Originally published in Blue Skies, February/March
2012
Ben Tustin, Co-Chairman,
Guernsey Film, looks at what the
organisation can provide in terms of financial structuring
solutions for films.
At the end of last year Guernsey Film gave a presentation
locally about who we are, what we do and what we are seeking to
achieve. We were also delighted to be able to announce that the
very popular book, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society, is set to be made into a movie by Fox Studios. They
are considering calling it Guernsey, have lined up Kenneth
Branagh as director, an Oscar-winning actress has been linked with
the lead role and the Island is also set to be the primary location
for much of the filming. Therefore, it is rather ironic that one of
my main messages to the audience at the presentation was that in
fact our group is not principally focused on persuading more
studios to shoot their films in Guernsey.
