FilMiami represents the three Greater Miami Film Offices: the Miami- Dade Office of Film  & Entertainment, the City of Miami Mayor's Office of Film and Cultural Affairs and the Miami Beach Office of Film and Event Production  Management. All three offices are full service film commissions providing location and logistics assistance, one-stop permitting, government liaison, production information and referral sources.

FilMiami's mission is to provide service and assistance to all film, television,  music, commercial production and still photography businesses to promote  industry expansion and economic prosperity.

Permits are required for anyone shooting for commercial use. This does not  include live news or personal purpose such as home video or still photo shoots. These types of activities do not need film permits.
 

You can apply for a permit to film at  www.filmiami.org in the section called "One Stop Permits". You will need to contact each office separately (Miami-Dade County, City of Miami and Miami Beach) with regards to location logistics.  There is a $100 permit application fee which you can pay online with a check or credit card.
In order to obtain a permit to film, you must provide an insurance certificate for General Liability Insurance naming the jurisdiction you are filming in as additionally insured (Miami-Dade County, City of Miami or Miami Beach). 

Depending on where you are filming, you will need a $1 million dollar  general liability insurance certificate naming the County and/or City(s) as  additionally insured.  For the City of Miami, you will need a $2 million dollar general liability insurance certificate.   The City of Miami Beach in addition to the $1 million dollar general liability insurance also requires an indemnity agreement.   For complete information on particular jurisdiction requirements, please visit  the One Stop Permit section of our website.
The wording is as follows:

• Miami-Dade County 
  111 NW 1st Street, Suite 2200
  Miami, FL 33128
  305.375.3288
  305.375.3266 FAX
• City of Miami 
  

  Mayor's Office of Film & Cultural Affairs
  444 SW 2nd Ave
  Miami, FL 33130
  305.860.3823
  305.859.2128 FAX

• City of Miami Beach
   1700 Convention Center Drive
   Miami Beach, FL  33139
   305.673.7070
   305.673.7063 FAX

Miami-Dade County and the City of Miami do not require a film permit for shoots on private property. The City of Miami Beach does require a permit to film on residential private property.

Turnaround time for a permit is dependent upon the complexity of the logistics.  We require a minimum of 24 hours notice for permits, although we will attempt to expedite any emergency requests.

Yes, it is an application fee of $100 per permit per 28 days, which covers Miami, Miami Beach and Miami-Dade County.

Go to "One Stop Permits" in www.filmiami.org and click on "display permit status" then enter your permit or confirmation number and you can pay online via e-check or credit card (Visa, MasterCard and American Express) or you can bring your payment in the form of cash or check (made payable to the Board Of County Commissioners) in person to our office located at 111 NW 1st Street, Suite 2200, Miami, FL 33128.

You may apply for your permit prior to contacting the location; however, approval  must be obtained from each particular Miami-Dade County, Miami Beach or City  of Miami location before an a permit will be approved.

When applying for a permit, location contact information is displayed when a  location is chosen from the "pull down" location menu.

Go to “One Stop Permits” at www.filmiami.org and click on “display permit status”. Then enter your permit or confirmation number and press SEARCH. Your permit application information will display. Tap on the VIEW button. When your permit appears, page down to the Locations section and tap on UPDATE. Here you will be able to change existing location information or if you need to enter additional locations onto your permit, tap on the New button towards the bottom of the page and add locations as needed.
You can pay via  check or credit card (Visa, MasterCard and American Express).

If a company is producing more than one project at once, each project must apply for separate permits.

No. If you are filming in more than one location then you may add additional locations to the permit using the ADD button in the location update section of the permit application.

The purpose of a Countywide permit is to give a certain amount of flexibility for very small crews. The limit is 10 cast and crew with portable equipment (must be easily and quickly transported). No generators or trucks. The Countywide permit can be used to film in County locations that do not require rental fees, assuming the production does not block pedestrian or vehicular traffic or impact private businesses or concessionaires without specific coordination.  Arrangements/notification must be made in advance with the appropriate facility manager. ALL APPLICABLE FEES APPLY.

For more information on City of Miami Beach Citywide permits please contact  305.673.7070 and for City of Miami Citywide contact 305.860.3823 directly.

You can visit the Filmography section of our website and look at the Lead Sheet which lists film and television productions that have indicated an interest in filming in Miami-Dade County.

In the Filmography section of our website you can visit the Credits page which  lists all of the films that have been shot in Miami-Dade County. 

The State of Florida offers an Entertainment Industry Financial Incentive where qualified productions may receive a cash rebate of up to 22% of their Florida qualified expenditures, up to a maximum of $8,000,000, provided they spend a minimum of $625,000 in Florida on Florida cast, crew, businesses and vendors. For smaller, independent films, there is a separate incentive queue for films that spend between $100,000 and $625,000 and are produced by Florida residents. There is also no state sales tax on qualified motion picture and television production equipment purchases and rental, or on goods manufactured or produced in Florida for export outside of the state.  For detailed information on these and other incentives, please visit the Incentives section of our website.

You can visit the Locations section of our website which offers an extensive  database of locations.  If you cannot find the locations you are looking for you can contact  Dee Belz at 305-375-3288 with your request and she will assist you. FilMiami can also assist  you in breaking down your script to ensure that you find the ideal locations for  your production. You may also request our Black Book of locations and DVD by emailing us. 

The Film & Entertainment Industry employs approximately 10,000 full and part time workers and has an annual impact of $2 billion dollars to the local economy with permitted productions contributing more than $150 million.