Bollywood action-adventure film, Thugs Of Hindostan, filmed in Thailand

Benetone Films is honored to be the supervising producer in Thailand for one of Indian cinema’s biggest films this year, Thugs of Hindostan.

Yash Raj Films Production has pulled off an incredible casting coup by bringing together two of the biggest legends of Indian cinema, Amitabh Bachchan and Aamir Khan on screen for the first time.

The team filmed in never-seen-before jungles of Thailand, which adds to the scale of the movie. It will be a visual spectacle for audiences when they see the scenes filmed in these exotic locations.

Thugs of Hindostan is directed by Vijay Krishna Acharya and also stars Katrina Kaif and Fatima Sana Shaikh.

The film is an adaptation of the 1839 novel, Confessions of a Thug that explores the life of a gang that posed a serious challenge to the British Empire in India.

For more information about filming and production service in Thailand, feel free to contact us.

Commercial Shoot for HBL Bank – Behind The Scenes

Below are some photos from a video project for HBL Qatar Airways Credit Card. HBL Qatar Airways Credit Card is one of the most rewarding cards from the existing HBL Cards portfolio. This card is packed with Qmiles that can be earned while shopping, fueling up your car or buying a Qatar Airways ticket.

Video Shoot for Visa Myanmar - Behind the Scenes

Visa Myanmar has launched a set of videos featuring different local entrepreneurs in the country.

The testimonial videos were used as a powerful communication tool to showcase how Visa helps them have access to funds when they need them, and how having options of payment methods helps them attract more clients and customers.

To watch the final videos, please visit this page.

It's Cannes Time!

MEET US AT CANNES INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2018

Benetone Films together with the Ministry of Commerce, Royal Thai Government will be present at Marche Du Film, Cannes from 8 – 17 May 2018.

Come visit us at Marche du Film on the Thai Pavilion, Palais des Festival, Level 01, No. 22.01, Booth No.1 and learn about the latest developments in Thailand’s film industry.

Her Royal Highness Princess Ubolratana Rajakanya is presiding over Thai Night 2018 – Where Films Come Alive, an event of celebration of Thai cinema and its industry organized on May 12th by the Department of International Trade Promotion (DITP), Ministry of Commerce, Royal Thai Government.

For meeting schedule, email us at contact@benetonefilms.com.

FILM IN THAILAND - UP TO 20% CASH REBATE

Thailand is the number one production hub in South East Asia.

With state-of-the-art production and post production services, experienced English-speaking crews and talent, gorgeous locations, world-class hospitality services and affordable production costs, Thailand is the obvious destination for international productions.

In addition, Thailand just launched brand new film incentives. The new scheme, which became active in January 2017, offers a up to 20% production incentives.

For more information, email us at contact@benetonefilms.com.

Meet us at FILMART 2018!

Benetone Films at Hong Kong FILMART 2018!

Hong Kong FILMART is Asia's largest film and entertainment market, held at the Hong Kong Exhibition Centre, March 19 to 22, 2018.

We would like to extend an invitation to you to meet with us. Benetone FIlms will be located at Booth 1B-A14, No. 16. We promise to make your time with us worthwhile. We'll do our best to give you an entertaining and worthwhile experience.

Book Your Appointment. Email us at contact@benetonefilms.com

How to shoot successfully in Europe? - 3 Simple Tips

Your creative side wants it…Europe’s inspiring architecture, its hypnotic mountains, sun kissed beaches and wind swept coastlines. Countless legendary films have been shot here, and you know you can make your final product unique and great.
If only…
If only your practical side wasn’t so very aware of the challenges and hurdles, the nightmares of delays and cost overruns in the land of myriad languages and cultures.
Others have failed and you don’t want to be one of them.
But…
What if you could have the beauty without the beast that burns your pocket?

What if you could have it all?

1. Prepare Early

Yes, it’s obvious.

