Film

According to recent Census data, 34% of Southwest Florida’s population or some 463,000 of our residents are 60 years of age or older. Well, there’s a group of volunteer senior dancers who want you to know that age is just a number. The Calendar Girls are the subject of a new documentary that will be featured in May by the Fort Myers Film Festival, with a sneak preview April 22 at the Edison Ford Winter Estates.

Now that this year’s Academy Award nominations are out, last year’s best films are attracting a lot of attention. Half were made in legendary filmmaking cities like L.A., New York, Boston and London. The rest were shot in nontraditional locations such as Norway, New Zealand, Hiroshima and Buffalo. Now, there’s an intrepid group of filmmakers here in Southwest Florida that are bound and determined to add Naples, Florida to the list of places where great films are made.

Numerous films and TV shows have been filmed in Florida through the years, from Burn Notice and Miami Vice to The Truman Show, The Punisher and Scarface...

In case you hadn’t noticed, we’re currently in what could easily be described as a bonanza of new TV and film production. Just Netflix alone is expected…

Florida wildlife and nature is a bountiful subject for photographers, filmmakers, environmentalists and artists, alike. Elam Stoltzfus is an environmental…

Advocates for film and TV are trying to revive Florida’s incentive programs. They say the state can’t afford to be without it.

Florida officials hope to revive the state's film industry by offering grants up to $2-million to production companies.

Florida’s share of film and television productions is waning as the state no longer offers tax credits for the industry. A new analysis finds Florida...

South Florida filmmaker Gina Onori has paired up with students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School to make a film about their anti-gun violence...

In 2000, the United States and Cuba were at war. Not over embargoes or political ideology, but over the future of a 6-year-old Cuban boy. The child had...