General Information

The Kent Film Office is your first port of call for productions thinking about filming in Kent. We can offer you assistance finding locations and also seek permission from the relevant authorities for your filming in public areas. Kent County Council can close sections of the public highway for the purposes of filming. If you would [...]

Highways Filming

Handheld Shots, GVs, Vox Pops and Links If you have a crew of up to 10 people with a camera and a tripod looking to film on Kent’s public highway or a public footpath, please go to our  Contact Us page and fill in a Filming Request and we shall arrange permissions with Kent Highway Services, [...]

Filming with Children

Working with children performers, actors and supporting actors is regulated by The Children (Performance) Regulations 1968 which applies to all children from birth to the end of compulsory school age, at the end of year 11. Since it is a criminal offence to contravene the regulations and a Children’s Performance Licence is issued free of charge, [...]

Contacts

Kent Highway Services If you apply to the Kent Film Office for a filming permit, we shall automatically contact the Kent Highways Officer in charge of the area(s) you are filming in and seek permission. If you need to contact the Kent Highways services outside the film office hours, you can do so on their [...]

Kent Filming Partnership

Introduction Kent has long recognised the economic benefits of filming. The increase in employment, tourism and the direct spend into the local economy make a strong case for supporting the development of Kent as a film location. By working together we can make Kent a truly film friendly county ensuring that we maximise the benefits [...]

KFP – The Agreement

The Kent Filming Partnership recognises the importance of attracting filming to the local economy and understands the significant impacts filming can bring to the county through local employment, training opportunities, tourism and direct location spend. The Kent Filming Partnership recognises that, by ensuring that Kent citizens benefit from any filming in their area and that [...]

KFP – Best Practice

Introduction This document is intended to provide a guide for best filming practices for Kent’s local authorities, emergency services including Kent Police, Highways and Borough/District Councils, as well as private stakeholders. The document is intended only as a guide and is not an exhaustive list. It is intended to evolve alongside the services we provide [...]

KFP – Code of Practice

THE KENT FILM OFFICE was created to deliver a front line service to film-makers and film productions from around the world. Together with our partner agencies, we recognise the many business and tourism benefits that filming brings to the county. We thus encourage any filming undertaken with care and responsibility and aim to make Kent [...]

KFP – A-Z Guidelines

Definitions ‘Production’ refers to a Producer, Location Manager, Production Company or Production Manager or any authorised officer or employee of such a company or its agents. ‘Highways Authority’ defines the body responsible for managing and maintaining all aspects of the highway. ‘Film Contact’ denotes the person appointed by the any given organisation, agency, private company, [...]

KFP – Members

A list of companies and public agencies who have signed up to the Kent Filming Partnership                                                                                                     [...]