But also boring and so a surprising number procrastinate dealing with the details and end up paying much more than necessary in money and worse, precious time. Validity of passports, applying for visas, advance booking for flights and hotels, arranging your pickup, meals and local transport in Europe, finding a translator, applying for insurance. Also, is everyone including you, your customer and crew, in agreement on the exact objectives of the shoot?

Prepare early. Way early.

2. Research 

Thinking about taking your own gear? Make sure it’s compatible with the EU system. Also plan on dealing with customs at the airport.
Shooting in Southern Europe? Consider siesta hours while planning your shoots.
Are there any public or bank holidays during your shoot?
Do you have all the permits you need?
Are vegetarian and other special meals easily available for your crew?
Logistics. Gas is expensive, are you traveling by car or flight? Are your hotels close to the shoot site?
What about medical and other emergencies? Where are the nearest hospitals and how to get there?
Research is the tedious cousin of Tip # 1, and will punish you if ignored.

Attend to this before anything else.

3. Trust a Local Expert

This is the “Relax and Let Go” option, where you place all your tasks in the hands of a Capable Local Expert.

Someone who knows the Ins and Outs.
Someone who can Make Things Happen.
Someone who is able to:

— Produce and Line produce your Film
— Navigate the local culture and language
— Make sure your permits and paperwork are up to date and legitimate.
— Provide expert filming crew and world class equipment
— Enlist the support of local film commissions
— Provide logistics support for accommodation, local travel and filming.

Someone like Benetone Europa.


The above just a small sample of what our fully staffed Munich office has already done for more than 11 films and commercials in our first year of operations alone.

Worry should never be a part of your project brief, and we are here to ensure that your filming is always on schedule and always within budget.

Benetone Europa provides you with the stability and peace of mind you need so you can focus on what you do best. Film making. 

Contact Us Now and see how we can help you!

Winner of Most Preferred Shooting Provider at the Indywood Film Carnival

Benetone Films is honored and grateful to be awarded the Most Preferred Shooting Provider at the Indywood Film Carnival.

Presented by one of the most famous Indian filmmaker, Ashish Singh of Yash Raj Films, at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad, India - Benetone Films was chosen as the international company preferred by Indian producers when shooting abroad.

Thank you for acknowledging our contributions and support for international filmmakers.

New Music Video - Love Herby by Tia Ray

Benetone Films had a great time line producing the new music video of China's first R&B Pop Princess, Tia Ray.

It was a great experience for us and for the musician.  We had a great art team who got us some really slick and unique futuristic set that added a whole new element to the video and the production. We also had stunt performers for some brilliantly choreographed fighting scenes.

We had a beautiful location in an abandoned building in Bangkok, untapped and unused and could potentially be used for another shoot, maybe for your next horror film?

It was an overall satisfying experience knowing everyone part of the production team did an awesome job. Everyone truly created something from nothing.

Tia RAY袁娅维- 《流花Love Herby》MV
Director: Marco Kalantari

Give us your thoughts on the video. Visit benetonefilms.com to view our other projects.

We're going to AFM 2017!

Benetone Films will be part of the American Film Market 2017, to represent the strengths of Thailand's film industry.

Around sixty feature films come to shoot in Thailand each year. The new incentive measures are up and running, and offer up to 20% of local spend.

Benetone Films will represent the production services industry, having recently wrapped on ‘Attrition’, written and starring Stephen Seagal. Benetone bring the experience, local expertise, efficiency and transparency you need from a local partner.

BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENTS WITH BENETONE FILMS
Contact Dwight Hijastro at dwight@benetonefilms.com or contact@benetonefilms.com

Benetone Films line produced new Veet Smooth & Fresh's regional campaign

Benetone Films line produced a regional campaign for Veet Smooth & Fresh, and to boost the positive momentum of people's love and passion for the product, they worked with different female celebrities from different countries. Shraddha Kapoor for India, Mahira Khan for Pakistan, Mai Davika for Thailand, and Leyla Tugutlu for Turkey.

