Check the Gate offers complete production services in Portugal, France, Morrocco, and Italy. The company recently opened an operational base in Oporto in order to explore the potential of northern Portugal and the Douro Valley.

Check the Gate has a portfolio containing over 70,000 location pictures (in Portugal), including 400 high-end houses that are available free of charge. Find out more at the company's website, which will be fully up and running in June.

Jobs featured in this issue of Showcase include Ford Mondeo by Olaf Veltman, and 'Heartango' from Gabrielle Muccino for INTIMISSIMI, with Monica Bellucci.