Gus Corbella, FFEAC Chairman

Gus Corbella: Keep Florida's film industry booming

I can’t help but smile when I read in Variety about the mayor of Los Angeles begging film and television studios not to take work out of his city.

A recent study by Film Works LA finds that movie production in Los Angeles has plummeted 60 percent since its peak 15 years ago. Increased taxes and regulations are driving the entertainment industry out of California in a sort of reverse manifest destiny, and studios are farming out productions throughout the country, including here to Florida... more

Movie stars, music, nightly parties, and food trucks among film festival highlights
DATYONA BEACH – The Daytona Beach Film Festival will roll out the red carpet for the 11th annual Daytona Beach Film Festival November 7-11, 2013. The highly anticipated event will showcase 4 days of films from a variety of genres at the Cinematique Theater of Daytona, the area’s premier art-house cinema, and a second screen of films at the City Island Ballroom. more...

WLRN Presents Instruments of Change
Instruments of Change, showcases how the performing arts integrated a community and helped revitalize downtown Miami. PREMIERING on South Florida’s PBS Station WLRN Channel 17 Wednesday, October 9th at 8pm September 30, 2013 – Instruments of Change, a one hour documentary by Steve Waxman, showcases how the performing arts brought a community together. more...

Fusion Unveils Programming to Engage and Champion a Diverse America
Fusion Unveils Programming to Engage and Champion a Diverse America New Network Launches Monday, October 28 Jorge Ramos and Leon Krauze – Two of the Most Popular Journalists in America – Lead Evening News Programming David Javerbaum, 12-Time Emmy Award-Winner and Former Executive Producer of "The Daily Show," to Lead Original Nightly Satire Block Original Series and Documentaries on Weekends in Primetime Round Out the Week more...

Wallace: Detert praises 'Burn Notice ' as job maker
The final season of a television series on a basic cable network would typically not be much reason for celebration in the Florida Legislature. But state officials and elected leaders descended on Miami last week to commemorate one of the final recordings of "Burn Notice," a USA Network show, for one key reason: job creation. more...

NBCUniversal Bets Big on Original Spanish-Lingo Productions
From the outside, Telemundo Studios looks like a nondescript warehouse on a side street in Hialeah, Fla. Oh, but what happens inside: Dreams come true, plucky girls from poor families marry millionaires, love triangles tear marriages apart, evil drug lords meet justice and plumbers court princesses, all on a daily basis. more...