Experience the unexpected in a new signature public television series, Around the Corner in The Palm Beaches. Brought to you by South Florida PBS, this four-part half-hour series show- cases the best of everything in The Palm Beaches. “We are very proud to launch this series in partnership with the PBC Tourist Development Council. This is an incredible asset to show Florida visitors all they can do and experience in The Palm Beaches,” said Melissa Har- mon, South Florida PBS Executive Producer. The second episode, airing now, makes stops all around West Palm Beach with a quick side trip to Lake Worth. In this fast-paced program, host Frank Licari takes viewers to some well-known hot spots, as well as sharing the hidden gems of a city. The new episode visits The Flagler Museum, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Palm Beach Zoo, Kravis Center and so much more. Lake Worth, as featured in the “Down the Street” segment, showcases the funky arts-filled destination, highlighting the William Lockhart Municipal Pier and Lake Worth Playhouse. The second installment premieres on WPBT Thursday, December 8 at 7:30pm and on WXEL Friday, December 9 at 5:30pm. Reruns will continue throughout the month. Around the Corner in The Palm Beaches will have an impact on tourism and business in Palm Beach County as a result of its carriage on the largest public media outlet in the state, South Florida PBS. The network operates WPBT2 and WXEL42, covering the broadcast area of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys up to The Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. The series will continue to showcase several parts of the County including Wellington, Belle Glade, Jupiter and more in up- coming episodes. See more at WPBT2.org. REV UP THE SUPERCARS BOCA BOWL SCORES PRIMETIME SLOT WELCOME BACK AROUND THE CORNER IN EPISODE 2 IN THIS ISSUE SUPERCAR WEEK IN WPB BOCA BOWL KICKS OFF 1 2 3 4 5 6 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 900 561.233.1000 pbfilm.com LOCATION SPOTLIGHT: Fashion & Lifestyle EDUCATION CORNER: A Tale of Two Interns LOCAL CHEF WINS BIG MILITARY MAKEOVER GRAND PRIX OF THE SEA 7 The Newsletter of the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission | DECEMBER 2016 Ignite your motor senses as supercars, vintage vehicles and motorbikes take cen- ter stage at the seventh annual Supercar Week. Determined to make Palm Beach County the destination for auto enthusiasts around the world every January, SuperCar Week rolls into The Palm Beaches next month from January 7 to 15. Over the years, the event has evolved to attract growing numbers of car enthusi- asts and families to the action-packed week. The largest South Florida event of its kind, the Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is open to the public as a free admission event and is the Grand Finale to a full week of public and VIP events. The Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is a family day outing on the West Palm Beach Flagler Drive Waterfront, starting at the Downtown Clematis Street fountains and Centennial Square moving along Flagler Drive from Banyan Street to Lakeview Avenue. ICTV1 Networks covers all the action. For more info visit supercarweek.com. The third annual Boca Raton Bowl is set to kickoff at 7pm on December 20 at FAU Stadium and will be televised nationally on ESPN. The postseason college football game has officially be- come a holiday tradition in The Palm Beaches. Doug Mosley, Executive Director of the Boca Raton Bowl, believes the event’s timing is perfect because Palm Beach County is “very accessible for families, businesses and visitors as they plan their holiday season activities.” Teams are set to make the Boca Ra- ton Resort and the PGA National Resort their headquarters prior to the big game, and event organizers are planning several activities for attendees. Glenn Jergensen, Executive Director of the County’s Tourist Development Council, says the annual night game is “welcome news to the hotel- iers, restaurants, and tourism part- ners, and adding the primetime televi- sion coverage on ESPN makes this a winner for all parties.” Get your tick- ets today at thebocaratonbowl.com. FAU Stadium Licari in Downtown WPB
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Experience the unexpected in a new signature public television series, Around the Corner in The Palm Beaches. Brought to you by South Florida PBS, this four-part half-hour series show-cases the best of everything in The Palm Beaches. “We are very proud to launch this series in partnership with the PBC Tourist Development Council. This is an incredible asset to show Florida
visitors all they can do and experience in The Palm Beaches,” said Melissa Har-mon, South Florida PBS Executive Producer. The second episode, airing now, makes stops all around West Palm Beach with a quick side trip to Lake Worth. In this fast-paced program, host Frank Licari takes viewers to some well-known hot spots, as well as sharing the hidden gems of a city.
The new episode visits The Flagler Museum, Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Palm Beach Zoo, Kravis Center and so much more. Lake Worth, as featured in the “Down the Street” segment, showcases the funky arts-filled destination, highlighting the William Lockhart Municipal Pier and Lake Worth Playhouse. The second installment premieres on WPBT Thursday, December 8 at 7:30pm and on WXEL Friday, December 9 at 5:30pm. Reruns will continue
throughout the month. Around the Corner in The Palm Beaches will have an impact on tourism and business in Palm Beach County as a result of its carriage on the largest public media outlet in the state, South Florida PBS. The network operates WPBT2 and WXEL42, covering the broadcast area of Miami, Fort Lauderdale and the Florida Keys up to The Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. The series will continue to showcase several parts of the County including Wellington, Belle Glade, Jupiter and more in up-coming episodes. See more at WPBT2.org.
