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Newsletter of the Palm Beach County Film and Television Commission | September 2020 IN THIS ISSUE PGA PROJECT BRINGS HOPE AND SUPPORT TO VETERANS 1 PGA HOPE PROGRAM Ko-Mar Productions out of West Palm Beach produced a 2 PBTV WATCH PARTY special about a PGA sponsored charitable effort which helps veterans. The program, called PGA HOPE: Helping Our Patriots 3 EMMY NOMINATIONS Everywhere, was hosted by sports caster James Brown and aired on 4 WPB TOPS ESPN RATINGS CBS Sports. The unique program uses the sport of golf to enhance the physical, mental, social, and emotional well-being of United States 5 SPOTLIGHT ON LOCALS veterans with disabilities from all branches of the military. It is offered 6 INLET WATERWAYS at no cost to the vets. 7 VIRTUAL SUMMER SERIES Professional golfers Jack Nicklaus and Jordan Spieth appeared in the televised special, which highlights the healing power of golf. The show also included an introduction from six-time major champion and US Marine Corps Veteran Lee Trevino. Producer and Ko-Mar Productions Vice President and COO Jim Gallagher said of the project, “We’ve filmed hundreds of hours of golf content over the years, but it was truly an honor to be a part of this project. To witness, 2195 Southern Boulevard, Suite 520 capture, and share the healing and transformative effects the game of golf has had on the lives of West Palm Beach, FL 33406 these men and women was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget.” pbfilm.com According to their website, PGA HOPE impacted 2,500 veterans nationwide in 2019, with lessons taught by more than 350 PGA professional golfers. Once the COVID-19 pandemic hit, golf instruction and motivational support has shifted to video “hangouts” and virtual instruction. To learn more about PGA Project HOPE and other elements for the PGA’s charities, please visit pgareach.org. On the Course with PGA HOPE SEASON 2 OF PBTV WATCH PARTY PBC GOES TO THE EMMY’S The Palm Beaches TV Facebook Two specials filmed in Palm Watch Party series continues for season Beach County have been 2! Season 1 recently wrapped with 13 nominated for 2020 Primetime episodes that premiered every Tuesday Emmy Awards! ESPN’s The Last at noon. Utilizing existing content from Dance about basketball legend and The Palm Beaches TV wrapped with on- Jupiter Bears Club resident Michael Jordan at Ocean Ridge home camera guest appearances, these mini- Jordan is up for three golden episodes have reminded locals and statuettes, including Outstanding Documentary. Jordan was nearby family and friends how they can interviewed for the docuseries at an oceanfront home in Ocean rediscover and explore The Palm Beaches. Executive Director of Ridge. Netflix’s Cheer, a hit that showcased a college The Palm Beach County Tourist Development Council Glenn cheerleading team trying to make it to an annual competition in Jergensen will continue to host along with new co-host Lauren Daytona, nabbed six nominations. Cheer features Gabriella Tobin, a TDC colleague with an extensive career in the Butler, a renowned cheerleader, YouTuber and television entertainment industry. New episodes will personality. Several scenes were filmed as Gabi visited her home showcase more outdoor adventures such as in Boca Raton. Both series are birding, fishing, golf, and boating, along with currently available on Netflix. The 2020 cultural experiences and ways to explore The Emmy Awards will air September 20th Palm Beaches through the eyes of a young on ABC as a reimagined, socially person. Check out season 1 and tune in for distanced event due to COVID-19. For Lauren Tobin season 2 at facebook.com/FreePermits. more, visit emmys.com/awards. FOCUS ON FILM MASK UP, SAVE LIVES MUSIC THAT TELLS A STORY Phrases like “wear a mask, save Tori Spade, a hip-hop artist out of lives” and “remember wearing a mask West Palm Beach, is back in action is truly a lifesaving act of kindness” after taking a few years off with her continue to be a theme throughout a passion for music on full blast. With a series of televised Public Service lyrical style compared to Cardi B and Announcements (PSAs) sponsored Trina, Spade has made a name for by Palm Beach County. As produced herself in South Florida opening for big Filming at PBIA by local production company Ko-Mar, time artists over the years. Her latest venture back into the the PSA campaign is designed to encourage residents and industry is accompanied by a new music video produced by guests to wear masks in public spaces to slow the spread of Kristopher Davis of Eye Spy Filmz. Filmed in Mounts COVID-19. The multi-lingual campaign (English, Spanish, Botanical Garden and the Palm Beach International Airport, Creole) is airing on most local stations in the area, including the video tells a story of pain mixed