FAB FIXERS provided full production support and filming permit services in Paris for a historical documentary recreating the first electric tricycle ride on rue de Valois.

As a Paris fixer and production partner, we handled location access, permits, and logistics for filming in one of the city’s most regulated central areas.

When Airbnb came to us to help bring the world of the Smurfs to life for a one-of-a-kind Experience, we set off on an adventure across Belgium in search of the perfect forest clearing.

In February 2025, FAB FIXERS was tasked with locating the Smurf village — a sun-dappled clearing surrounded by ancient trees, somewhere in Belgium, the birthplace of the iconic blue characters. This was no ordinary recce.

In the summer of 2024, Paris became the most filmed city on earth. For eight weeks, every international broadcaster, brand, and platform with a European operation had a camera pointed at the French capital. FAB FIXERS worked on six separate productions across that period. Here is what we learned

The complete guide to filming in Belgium in 2025. Permits, EU quarter access, Flanders locations, Wallonia, and what international crews need to know — from a Brussels-based fixer.

The complete guide to filming in Paris in 2026 without losing your mind, your schedule, or your budget. Permits, the AGATE system, iconic locations, costs, drones, night shoots, and what nobody tells you — from a Paris fixer with 10+ years on the ground.

In June 2024, FAB FIXERS coordinated exclusive access for CBC News to the Notre-Dame de Paris restoration site — just months before its grand reopening and weeks before the Paris Olympics lockdown.

Throwback: In the Summer 2019, FAB FIXERS coordinated production on a Hertz campaign launching the new Renault Alpine A110 in the South of France.

In late January 2026, FAB FIXERS joined CBC News's Sunday Magazine team in Paris to interpret a landmark interview with Gisèle Pélicot. On the occasion of her book launch, Pélicot spoke with host Piya Chattopadhyay about reclaiming her story and rebuilding her life. Our role: ensuring her voice — and her truth — came through with precision and respect.

As part of the PBS six-part documentary series A Brief History of the Future, we organized an exclusive interview with French President Emmanuel Macron on the future of democracy. The interview was to be conducted remotely by host and futurist Ari Wallach, who was based in Los Angeles.

6 years ago this month, a fire devastated Notre-Dame de Paris, and Fab Fixers was there to cover the event. For 4 days in April 2019 we assisted ABC Australia in reporting on the aftermath of the Notre-Dame fire from Paris.

For the 80th anniversary of D-Day in Normandy, Delta Air Lines hired our services to film interviews with a group of American veterans for a documentary that pays tribute to their service.

FAB FIXERS coordinated an interview with French Senator Claude Malhuret, and a report on the impact of potential American tariffs on the French wine industry, for CBC News-Radio Canada.