LTC 517-2022 Local Love Letters Film ContestLTC# 517-2022
MIAMI BEACH
City of Miami Beach, 1700 Convention Center Drive , Miami Beach , Florida 33139 , www.miamibeachfl.gov
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LETTER TO COMMISSION
Honorable Mayor Dan Gelbe~embers of the City Commission
Alina T. Hudak, City Manag~ v' l
December 13, 2022
"local Love Letters" Film Contest
The purpose of this Letter to Commission is to announce the "Local Love Letters" film contest in
partnership with Oolite Arts . Oolite Arts and City of Miami Beach issued an open call to Miami-based
filmmakers to show their affection for the city. Nine winners received $5,000 to develop a 3 to 5 minute
short film featuring Miami Beach as the backdrop. The films will debut, free of charge, from 7 to 9 p.m .
outdoors at New World Symphony's SoundScape Park. Both narratives and documentaries, the films
take the viewer through the sites, present and past, that make Miami Beach . One features three chapters
of a Haitian family's life, all played out on the shores of North Beach. In another, a couple reminisces
about how they met when a parrot swooped too close to them on Lincoln Road, forcing them into each
other's path .
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Local love Letters Film Contest Screening
Thursday, December 15, 2022
7 PM-9PM
Soundscape Park
400 1 7th Street
Miami Beach, FL 33139
Following the screening, a poll will open for a $1000 people's choice award, where
audience members vote for their favorite film. The poll will close on December 21 st with the winner
announced shortly after. The prize is funded by Oolite Arts. Last year, the city partnered with
Oolite Arts on the "Sustainability in Action " PSA video contest where ten local filmmakers
competed to demonstrate the city's waste reduction efforts . This program is funded in part by the
Miami Beach Film Incentive program, which helps foster the growth of the local film industry
through various funding opportunities .
For more information, please contact Lissette Garcia Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture at
lissettearrogante@miamibeachfl.gov or x26597.
cc: Marcia Monserrat, Chief of Intergovernmental and External Affairs
Lissette Garcfa Arrogante, Director, Tourism and Culture 8