Filming in Florida
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Introduction to Film Florida Office
Florida offers an ideal environment for film and television production, combining cost-saving incentive opportunities, diverse locations, a strong talent base, and supportive local resources. Production companies can take advantage of the state’s Sales Tax Exemption and explore additional local incentives to help stretch their budgets further.
With everything from coastal beaches and urban skylines to small towns and natural landscapes, Florida provides a wide range of backdrops for any creative vision. A skilled network of on-camera talent, crew and production support services ensures projects run smoothly, while local film commissions throughout the state assist with permitting, logistics and community coordination. Paired with warm weather and extended filming seasons, Florida is ready to welcome productions of all sizes.
Production Credits
- Miami Vice
- Burn Notice
- Graceland
- Bloodline
- Moonlight
- Caddyshack
- Armageddon
- From the Earth to the Moon
- RJ Decker
- MIA, Dolphin Tale
- Monster
- Parenthood
- Water Boy
- The Truman Show
- The Florida Project
A Few Filming Locations in Florida
North Florida
East Central Florida
West Central Florida
South Florida
North Florida
The North Florida region offers filmmakers an extraordinary variety of production locations, from vibrant urban centers and historic architecture to pristine Gulf Coast beaches, charming small towns, and expansive natural landscapes. The region encompasses the metropolitan skyline and riverfront of Jacksonville, the historic Capitol and Southern charm of Tallahassee, the sugar-white beaches of Panama City Beach, the emerald waters and upscale coastal settings of Destin, and the historic waterfronts, military installations, and maritime character of Pensacola. Combined with scenic state parks, pine forests, rural farmland, rivers, springs, and miles of untouched coastline, North Florida provides a diverse range of authentic locations capable of doubling for destinations across the Southeast and beyond.
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East Central Florida
On the Atlantic Ocean side of Central Florida, the area offers an exceptional range of film and television production locations, from the dynamic urban skyline, world-class attractions, and diverse neighborhoods of Orlando to the high-tech aerospace facilities, launch sites, beaches, and coastal communities of Florida’s Space Coast. Daytona Beach adds iconic motorsports venues, a lively boardwalk, historic architecture, and wide stretches of drivable shoreline, while the cities and towns in between provide charming downtowns, suburban communities, lakes, wetlands, ranchland, forests, and scenic highways. This variety allows Central Florida to portray everything from bustling metropolitan settings and futuristic environments to classic Americana, tropical destinations, and small-town life.
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West Central Florida
The Central Gulf Coast region offers filmmakers a remarkable mix of urban sophistication, coastal beauty, and authentic Gulf Coast character. The region spans the vibrant downtown skylines and historic districts of Tampa, the arts and waterfront scenes of St. Petersburg, the award-winning beaches of Clearwater, the scenic parks, rivers, and growing suburban communities of Pasco County, and the charming waterfronts, islands, and cultural attractions of Bradenton and Sarasota. From bustling city streets and working ports to white-sand beaches, barrier islands, luxury resorts, marinas, nature preserves, and picturesque neighborhoods, West Central Florida provides a diverse collection of locations that can double for destinations throughout the United States and around the world.
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South Florida
delivers an unmatched range of iconic film and television locations, blending cosmopolitan skylines, tropical landscapes, and world-famous waterfronts. The region stretches from the elegant estates and upscale communities of Palm Beach and Jupiter to the vibrant beaches, canals, and yachting lifestyle of Fort Lauderdale, the internationally recognized architecture, nightlife, and cultural diversity of Miami, the turquoise waters and island charm of the Florida Keys, and the pristine Gulf Coast beaches, luxury resorts, and natural beauty of Naples. With everything from bustling urban centers and Art Deco districts to mangroves, marinas, Everglades landscapes, waterfront mansions, and tropical islands, South Florida offers filmmakers an extraordinary variety of authentic locations capable of portraying destinations around the globe.
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REBATES & INCENTIVES
Florida Commerce offers a point-of-sale Sales Tax Exemption to qualified production companies producing content in Florida. Any qualified production company producing films, television series, commercials, music videos, or sound recordings in the state may be eligible for a sales-and-use tax exemption on certain production-related purchases in Florida. Additionally, numerous locations in Florida have local incentives for the Screen Production Industry. These local incentive frameworks provide film and TV producers with meaningful cost-savings opportunities when choosing Florida for production.
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