Film & Entertainment Commissioner
Miami-Dade Office of Film & Entertainment | www.FilMiami.org
1) Yes. We are accepting permit applications
2) Miami-Dade County has an extensive mandate guide for residents and businesses. https://www.miamidade.gov/global/initiatives/coronavirus/openings.page Each municipality may have stricter rules than the County. Additionally, for all County property that our office issues film permits for, we are requiring Miami-Dade Police Officer(s) to enforce the rules.
3) We are all working remotely, and my staff can issue permits remotely. We have always had that function available. Our office procedures are still the same. Approvals from County departments are taking longer than usual,
4) Miami-Dade County and most of the municipalities are open for projects. We are mostly seeing TV commercials and music video projects, though there is discussion with some independent films for filming later in the fall/end of year.
5) Miami-Dade County’s policies are stricter than that of the State. There is a mask mandate throughout Miami-Dade County in all public. Six feet of social distancing between any groups of ten (can’t have more than 10 in a group), as well as more mandates. This is the link to the County rules.https://www.miamidade.gov/global/initiatives/coronavirus/business/reopening-plan.page. Some municipalities like Miami Beach and the City of Miami have stricter mandates. And since this is a fluid situation, mandates can become more or less strict. Please check with our office or Filmiami.org
6) I know these are difficult times and it’s incredibly challenging to produce a project with the restrictions that are municipally required as well as those from individual production’s requirements, as well as the unions and guilds. I think every individual production is different and many of the variables need to be mapped out in advance so there is a strategy when you have to change direction in mid-shoot. Again, easier said than done, especially financially. Also, remember It’s very important to understand that the mandates are to keep the public, residents and businesses as safe as possible. That includes screen production.
After 20 Years of Acting, Megan Park Finds Her Groove In The Director’s Chair On “My Old Ass”
Megan Park feels a little bad that her movie is making so many people cry. It's not just a single tear either — more like full body sobs.
She didn't set out to make a tearjerker with "My Old Ass," now streaming on Prime Video. She just wanted to tell a story about a young woman in conversation with her older self. The film is quite funny (the dialogue between 18-year-old and almost 40-year-old Elliott happens because of a mushroom trip that includes a Justin Bieber cover), but it packs an emotional punch, too.
Writing, Park said, is often her way of working through things. When she put pen to paper on "My Old Ass," she was a new mom and staying in her childhood bedroom during the pandemic. One night, she and her whole nuclear family slept under the same roof. She didn't know it then, but it would be the last time, and she started wondering what it would be like to have known that.
In the film, older Elliott ( Aubrey Plaza ) advises younger Elliott ( Maisy Stella ) to not be so eager to leave her provincial town, her younger brothers and her parents and to slow down and appreciate things as they are. She also tells her to stay away from a guy named Chad who she meets the next day and discovers that, unfortunately, he's quite cute.
At 38, Park is just getting started as a filmmaker. Her first, "The Fallout," in which Jenna Ortega plays a teen in the aftermath of a school shooting, had one of those pandemic releases that didn't even feel real. But it did get the attention of Margot Robbie 's production company LuckyChap Entertainment, who reached out to Park to see what other ideas she had brewing.
"They were very instrumental in encouraging me to go with it," Park said. "They're just really even-keeled, good people, which makes... Read More