with network affiliates WPBF 25 (ABC), WPTV (NBC), WPEC (CBS- strength. “The garden represents the 12), WXEL (South Florida PBS), and Channel 20, the county’s beauty that has surrounded her, and the community access channel. For more information, visit airport signifies her leaving all of her past discover.pbcgov.org. emotions and circumstances behind and moving towards her destiny,” said Davis. “I live, breathe, and dream music,” Spade WPB TOPS PGA RATINGS ON ESPN shared. The video can be seen on Tori’s House of Spade YouTube Channel and on Tens of thousands of viewers from the Mounts Botanical Garden EyeSpyFilmz.com. West Palm Beach market tuned in for the final round of the PGA Championship on ESPN last month. In fact, the West Palm COASTAL STORMS CAUGHT ON CAMERA Beach area had more viewers than any other television market in the country. This While Florida residents are accustomed to might come as no surprise considering the quick afternoon storms during the summer event featured some of the world’s best golfers, including season, the beauty of lightning strikes over Jupiter residents Matthew Wolff, Daniel Berger, and Brooks the ocean and power of thunder clapping in Koepka, as well as Dustin Johnson of Palm Beach Gardens. the distance is a production draw for those According to The Palm Beach Post, the final round of this year’s less familiar with the magic of coastal storms. PGA Final was the most viewed on cable since 2010. ESPN In an upcoming documentary titled America, registered nearly two million viewers, up 60% over last year’s an UK-based production company will showcase incredible final round telecast. The West Palm Beach market’s appetite for landscapes, wildlife and weather phenomena that characterize sports is encouraging news. George Linley, the United States. A total of eleven permits were issued in Palm Executive Director of the Palm Beach Beach County alone, giving the field County Sports Commission, believes sports crew access to public beaches as far - particularly sports tourism - is “typically north as Jupiter and as far south as recession proof.” To learn about other Boca Raton. The documentary is upcoming sporting events, visit planned for a 2021 release. Keep up palmbeachsports.com/events. with production updates at pbfilm.com. WINNING STREAK CONTINUES FOR THE PERFECT PLACE MINISERIES Olympusat, a global media company based in West Palm Beach, continues its winning streak for their tourism marketing efforts for The Perfect Place miniseries. Most recently, the creative team at Olympusat led by director Shawn Copenhaver won a 2020 Silver Telly Award in the General Sports category for Discover World Class Sports, along with two 2020 Distinction Communicator Award in the Travel/Tourism category for Discover World Class Sports and Experience World Class Culinary. Since the multi-tiered series, The Perfect Place, began in 2015, Olympusat has racked up nearly two dozen Telly Awards in various categories. Founded in 1979, the Telly Awards are judged by a council of leading video and television experts from some of the most prestigious Telly Awards companies in entertainment, publishing, advertising, and emerging technology. The 2 Discover World Class Sports award-winning videos can be viewed on demand at ThePalmBeaches.TV. FOCUS ON FILM BEHIND THE SCENES BEYOND THE PINES TENNIS SWINGS INTO THE FRAME Beyond the Pines Productions The 2020 Delray Beach Open Junior Championship out of West Palm Beach recently served up the action in The Palm Beaches last month. The filmed web content for event, hosted by the City of Pharmaceutical Patient Recruitment Delray Beach, was the first Company Daxia, using a variety of of two USTA sanctioned backdrops for lifestyle scenes tournaments taking place at including parks in West Palm the Delray Beach Tennis Center and the Delray Beach Swim Beach, Royal Palm Beach and and Tennis Club. This event was also one of the first sporting Wellington, along with city scenes in Behind the Scenes at Mounts events to resume in Palm Beach County following the COVID- downtown West Palm and garden 19 outbreak. More than 250 boys and girls competed in the scenes at Mounts Botanical Garden. “There was such a range tournament, which aired nationwide on Fox College Sports. of looks within a close proximity to take advantage of,” said The digital cable sports channel specializing in youth and colle- producer Dominic Anaya. “I got my company to where it is today giate programming is seen by viewers in the nation’s 25 largest and where it’ll be in the future based on markets including New York, Los Angeles, Dallas and Atlanta. awesome customer service and, most Additional broadcasts of the importantly, calculated risk,” Anaya said in a event will air on FCS through- recent interview with VoyageMIA. Check out out the month of September.