Through the regional campaign, Veet Smooth & Fresh is aiming to further increase the brand awareness across different regions.

Benetone Films joins Italian Film Festival Bangkok 2017

Benetone Films will be part of the Italian Film Festival Bangkok 2017.

We will take charge of the 1st Italian-Thai 90 Seconds Short Film Competition on the topic "Colour of Italy", where “Colour” is used in a broad sense to represent the feel, the touch, the smell of Italy in the daily life of Thai people.

The selected films will be screened at Quartier CineArt on the fourth floor of The EmQuartier from September 12-18.

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Italian Film Festival Bangkok 2017

The EmQuartier and Quartier CineArt will hold the “Italian Film Festival Bangkok 2017” in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy and the Dante Alighieri Cultural Association, within the framework of the Italian Festival in Thailand 2017 and with the invaluable support of Generali Thailand as Official Sponsor and in cooperation with Benetone Films.

The IFFB 2017 will screen seven critically-acclaimed Italian movies under the Artistic Direction of Maurizio Mistretta of Dante Alighieri Association. They are: “The Invisible boy”, “I, Harlequin”, “God Willing”, “Perfect Strangers”, “Like Crazy”, “The Francigena Path” and “Feather”. All movies will showcase a contemporary image of Italian culture through the quality of its best cinematographic productions, with genres ranging from Comedy to Drama, from Science Fiction to Documentary.

The Festival's launch will be on Tuesday 12th September 2017 at 18.30 hours at The EmQuartier with His Excellency, the Italian Ambassador to Thailand, Mr. Francesco Saverio Nisio, presiding over the opening ceremony, together with Thai-Italian actress Preem Ranida Techasit, followed by a screening of the movie “Like Crazy” (La Pazza Gioia). A 2016 Italian comedy film, it tells the story of two women from different backgrounds who become friends while being treated at a mental institution. This movie was screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

On the occasion of the “Italian Film Festival Bangkok 2017”, the Italian Embassy and Dante Alighieri Association will also organize three important collateral events:

1. Italian-Thai 90 seconds short film competition, in cooperation with Benetone Films, open to filmmakers and aspiring filmmakers in Thailand, Thai National and Expats. It encourages to discuss and produce 90 seconds short films on the topic "COLOUR OF ITALY", where "Colour" is used in a broad sense to represent the feel, the touch, the smell of Italy in the daily life of Thai people.
2. Roundtable on film distribution and co-production on the promotion of Italy and Thailand as "locations" for film-making by the two countries, on the 14th September 2017 at the Italian Embassy (by invitation only).
3. Workshop on Italian cinema organized by the Dante Alighieri Association in collaboration with Chulalongkorn University on 16th September.

Italian Film Festival Bangkok 2017 is held from 12th to 18th September at Quartier CineArt, 4th floor Building C, The EmQuartier. Tickets are 180, 200 or 700 baht for a special couple seats. Every film will be shown with English and, for the first time, also with Thai subtitles. For more information or reservations, please contact 02-515-5555 or visit majorcineplex.com.

Tencent Digital Campaign produced by Benetone Films

Because we're ambitions, we recently produced a new digital campaign for Tencent Video, China’s largest online video streaming website.

Tencent wanted us to put a unique spin on the video, something that would get viewers attention and at the same time being informative and being able to market their services to potential new users.'

They gave us a lot of creative control and were extremely happy with the way the final cut turned out. After being uploaded on QQ video platform for a month, the view clicks has exceeded 1.3 million. Show All TVC Feature Films Digital Video Others Europe US

A21 Can You See Me Campaign

Benetone Films are honored to be part of A21 for the “Can You See Me?” Campaign, which aims to bring awareness on the millions of men, women, and children who are currently trapped in slavery across the world.

Thanks to all the production team and crew on this. It was a very gratifying experience to be part of a powerful campaign… in hopes to open few more eyes to the needs of the victims.