REV UP THE SUPERCARS BOCA BOWL SCORES PRIMETIME SLOT
WELCOME BACK AROUND THE CORNER IN EPISODE 2 IN THIS ISSUE
SUPERCAR WEEK IN WPB
BOCA BOWL KICKS OFF
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LOCATION SPOTLIGHT: Fashion & Lifestyle
EDUCATION CORNER: A Tale of Two Interns
LOCAL CHEF WINS BIG
MILITARY MAKEOVER
GRAND PRIX OF THE SEA
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The Newsletter of the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission | DECEMBER 2016
Ignite your motor senses as supercars, vintage vehicles and motorbikes take cen-ter stage at the seventh annual Supercar Week. Determined to make Palm Beach County the destination for auto enthusiasts around the world every January, SuperCar Week rolls into The Palm Beaches next month from January 7 to 15. Over the years, the event has evolved to attract growing numbers of car enthusi-asts and families to the action-packed week.
The largest South Florida event of its kind, the Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is open to the public as a free admission event and is the Grand Finale to a full week of public and VIP events. The Sunday SuperCar SuperShow is a family day outing on the West Palm Beach
Flagler Drive Waterfront, starting at the Downtown Clematis Street fountains and Centennial Square moving along Flagler Drive from Banyan Street to Lakeview Avenue. ICTV1 Networks covers all the action. For more info visit supercarweek.com.
The third annual Boca Raton Bowl is set to kickoff at 7pm on December 20 at FAU Stadium and will be televised nationally on ESPN. The postseason college football game has officially be-
come a holiday tradition in The Palm Beaches. Doug Mosley, Executive Director of the Boca Raton Bowl, believes the event’s timing is perfect because Palm Beach County is “very
accessible for families, businesses and visitors as they plan their holiday season activities.” Teams are set to make the Boca Ra-ton Resort and the PGA National Resort their headquarters prior to the big game, and event organizers are planning several activities for attendees. Glenn Jergensen, Executive Director of the County’s Tourist Development Council, says the annual night game is “welcome news to the hotel-iers, restaurants, and tourism part-ners, and adding the primetime televi-sion coverage on ESPN makes this a winner for all parties.” Get your tick-ets today at thebocaratonbowl.com. FAU Stadium
Licari in Downtown WPB
Florida State University’s celebrated coach Bobby Bowden shares his amaz-ing untold story in a feature-length docu-mentary premiering on the eve of college football’s 2017 National Championship. The Bowden Dynasty: A Story of Faith, Family & Football is a historic one-night only event, screening at select theaters on January 8. Hollywood legend and Jupiter resident Burt Reynolds will be among the star-studded cast of interview-ees. Long before playing a star pro football quarterback in The Longest Yard (1974), the silver screen icon was a real-life foot-ball player at FSU. Todd Vittum, Executive Director of the Burt Reynold’s Institute for Film & Theatre shared, “considering Mr. Reynolds’ connection to the university and his close relation-ship with the renowned coach, it only makes sense that he takes part in chronicling the life and times of his friend Bobby Bowd-en.” See more at fathomevents.com/event/the-bowden-dynasty.
Jupiter-based fitness company Winsome partnered with SunDown Digital and Burton Productions to create promotional web con-tent at Jupiter Beach Park. “The sun was shining, the sand was warm and the surf was huge,” said Eric Kent of SunDown Digital. “Winsome is a healthy lifestyle brand created by two sisters to bring people together to embark on a journey of living their most beautiful, purest life possible,” said Eric. Models were filmed par-ticipating in fitness routines like yoga, jogging, and bodyweight
exercises. SunDown Digital also teamed up with Wanderer Bracelets to promote social media brand collaboration. Check out more on face-book.com/TheWinsomeLife.
As the undefeated Pahokee Blue Devils football team makes their way to the state championships this month, filmmakers from all over have flocked to the region to showcase the expansive beauty of our western community. From documentaries about seniors at the high school to one of the football team’s most beloved coaches, there is no shortage of source material in Pahokee’s tight-knit community. While the football team’s stunning series of victories has inspired new productions in 2016, many successful documentaries have come before it, from the Sundance-screened short film The
Send-Off to DOC NYC honoree The Muck. Over 60 NFL players have grown up in the small town, making Pahokee a household name across the nation for its football talent. Follow the journey at facebook.com/pahokeebluedevils.
