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Bradenton Area Film Commission
Find locations, directories, travel guides, and more.
Central Florida's Polk County Film Commission
Find everything for filming in central Florida. Aimed to be film friendly, permitting friendly, service and response oriented, and the one-stop shopping for locations or production crew.
Film Miami
Find production friendly hotels, apply for permits, look for locations, take a virtual tour, and more throughout the Miami-Dade area.
Film Tampa Bay
N/A - The State of FLorida does not currently have an incentive / rebate program.
Located in Hillsborough County, Film Tampa Bay can design personalized location packages or tours, one-stop permitting needs, list of equipment and vendors, hotels, and more.
FilmJax (Jacksonville, FL)
The Duval County Tourist Development Council offers grants on a case by case basis for productions that have a substantial hotel room night impact in Duval County (Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach, Neptune Beach & Jacksonville Beach). Please contact Todd Roobin, Film Commissioner @ troobin@coj.net.
FilmJax has information on permits, locations, tax incentives, and more.
Florida Commerce
Find information on filming in Florida, including their sales tax exemption program, locations, permits, and other industry resources.
Orlando Film Commission
Discover Orlando's production directory, locations, permitting, and resources.
Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office
We offer an up-to-100% cash rebate incentive program here in Sarasota County! see the link for more details. http://www.filmsarasota.com/incentives/
The Sarasota County Film & Entertainment Office is a one-stop-shop for productions within Sarasota County.
St. Petersburg-Clearwater Area Film Commission
The mission of the Film Marketing Partnerships is to market the St. Petersburg Clearwater area as a film production destination that supports financially viable and high-production-value-film, television and digital media that contribute to the county's tourism industry and local economy.
This local incentive program pays an agreed-upon amount to qualifying production companies in return for specific promotional commitments to the St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, area. Grants typically range from $5,000 to $250,000.
Recent films to utilize this incentive are Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Random Tropical Paradise, and Paying Mr. McGetty.
Goals
Attract filmmakers to Pinellas County
Increase the length of stay of filmmakers and out-of-town crews
Increase the number of room nights occupied by crews
Generate a favorable profile of this area among decision-makers within the filmmaking industry and media content creators. The county and a production company will evaluate destination exposure, resort tax revenue, and how the area may be promoted as a filmmaking region. Upon agreement, and a contract, the county will pay the production company the agreed upon amount.
Destination exposure may be evaluated partly or entirely upon the following criterion:
Portrayal of the destination
References to the destination in the story
Featuring natural attractions, landmarks or significant key locations
Citing in the film's credits, as agreed between the film commission and film producers
Appearances or testimonials from film or TV principals on behalf of the area for use on our website.
Taped testimonials or discussion of the destination on the DVD by director, producers and/or talent
Partnerships on joint public relations campaigns for film promotion
Film premiere marketing and hosting opportunities
This local incentive program pays an agreed-upon amount to qualifying production companies in return for specific promotional commitments to the St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida, area. Grants typically range from $5,000 to $250,000.
Recent films to utilize this incentive are Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Random Tropical Paradise, and Paying Mr. McGetty.
Goals
Attract filmmakers to Pinellas County
Increase the length of stay of filmmakers and out-of-town crews
Increase the number of room nights occupied by crews
Generate a favorable profile of this area among decision-makers within the filmmaking industry and media content creators. The county and a production company will evaluate destination exposure, resort tax revenue, and how the area may be promoted as a filmmaking region. Upon agreement, and a contract, the county will pay the production company the agreed upon amount.
Destination exposure may be evaluated partly or entirely upon the following criterion:
Portrayal of the destination
References to the destination in the story
Featuring natural attractions, landmarks or significant key locations
Citing in the film's credits, as agreed between the film commission and film producers
Appearances or testimonials from film or TV principals on behalf of the area for use on our website.
Taped testimonials or discussion of the destination on the DVD by director, producers and/or talent
Partnerships on joint public relations campaigns for film promotion
Film premiere marketing and hosting opportunities
The St. Pete/Clearwater Film Commission has tax incentives, locations, permitting, a production guide, and resources.
The Destin-Fort Walton Beach Film Commission
The Destin-Fort Walton Beach Film Commission strives to help productions from scouting film locations and applying for permits to assembling a film crew and getting the right equipment.
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