Visit benetonefilms.com to view our other projects.

Benetone Films' latest commercial for Yamaha Tricity

Another futuristic commercial line produced by Benetone Films.

The new project features highly futuristic graphics combined with rich close ups of the vehicle. Set in Bangkok, Thailand, this is another collaboration with Taiyokikaku, the production house based in Japan.

Visit benetonefilms.com to view our other projects.

Visit benetonefilms.com to view our other projects.

Introducing Thai Director Chaw Khanawutikarn

Chaw Khanawutikarn was born in Bangkok, Thailand.

After studying Fine and Applied Arts at King Mongkut’s Institute of Technology, he worked as an assistant director for Phenomena. Following his strong passion for directing, he had his directing debut The Bandits Production House.

Since then, he has directed commercials for companies such as Pepsi, KFC, Johnnie Walker, Dutchmill and Thai Airways International.

SEE CHAW KHANAWUTIKARN'S PORTFOLIO

The 20th Shanghai International Film Festival

We're off to Shanghai for the 20th Shanghai International Film Festival on June 18 -20, 2017 at Shanghai Exhibition Center Eastern Hall 1 (2nd floor) Booth No. A2.

Benetone Films will be presenting 3 new films in-development including the $20M funded family-adventure film, Oliver Storm, developed by Benetone Films. This will be the biggest production in Thailand.

Feel free to drop us a note at contact@benetonefilms.com if you would like to arrange a meeting in Shanghai.

See you in Cannes!

SEE YOU IN CANNES!

May 15 – 21, 2017

Benetone Films is looking forward to partake in this year's Cannes International Film Festival. Will you be there, too? We’d love to see you!

With the aim to present what Benetone Films has to offer, we will be joining with DITP at Thailand Pavilion, Palais Level 01 , Booth No. 22.01, #9

This year, Benetone Films will be presenting 2 award-winning feature films and 3 new films in-development. We aim to create new opportunities for different filmmakers to exchange opinions towards Thai and foriegn movies in terms of creativity and business. 

Feel free to drop us a note at contact@benetonefilms.com if you would like to arrange a catch-up while in France!

Watch LOCKED UP Trailer

Benetone Films is incredibly proud to be part of the production of The Asylum's LOCKED UP, a no-holds-barred thriller starring Christiana Chaiwanna, Katrina Grey, Kelly McCart and Jared Cohn.

The sequel to the cult classic JAIL BAIT, LOCKED UP is the story of an American teenager who gets bullied at her school in Southeast Asia, she fights back–and gets sent to a reform school. But the “school” is more like a prison, and the young teenager must fend off predatory guards and menacing gangs to survive.

Directed by Jared Cohn, LOCKED UP premieres June 20th on NETFLIX.

Watch Trailer of The Asylum’s King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table

We are incredibly proud to be involved in the production of The Asylum's latest film, King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Filmed in Thailand, the film is a modern retelling of the of the classic tale, starring Sara Malakul Lane, Eoin O’Brien, Byron Gibson, Svitlana Zavialova, and Elidh MacQueen. King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is directed by Jared Cohn.

Synopsis: The Legends Return this May! Facing certain defeat, Merlin banishes the evil enchantress Morgana and her son Mordred to the ends of universe. Vowing revenge, Morgana and her son return to Earth, hell-bent on destroying every last descendant of King Arthur and his Knights.

See you at ADFEST 2017!

In anticipation for the market, Benetone Films would like to extend an invitation to you to meet and discuss future business during ADFEST 2017. Meet us from March 22 - 25, 2017 at Booth No. P2 - Production Hut, Royal Cliff Hotel, Pattaya, Thailand

Contact us directly at song@benetonefilms.com or contact@benetonefilms.com and we'll set a time to discuss your next production. We promise to make your time with us worthwhile. We'll do our best to give you an entertaining and worthwhile experience.