AG FILMS is a Canadian-Portuguese film service company based in Lisbon. The international team works exclusively for international clients, offering a full range of film, TV and photo production services, as well as artificial snow for shooting in Portugal.

Portugal offers a broad range of shooting locations. From urban modern to ancient architecture, it is a great ‘stand-in’ for any country. Lush green forests, rocky coastlines and vast mountains are all just a short drive from Lisbon.

After an extremely busy 2015 and a great start to 2016, the company is expanding its Lisbon office and adding more staff.

Raised between Africa and Europe, Isabel's upbringing has given her a very unique style, vibrant and free spirit. Having a background in anthropology adds a very different perspective on the way Isabel “sees” people, children, and life. This gives a very emotional approach to her work that has become her trademark, reflected in fashion, catalogues, commercial work, life style and portraiture.

With three books published, her clients include Coca Cola, Sumol, Nestlé, and Telkom. Her work has been published in Vogue, Elle Magazine, Marie Claire, Monocle, El País, and Expresso. Catalogue work includes clients from all over and brands like Oscar de la Renta kids, Zippy, Mo, Lanidor, Play Up, and Knot.

Isabel splits the summer seasons between the two most amazing and photogenic cities, Lisbon and Cape Town, living mainly between the two.

AG FILMS is a Canadian-Portuguese film service company based in Lisbon. The international team works exclusively for international clients, offering a full range of film, TV and photo production services, as well as artificial snow for shooting in Portugal!

Portugal offers a broad range of shooting locations. From urban modern to ancient architecture, it is a great ‘stand-in’ for any country. Lush green forests, rocky coastlines and vast mountains are all just a short drive from Lisbon.

After an extremely busy 2015 and a great start to 2016, the company is expanding its Lisbon office and adding more staff.

Welcome to the latest issue of Showcase Portugal, brought to you by Production Paradise. This edition features some of the top photo and film production companies, as Ready to Shoot, Production Services Portugal and Gaby Corrêa Productions; commercial production companies AG Films, Southwest Productions and Story, post production company Ingreme, photography equipment rentals Carapau Productions, photographer Isabel Pinto, fashion stylist Corinne Lucquiaud, and a perfect hotel for production - Inspira Santa Marta Hotel.

More creative professionals and facilities for photographic and film production can be found in Lisbon's online Photo and Film directories.

Companies as McDonald's, VW, Vogue, Fiat, Tele2, Lamborghini, Danone, LG, Ford, Grazia, BMW, Orange, Kia, El Corte Inglés, among others, trusted these professionals with their latest advertising campaigns and editorial shoots.

Be sure to check out our recommended art events and exhibitions:

• Novo Banco Photo 2016 - photography exhibition by Félix Mula, Mozambique and Mónica de Miranda, until 2nd October at Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon.
• World Press Photo photography exhibition from 15th July to 7th August at Forum Algarve, Faro.
• Porto Fashion Week - from 17th to 24th September, featuring Porto Fashion Film Festival among other events. Call for entries for the FFF are open until 5th September. 
• The Paradoxical Image: Francisco Afonso Chaves photography exhibition from 13th October to 29th January 2017, held at Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, Lisbon. 

Our cover image was shot by Isabel Pinto. 

The amazing locations, cinematographic light, cost effectiveness, and the professional and warm helping crews are making Lisbon the trendiest destination for shootings.

Based in Lisbon since 2004 and providing providing full production services for photo and films, Gaby Corrêa Productions is expanding the market by working with global clients during the whole year with no need to search for other destinations even when it is winter in Europe.

"It is really a privilege to have a production company in Lisbon. With so much diversity in terms of locations, we keep ourselves busy during the year with so many interesting projects and challenges. Each job is unique," says Gaby. 

Recent work include editorials and campaigns for Annabelle Magazine, Mercedes- Benz, Grazia France, Beymen Club, Le Monde d´Hermès, Manutti, JPS, J Crew, and D la Repubblica Magazine. 

Ingreme is an award-winning full service post-production company established in the heart of Lisbon since 1993. Offering a complete service of post-production, Ingreme performs at the hightest levels of excellency.

Ingreme's VFX breakthroughs were recently acomplished for Nissan Crossover by recreating a specific city and two CG car models so that the camera could make impossible transitions.

Many other projects have proven to be real challenges, such as handling four Terabytes of particles for Água das Pedras, discovering a city beneath a desert, or creating a full digital boat in the middle of a storm for CTBC Bank.

SouthWest Productions is happy to have welcomed clients from Germany, USA, Poland, South Korea, Sweden, UK, Finland, Spain and Norway for shoots in Portugal and Brazil during the first five months of 2016.

"It’s been hard work and lots of fun, just as it should be. From shooting in favelas in Rio de Janeiro to the forest-clad mountains of northern Portugal we’ve enjoyed every minute. We know you did too".

Ready to Shoot is a boutique production service company that does "big things for big clients".

Personal treatment is given to each job, building a trustful relation with clients that is based on excellence and expertise.

Clients come from all over the world, since 2000. "Try us!"

PSP is a leading player in production services, creating amazing  experiences for the international community across film and stills.

The ability to balance smart planning and logistics lies at the heart of  PSP's renowned capability when it comes to high-end, logistically challenging spots. Clients rely on the company for large-scale international shoots as well as its ability to find creative solutions.

PSP's innate knowledge of the local area and experience with international clients keeps every production running smoothly.

"When a quick location change is needed, it helps to know the place and the people like the back of your hand. We give film-makers amazing local production conditions, flexibility and above all a trustworthy partnership. This is why our clients keep coming back with more and more work."

Inspira Santa Marta Hotel is a hidden gem located in the centre of Lisbon. Behind a classical faced graced with wrought iron balconies lies an impressive wooden-lined lobby that bathes in volume and natural light.

89 rooms and suites are spread over four floors. Ensuring unique and memorable experiences, the hotel has created five categories inspired by the elements of traditional Chinese culture: Earth, Water, Fire, Metal and Wood.

Its comfortable modern rooms include everything from Wi-Fi Internet access to Nespresso machines and a range of Fair Trade teas. The hotel offers an open kitchen concept restaurant with a Mediterranean menu, using fresh ingredients locally produced and as often as possible, purchased through the Fair Trade system.

At the Retreat SPA, guests can relax in the sauna, stream room or Jacuzzi as well as in one of six treatment rooms conceived to help relax body and mind. The gym has sophisticated work out machines housed in a contemporary and dynamic setting.