THE BOWDEN DYNASTY SAND, SURF, & WINSOME ATHLETICS
COOKIE CHALLENGE CREATES A STAR
2ND ANNUAL CELL PHONE FILM FEST A BIG SUCCESS
THE BLUE DEVILS BRING PRODUCTION
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A celebrated local talent has stepped into the international spotlight on Food Network’s Christmas Cookie Challenge. Brittani Szcze-cina, the Executive Pastry Chef at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort & Spa, competed on the show to an audience eager to start cele-
brating the holiday season. Not only were her Chinese Five-Spice cookies decorated as Christmas sweaters and candy canes a joy to behold, but they earned her the $10K top prize as 2016’s Cookie Challenge winner!
One of Brittani’s many claims to fame is her annual Gingerbread House, which is displayed in the resort’s lobby. She’s kicked things up a notch this year, increas-ing the size from five feet to eight feet tall, surrounded by “edible” holiday decor. Plan your visit and check out more of the holi-day fun at marriotpalmbeach.com.
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For the second annual Cell Phone Film Festival for Middle School Students, an army of kids from Palm Beach County schools converged at G-Star Studios to be filmmakers! The one-day event on October 22 was hosted by G-Star School of the Arts and the Palm Beach International Film Festival. "These kids really came up with some great storylines,” remarked Dawn Hauptner, the festival's founder. “The mentors and staff from the school gave them so much guidance on how to shoot a film." Judges for the student films are industry profession-
als from Hollywood and Broadway. Winners in ten categories will be announced at the Red Carpet Gala on December 10 at the G-Star Studios Soundstage 1. The Best Picture winner will be honored at the Palm Beach International Film Festival Student Showcase of Films on March 10, 2017 at Lynn Uni-versity in Boca Raton. See more about this growing festival at gstarschool.org/cpff.
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On Set at Jupiter Beach Park
Palm Beach Marriott Gingerbread House
Blue Devils Football Team
CPFF Participants
Harry and Snowman, the unbelievable docu-mentary on Harry deLeyer and his rescue horse that won the triple crown of show jumping, screened with a Q&A for a full crowd on Novem-ber 20 at the Stonzek Theater in Lake Worth. The film was so popular that a second week of screenings has been arranged for the week of December 23. The film is also currently playing in Boca Raton and Wellington, where director Ron Davis has a connection as a local resident. He shared, “I love the laidback atmosphere and the beauty of [The Palm Beaches]. As a documentary filmmaker, I don’t need to be in L.A. or N.Y. I was in New York for many years and I moved here to do filmmaking full-time.” Davis’ work is diverse: “You can’t shop for a story,” he ex-plained, describing the organic process through which he dis-covers subjects. “Stories find you. I just have to instinctually know.” To learn more about Davis’ work, including upcoming projects, visit docutainmentfilms.com.
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The Lake Worth Pier played host to the inaugural Lake Worth Grand Prix of the Sea AquaX race series on November 12 and 13. Riders made a splash along the beach as they competed at speeds averaging 75mph in the first official AquaX Enduro Amateur and International Championship, which will be broadcast on Fox Sports Sun, Fox Sports Florida and Fox Sports Southeast throughout the month of December. The event, which lured hundreds of spectators, showcased Palm Beach County as an elite sports destination. George Linley, Ex-ecutive Director of the Palm Beach County Sports Commis-
sion, said, “very few communities have the op-portunity and privilege of hosting a Grand Prix of the Seas AquaX race series event, and we are thrilled P1 [called] The Palm Beaches home in 2016.” Check out more adrenaline-infused sport-ing events at palmbeachsports.com.
GRAND PRIX OF THE SEA IN PBC
LOCAL FILMMAKER HAS HOMETOWN HIT
NEW WEBSITE INSPIRES INCREASED TOURISM
A NEW HOME TO HONOR VETERAN
Ballet Palm Beach conducted a flash mob from The Nut-cracker in Centennial Square Park to capture photos for mar-keting materials and help make ballet, often labeled as obscure or traditional, more accessible to the community. “What better
way to counter these notions than surprise the public with spontaneous dancing in con-temporary urban settings?,” said Marketing Coordinator Rebekah Levin. “Flash Ballet
was an opportunity to bring excitement and art simultaneously to the community at well-known locations around Palm Beach County. It’s almost like a live art installation. The arts rely on the support of the public and our pop-up shows were a creative way to gain new followers for the company,” said dancer Zoe White. Ballet Palm Beach‘s upcoming per-formances include Romeo and Juliet on February 18 and 19. Learn more at balletpalmbeach.org.
