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Film Lauderdale Newsletter
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Industry News
The articles linked below include a variety of industry-related stories sourced directly from news outlets and do not reflect the views of Film Lauderdale or Broward County.
- Takeaways from Tallahassee – Lights, Camera, Action!
- New Film, Movie & TV Hub: Greater Fort Lauderdale
- Ricou Browning, the Gill-Man in ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon,’ Dies at 93
- City & Shore: Broward Film Commissioner Sandy Lighterman answers all of our questions
- More movie projects may come to Broward under County’s new plan
- Industry reps invoke Florida’s pioneering film history in call to resurrect state incentives program
Press Releases

Fort Lauderdale Ranks #2 in Moviemaker’s Best Places to Live & Work in 2025
Broward County, FL – MovieMaker Magazine has ranked Greater Fort Lauderdale as the second-best destination on its 2025 list of the Best Places to Live
January 31, 2025

Luring Movie, TV Makers To Broward
Broward County’s Film Commissioner isn’t sitting around waiting for help from Tallahassee to bring a thriving film industry to Greater Fort Lauderdale and beyond. The
January 7, 2025

Greater Fort Lauderdale Heats Up Florida’s Incentive Landscape
Broward County, FL – Film Lauderdale is excited to announce significant increases to two of its incentive program rebates, aimed at attracting more production projects
July 16, 2024