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Film Liaisons in California Statewide (Flics) has announced winners for the 28th annual California on Location Awards (COLAs), presented Friday at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City.

More than 650 supporters of California-based productions attended this year’s awards ceremony, which recognizes exceptional location managers and teams, public employees, and production companies that help facilitate on-location filming across the Golden State.

Netflix’s upcoming Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley took home Location Manager of the Year (Dan Cooley) and Location Team of the Year awards in the Studio Feature category.

The Independent Feature category was similarly swept by The Greatest Hits, which clinched awards for Location Manager (Justin Hill) and Location Team.

For the Television Episodic 1-Hour category, top honors went to Daisy Jones & The Six for Location Manager (Jay Traynor) and Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty for Location Team.

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The forthcoming Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley, independent film The Greatest Hits and limited series Daisy Jones & The Six were among the top winners at the 2023 California On Location Awards, presented Friday.

Beverly Hills Cop: Axel Foley received awards for location manager of the year (Dan Cooley) and location team of the year in the studio feature category. In the independent feature category, The Greatest Hits received awards for location manager (Justin Hill) and location team. Daisy Jones & The Six location manager Jay Traynor won in the television episodic one-hour category. In the same category, Winning Time won for location team. Daisy Jones‘ second award went to assistant location manager Courtney Ochoa.

Other noteworthy projects represented among the winners include High Desert (Stacey Brashear) and Minx (location team), both in the episodic half-hour location manager category. And Joker: Folie à Deux‘s Sheila Ryan-Cruz was named assistant location manager of the year – feature.

On March 16, out director Nisha Ganatra's new film, Beholder, will premiere as part of the Itvs/ PBS series FutureStates. FutureStates is a modern day Twilight Zone series for which ten filmmakers were selected to each make an episode that takes place in the future and explores a political idea in the realm of a fictional film. Beholder stars Jessica Paré (of Mad Men and Lost and Delirious) Elaine Hendrix (from Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion and Superstar) and Michael McMillian (True Blood), with Rupak Ginn (Royal Pains and Private Practice). In this article, the second in a series (read the first in the series here) that takes readers behind the scenes in the making of the film, Ganatra writes about developing the screenplay for her episode and the obstacles faced when predicting an anti-gay future for a publicly-funded channel based in San Francisco.

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