Many foreign teams come to Portugal, looking forward to working at beautiful locations with excellent lighting conditions and good weather. And Gaby Corrêa Producer is there to help on productions throughout Portugal.

Recent productions were for:

• Philipp Rathmer, who was back in Lisbon again - the shoot was a good combination of talented photographer, smooth production and very good locations
• Thomas Hoeffgen, recently in Lisbon
• Johannes Rodach, shooting in Madeira

The company provides a full range of production services for photo and commercial productions throughout Portugal and Brazil.

Established by Maria João Mayer and François d'Artemare, each with solid individual experience in Portugal and France respectively, Filmes do Tejo is one of Portugal's most active production companies.

It offers executive production and production services for advertising, made-for-TV films and feature films, taking advantage of the good Portuguese climate, a wide variety of shooting locations, competitive production costs, and the experience of professional teams with recognised technical knowledge.

Filmes de Tejo also produces its own documentaries, short films, feature films and TV programming.

IKEA Russia
Shot in 2 days with a flock of 30 'not very enthusiastic' sheep! Apparently, it was quite exhausting, as the sheep did not respect any orders from the 1st AD... Produced by Silvia Reis for Artists Group, assisted by Claudia Santos.

NIKON UK
Produced by Silvia Reis for Artists Group, assisted by Claudia Santos.

Car Production
Editorial, brochure and promo film. Three productions back to back. Produced by James Dubec and Silvia Reis for Artists Group, locations by Vitor Serra, permits with Claudia Santos.

Alpen Gold Russia
This was the second shoot for the Russian chocolate, but this time had actors skimming up and down drain pipes whilst suspended by riggers for safety. Featured one of Lisbon's most beautiful buildings. Director Pat Holden, DOP Andre Szankowski, produced by Marilyn Alexander for Artists Group.

KATER Ukraine
Produced by Pedro Louro for Artists Group, assisted by Carla Dias.

SOKOS Russia
Produced by James Dubec for Artists Group.

Check the Gate is a production company based in Lisbon, and working throughout Portugal.

Recent projects include ALDO through Blondie NYC, BMW through Steiner-Films, and Ford Mondeo through Olaf Veltman.

The company - whose whole approach is based around client satisfaction - is currently expanding into Italy. Check the Gate Executive Producer in Rome is Nuno Martins.

Alexander Koch photographic studio is located in the heart of Lisbon, surrounded by a wide assortment of nearby locations.

The studio provides in-house production, postproduction and location scouting.

It has a large network of dedicated professionals ready, in their words, 'to take on any kind of challenge'.

Spot Lighting Service has been operating in Lisbon for a year now, following their mission of 'providing a high quality service and supplying the best lighting equipment in town'.

Local companies and professionals as well as teams from abroad have one more reason to shoot in Lisbon: they can rely on Spot Lighting Service to supply all the lighting equipment they need for their production...

The last three months have been a busy time for photographer Simon Frederick. He was commissioned to shoot a fashion editorial for Essential Lisboa with cars from Maserati, Porsche, BMW, Jaguar and Mercedes and featuring clothes from Dolce & Gabanna, Prada, Givenchy and others.

The advertising community has also taken to this photographer, filling his schedule with shoots for mobile phone company TMN, Nestlé Waters, Grao Vasco Wines, Mapfre and Fidelidade Mundial Insurance.

Simon also found time to shoot the CD covers for two new Portuguese bands Killagees and Gloss.

Simon's new website is due for launch in a few weeks...

A member of 'The Great Hotels of The World', Dom Pedro Palace is a five-star hotel located in the heart of Lisbon with an exclusive and wonderful view over the city and the Tagus River.

Dom Pedro Palace Hotel is known as the 'Celebrity's Hotel' - it was recently the official hotel for ModaLisboa and is scheduled to be the official hotel of Rock In Rio stars in 2008.

There is fashionable gourmet Italian cuisine at Ristorante Il Gattopardo, an obligatory stop for gourmets who appreciate a true Italian gastronomic experience.

Make your reservation at [email protected], or see the website.

Jules Verne's Nautilus inspired the design of the Alcantara Café.

This restaurant-bar offers a nice mix between the industrial and a classy atmosphere... something very special.

Alcantara Café is one of the pioneering restaurants in Lisbon that completely changed Portuguese habits twenty years ago - and has gone on improving that same high quality service and cuisine ever since.

Production company Republica Das Bananas says it can offer some of the most competitive prices in western Europe.

Being in Lisbon also means some of the best weather in Europe along with breathtaking locations (traditional, landscape and cosmopolitan), high-end equipment, studios and qualified professional crews.

Its in-house team is fluent in English, Spanish and French.

Republica has developed several service productions, such as 'Sun Jeans' for Radioaktive and 'maison du cafe' for Partizan and also shoots national productions, meaning it can offer the best equipment/crew deals.