Filming on the Gold Coast
Film and Television productions continue to relocate from Hollywood to the Gold Coast, with A-listers flocking to our city. As a result, we have one of the world's most successful screen industries
The Gold Coast has a long and proud tradition of film and television production. The city is an enviable filming location for any production company, with a diverse range of easily accessible locations, world-class studios, and highly-skilled production crews experienced in both film and television. We are also the first local government in Australia to provide incentives to attract these productions to our city.
"We have a huge base of crew out of the Gold Coast that have been working with us, really professional and have really pulled off a lot of miracles for us." – Rob Cowan, Executive Producer for San Andreas & Aquaman.
Why film here?
- Home of internationally-renowned Village Roadshow Studios
- A diverse range of spectacular filming locations
- Australia's first local city offering financial incentives in addition to state and federal incentives
- World-class film and television production crews and equipment
- A sub-tropical environment with warm weather and sunshine all year round
- Screen-friendly local government with fast-track permit applications and dedicated city support
- A fibre optic cable network that provides some of Australia's fastest internet services
- The largest Wi-Fi network in Australia
- A strong local industry and education providers specialising in film and television
- Access to two international airports – a 13-hour direct flight to Los Angeles and a one-hour flight to Sydney.
Coupled with world class crew and a level of craftsmanship from our teams that always elevated our project ambitions, Queensland and the Gold Coast have shown us the very best Australia has to offer.
It’s a beautiful, dream-like place to live, work and play - with hospitality, goodwill, good cheer and great talent in spades.
Chris Loveall
Executive Producer, Nautilis
Diverse & accessible locations
The Gold Coast is famous for its beautiful sub-tropical climate, 57 kilometres (35 miles) of coastline, 260 kilometres (161 miles) of waterways and world heritage-listed rainforests. The diverse range of accessible locations allows for many landscapes to be replicated within the region.
From city or country scenes, beautiful beaches and sub-tropical rainforests, to a unique blend of architecture, scenic roads and city locations, the Gold Coast offers production companies accessible locations.
You can make believe it here
Gold Coast Film Commission Showreel
State-of-the-art studios
The Village Roadshow Studios offers world-class film production facilities comprising 9 sound stages, 3 water tanks, 10 production offices, editing suites, wardrobe, makeup, construction, paint and carpentry workshops.
As one of the largest studio lots in the Southern Hemisphere, stages vary in size with an overall floor area of 14,564m2 (156,731 square feet). All sound stages are equipped with current industry-standard facilities including air conditioning, extraction fans, steel grids and catwalks.
The water tank has a surface area of 1200m2 (12,915 square feet), holds 6 million litres of water and has state-of-the-art filtration and heating systems that allows the tank water to be heated to 32°C (89.6°F).
Internationally recognised crews
The Gold Coast's film industry is powered by some of the world's top cast and crew, boasting a range of experience in Australian and international production. Experienced Heads of Department and world-leading technicians who have worked on some of the world's most complex physical productions.
Recent productions powered by locals include:
- Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Season 2, Legendary Television
- Dangerous Animals, Brouhaha Entertainment
- How to Make Gravy, Warner Bros. International Television Productions
- Nautilus, Moon Stories Pty Ltd
- Eden, Imagine Entertainment
- Mortal Kombat 2, Newline Cinema
- La Brea – Season 3, NBC Universal Television
- Elvis, Warner Bros.
Our crews are multi-skilled, versatile and cover a wide variety of including feature films, television series and movies of the week and pilots.
Major productions filmed on the Gold Coast
The Gold Coast has attracted international and national production companies to the region to film over $1.9 billion of productions.
Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
Mortal Kombat 2
Land of Bad
Elvis
Spiderhead
Thirteen Lives
Ticket to Paradise
The Portable Door
Thor: Ragnarok
Aquaman
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Fool's Gold
Godzilla vs Kong
Kong: Skull Island
Nim's Island
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
San Andreas
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
The House of Wax
True Spirit
Unbroken
Audrey
How to Make Gravy
Eden
Spit
The Bluff
Dangerous Animals
Balls Up
Apples Never Fall
Rock Island Mysteries – Seasons 1 and 2
Boy Swallows Universe
Darby and Joan
Nautilus
La Brea – Season 3
Troppo – Seasons 1 and 2
Irreverent
The Wilds
Bureau of Magical Things – Seasons 1 and 2
H20: Just Add Water – Seasons 1, 2 and 3
Mako: Island of Secrets – Seasons 1 and 2
Reef Break
Terra Nova
The End
Upright – Season 2
Rock Island Mysteries – Seasons 1, 2 and 3
Black Snow – Season 2
Good Cop, Bad Cop
Monarch: Legacy of Monsters – Season 2
Black Paean – Season 2
SurfNetwork on the Gold Coast
We are the first Council in Australia to invest in 864-core carrier grade fibre optic network with capacity to deliver 1Gbps internet service. This is 60 times faster than the average internet service. Our aim is to provide a digital infrastructure network that has greater capacity and an efficient, cost-effective way to move large footage files overseas during production.
The network was utilised during the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and helped to support local business during the pandemic.
Find out more about our digital connectivity , as well as our investment in the Gold Coast SurfNetwork (fibre optic) .
