Miami-Dade County, FL

Submit a complete application and accompanying paperwork PRIOR to the start of the project; begin principal photography in Miami-Dade County within 120 days from the Board of County Commissioners (BCC) approving the grant agreement; ensure that at least 70% of the principal cast and crew members (excluding extras and background talent) are Miami-Dade County residents; produce/film at least 70% of the entire production project in Miami-Dade County; at least 70% of vendors and contractors must be Miami-Dade County registered businesses; hire at least one qualifying student/recent graduate from a Miami-Dade County college or university; meet the minimum qualifying spend requirement; include Miami-Dade County as a sense of place; submit the results of an audit within 300 days of the production being completed; and include the official specialty “Miami-Dade County” identifier in the end credits on projects that include credits in their project.

Qualified spend includes the first $75,000 of salary payments to Miami-Dade County residents for services performed in Miami-Dade County during preproduction, principal photography, and postproduction and payments for goods and services (excluding any amount less than $20) made to a business located within the Miami-Dade County boundaries from the date the application was submitted thru the last day of postproduction. Proof of Miami-Dade County residency requires a copy of the resident’s Florida driver’s license and one other supporting document.

This program is not administered on a first-come, first-served basis. Each project’s eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis. A production executive must be available to make a presentation during the committee meeting. If the project is a television series which is continued for a following season, grantee shall have the option to automatically renew this agreement by applying to the OFE within 365 days of the effective date of the approved grant agreement. With respect to the following season, if grantee satisfies all the requirements of the agreement, then grantee may be eligible to receive a second grant award in the same amount as the grant. Miami-Dade County offers a rebate of up to a maximum of $100,000 or $50,000 per project for Tier I and Tier II, respectively. No production company, including a parent company and any of its subsidiaries, may receive a grant for more than two projects in a one-year period from the time of the first application, unless the project is continued for a following season. After the grant application is approved by the BCC, the production company must apply as a registered vendor with Miami-Dade County in order for the County to issue the grant check of $100,000. This registration process may take 4-6 weeks. The production company may apply for a point-of-sale exemption from Florida’s sales tax on certain production related purchases/rentals.