Film Florida's next Quarterly Meeting will take place from December 9-11, 2015. Please plan on joining us for this crucial meeting as we gear up for the 2016 Legislative Session! The Film Florida room block and all meetings will take place at the Grand Bohemian Hotel in Downtown Orlando: Grand Bohemian Hotel 325 S Orange Ave [...]
Originally posted on the Orlando Sentinel website Orlando never turned into Hollywood East, a magnet for film and TV production. But the region is a strong lure for commercial production. "National TV commercials have filmed here continuously, thankfully," said Alan Levi, a University of Central Florida graduate who has been an Orlando location scout since 1994. [...]
Originally posted on the Miami Herald website “Is this off the record? OK, well, that’s where they found the body of [redacted] in the show,” reveals firefighter Mike Powell, who’s sitting next to the gleaming ladder-truck inside Station 20, the middle of the three fire stations on Islamorada. “Hey!” comes a booming voice from off to [...]
Originally posted on the FORWARD Florida website Let’s get real. Or, more appropriately, let’s get reel. As the Florida Legislature looks ahead to a renewed discussion of rebates to the film industry, let’s set aside the rhetoric, forget that a lot of people don’t like the politics of those who run the film industry and start with [...]
Originally posted on the News 13 website They’re rolling out the red carpet Friday for the kick off to the Melbourne Independent Filmmakers Festival. The highlight will be a movie, partially made in Brevard County, making its Space Coast premiere. Close to one hundred extras from the Space Coast will get to see themselves on the big screen [...]
Film Florida is excited once again to participate in NATPE 2016. While the dates for NATPE (January 18-21, 2016) conflict with Florida Tourism Day in Tallahassee (January 20, 2016) please note that Film Florida will not be hosting a large scale Rally in Tally this coming January. Film Florida will once again partner with VISIT [...]
Originally posted on the Tampa Tribune website Georgia is finding it profitable pretending to be Florida — at least on film. Because Florida does not offer tax incentives to film companies, a number of movies with Florida settings are being shot in Georgia, which does provide enticements. Lawmakers should remedy the situation. This doesn’t mean simply throwing [...]
Originally posted on the Tampa Tribune website In the movies, the good guys always win. The protagonist prevails. The hero saves the world and gets the girl. But recently we were reminded that real life doesn’t always come with a Hollywood happy ending when it was announced that “Live By Night,” the highly anticipated Warner Bros. adaptation [...]
The new studio, which was built by the Miami Omni Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) as a public-private partnership with EUE/Screen Gems Studios will serve as a production hub for Viacom. New York, Miami (Oct. 5, 2015) Today, EUE/Screen Gems Studios announced the opening of their third studio complex in the United States, a two-stage, 88,000-square-foot, [...]
