valle dei Calanchi – Bagnoregio (Viterbo)
Happy as Lazzaro by Alice Rorhwacher (2018)
