Job Title: Vice President / Senior Director of Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Reports to: CEO
Strategic Goal:
The Vice President of Business Innovation and Entrepreneurship will serve as the visionary driving the roadmap of innovation, strategic initiatives, and alliances for the Economic Development Corporation of Sarasota County (EDC). This position will directly be responsible for driving the innovation strategy for the region with a focus […]
Film Florida members are invited to attend the Realscreen Summit Virtual Marketplace taking place January 25 – February 4, 2021. The Realscreen Summit is the definitive global market and conference for the business of unscripted and non-fiction entertainment. The 23rd edition will feature a virtual marketplace for industry members to connect, network and engage with one […]
For many years, Film Florida has participated on-site in NATPE Miami, the premiere conference for content producers, distributors, streamers and buyers across all platforms. The 2021 Conference is being held virtually. The virtual conference will run Tuesday January 19, 2021 through Friday January 22, 2021 with each day featuring a full schedule of sessions focused […]
In the spring of 2020 as COVID-19 cases surged in the U.S. TV and film production studios shut their doors. Faced with an uncertain future as the pandemic unfolded, the cast and crew of major productions were sidelined and it was unclear when exactly they would safely return to work. In June 2020, the Alliance […]
Film Florida’s next Quarterly Meeting will be Thursday December 3 – Friday December 4, 2020. Events will include Film Florida Committee and Council Meetings and the Film Florida Board of Directors Meeting and will be done entirely through Zoom so while we won’t see each other in person, we will see each other via cameras.
As […]
By Stephen Wise, Guest Columnist, November 7, 2020, Orlando Sentinel
Florida’s rich history in film traces back to 1908 when Jacksonville was nicknamed “The Winter Film Capital of the World.” Jacksonville’s Norman Studios is the only known remaining silent film studio left standing in the U.S. and was designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2016. The film […]
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