For the City of Paris, it is a matter of reassuring producers. RONALD RAMPSCH/Ronald Rampsch – stock.adobe.com
Other cities could benefit from it, especially since filming represents a real financial windfall.
“My best commercial is Anne Hidalgo, mayor of Paris. We should send her a bouquet of flowers every day., jokes a specialist in filming based in the region. The ban on filming, from July 20 to the end of September 2024, in the heart of the capital because of the Olympic Games is causing a rush of productions to Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nice and Marseille. The opportunity for these cities to highlight their weather, their studios and their many technicians who have left Paris.
In the capital, parking permits for film shoots bring in more than 2.5 million euros per year for the town hall. For the Île-de-France region, there is no equivalent figure, but the seventh art, in the broad sense including studios and special effects, represents a contribution of 6 billion per year to France’s GDP.
“Hubs for hardware”
“Given the sums at stake, reassuring producers for the 2024 Olympics is our priority”, explains Rémi Bergues, director of Film Paris Région, the “Mr. Movie theater”…
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