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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

Film Florida Elects 2023 – 2024 Officers; Sandy Lighterman Named President of Organization
Sandy Lighterman, Film Commissioner for Broward County (Film Lauderdale), has been elected President of Film Florida. It was announced at the Film Florida Annual Meeting,
June 23, 2023

$10 Million Fund Incentive Program to Attract High Profile Films and TV Series
Broward County, FL (April 3, 2023) — Film Lauderdale has launched a new, additional, and more robust program named the Special Projects Incentive. With a $10
April 12, 2023

Fort Lauderdale Ranks #4 in Top 10 Places to Live & Work as a Filmmaker
– Film Lauderdale featured in Moviemaker Magazine – BROWARD COUNTY, FL – MovieMaker Magazine has named the City of Fort Lauderdale as one of the Best Places to Live
January 20, 2023