Interest of filmmakers in Slovakia has increased, Van Helsing should also be filmed here

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Orava Castle made it to the vampire films several times, most recently in Dracula mini-series by Netflix and BBC.Orava Castle made it to the vampire films several times, most recently in Dracula mini-series by Netflix and BBC. (Source: Sme)

After Netflix's Dracula filmed in Slovakia last year, big Hollywood productions are expected in the country this year.

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“Currently, the shooting of the Van Helsing project is in the pre-production phase and there were tours of Slovak sites for several projects that could be filmed in the second half of 2020,” Zuzana Bieliková of the Slovak Film Commission told the TASR newswire.

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The legislation with which parliament decided to increase the volume of retrograde grants of used costs when filming in Slovakia helped intensify the interest of filmmakers in shooting their projects in Slovakia, according to Bieliková.

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