Discover The Palm Beaches (DTPB) has launched a new website that inspires a fresh approach to exploring our region. The diverse set of functions includes user-generated content through social media, personalized itin-erary building with hundreds of options, and Florida’s first fully interactive Selfie Trail. Visitors can also enjoy some compelling new photography and video from VMA Studios, owned and operated by Aaron and Vanessa Lurie out of Delray Beach. “We wanted to highlight the diversity of the region from city life to country life, from prestige snorkeling sites
to sunrise bass fishing, and everything in between,” said Aaron. They captured 16 locations throughout The Palm Beaches, showing off our destination like never before. The next phase of the DTPB website will incorpo-rate the unique ability to deliver relevant content derived from “trending topics” based on the user’s existing location, interests and online behavior. Explore all of the new features at www.ThePalmBeaches.com.
FOCUS ON FILM
FLASH BALLET WOWS IN WEST PALM
Lifetime Television’s Military Makeover, a home renovation mini-series from the Brand-star Entertainment producers of Designing Spaces, is dedicated to giving back to mem-bers of the military and their families. The team recently revitalized a home in West Palm Beach for the LoBrutto’s, a local family who risked the ultimate sacrifice to serve our country. Co-hosts Art Edmonds and retired US Marine Corps Staff Sergeant R. Lee Ermey “The Gunny” offered up plenty of personality and laughs for the celebrated family. Director/Writer Jim Johnson built upon the fun of popular home renovation series to uncover a deeper
meaning. “It’s our way of giving back to those who have given so much in serving our coun-try,” Producer Michael Moss shared. “These are the most deserving families in the world,” said Brian Norton and Lauren Dauphinee of Brandstar. Learn more at militarymakeover.tv. “The Gunny”
Generations of wide-eyed students have ventured through the doors of the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission (FTC) seeking an internship, eager to learn the nuts and bolts of the film and television industry. After undertaking a strategic course of assignments and challenges, they leave the FTC not just with a certificate of completion, but with the skills and in-sight to tackle the competitive world of production.
In 1998, Jesse Friedman became an intern while completing his de-gree in filmmaking at the North Car-olina School of the Arts. Excelling in the program, which included work-ing on the set of The Last Marshall
starring Scott Glen and filmed in West Palm Beach, Jesse fin-ished the course confident in his ability to make it as an industry professional. Today, he is a sought-after editor in Los Angeles and has built a solid career in television, editing shows such as Dating Naked, Hunting Hitler, Southern Justice and more!
Fast forward to 2015. Raymond Knudsen, fresh off back-to-back wins at the Student Showcase of Films and completing his Film Production coursework at Palm Beach State College, came aboard the internship pro-gram. Raymond flourished as an intern, work-ing for BusEye Films on the set of an up-coming Burt Reynolds Documentary, as
well as scriptwriting for the new Student Showcase of Film’s Review Show. In 2016, Raymond was accepted into the nationally renowned FSU College of Mo-tion Picture Arts. “The teachers here are amazing,” said Raymond, “many with in-
dustry experience, one of which worked VFX on the Oscar-winning animated film Hugo!”
Two futures, both bright, and both connected to a successful FTC Internship Program. There are plenty of intern tales to tell as the Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission strives to make sure that students have an opportunity to further their knowledge of the film and television industry. For more information, please visit pbfilm.com/internship.
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EDUCATION CORNER: A TALE OF TWO INTERNS
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Palm Beach County Film & Television Commission Film Commissioner, Chuck Elderd
Deputy Film Commissioner, Michelle Hillery Production Director, Christy Andreoni
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While the rest of the country prepares for a long winter, PBC enjoys warmer temperatures while basking in the light of magic hour. Our coastal sunny locations are in high demand as a back-drop for the coming spring and summer catalogs, and The Palm Beaches offer a variety of coastal, tropical and even safari settings for any fashion, travel, golf and fitness related productions.
One of the most popular locations in Boca Raton is the Plaza Real at Mizner Park. With its linear walk-ways, beautifully manicured land-scaping and water features, it’s a perfect place to capture lifestyle and fashion images. The Mizner name evokes images of the Mediterranean,
and Plaza Real does not disappoint with the blooming bougainvillea and stylish gazebo. The property offers many angles. With coastal views of Palm Beach, the Lake Worth Golf Club offers a backdrop that is perfect for golf-related commercial production. The mature banyan trees and old Florida charm can make easy work for any style of photoshoot.
Located along Flagler between Ban-yan and Lakeview are the City Docks in West Palm Beach. These three public docks were designed with more than just boating in mind. The middle dock is a pedestrian dock with mangroves, colorful um-brellas and benches for relaxing
along the waterfront. The docks are constructed of metal and wood so the look is sleek and streamlined with modern lighting that cre-ates an impressive backdrop for magic hour. Designers know that they can count on sun kissed backdrops in Florida when the rest of the country is covered in snow. It is for that reason that winter is a very busy time for fashion photography in Palm Beach County. For more information, visit pbfilm.com.
