MIAMI FILM LABINC
EIN 86-3710569 · Film & Video (A31)
What they do
MIAMI FILM LAB is A NONPROFIT FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY ORGANIZED and OPERATED EXCLUSIVELY for CHARITABLE PURPOSES. OUR PROGRAMS INCLUDE:PUBLIC SCREENINGS of FILMS MADE IN MIAMI BY MIAMI CREW MEMBERS. WE WILL PARTNER WITH LOCAL CINEMAS for THE SCREENINGS and WHEN POSSIBLE BRING IN CREW MEMBERS of THE FILM for Q&A SESSIONS to EDUCATE AUDIENCES ON OUR LOCAL FILMMAKING PROCESS. THIS PROGRAM WILL ACCOUNT for 10% of OUR TIME and RESOURCES.A DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP COMPETITION WHERE LOCAL FILMMAKERS WILL SUBMIT PROPOSALS for FILMS, TELEVISION SERIES and DIGITAL PROJECTS. THESE PROJECTS WILL BE JUDGED for THEIR ARTISTIC MERIT BY A PANEL of INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS. FINALISTS WILL RECEIVE A DEVELOPMENT FELLOWSHIP to HELP PRODUCE A PRODUCTION PLAN for THEIR PROJECTS. THOSE PLANS WILL BE JUDGED AGAIN for BOTH ARTISTIC MERIT and PRODUCTION VIABILITY, THE BEST of WHICH WILL BE PRODUCED BY MIAMI FILM LAB. THIS WILL ACCOUNT for 75% of OUR TIME and RESOURCES. LASTLY WE WILL OFFER MENTORSHIP PROG
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JENNIFER O CASTELLANOSEXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
CARLA BERKOWITZDIRECTOR
ISABEL CUSTERDIRECTOR
JOANNA-ROSE KRAVITZDIRECTOR
SILVIA ROYERDIRECTOR
VICTORIA COLLADODIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2021
- Location
- 11500 SW 80TH TERRACE, MIAMI, FL 33173
- County
- Miami-Dade
- In care of
- JENNIFER CASTELLANOS
- Primary officer
- JENNIFER CASTELLANOS, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2025
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2025
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- CORTES ACCOUNTING & ASSOCIATES LLC
- NTEE classification
- Film & Video (A31)
- IRS tax category
- Film & Video