The Florida Media Market is a membership-based organization whose goal is to educate and build a platform where independent film & media makers meet with international buyers, distributors and production companies to buy, sell and network. We aim to create an annual market for film, documentary, television and media deal-making that will fortify our industry both internationally and in Florida, the action state. FMM’s Fourth Annual Global Film & Media Conference will take place in Orlando, Florida September 16-20. 

The idea of FMM first emerged as Founder and CEO Maritza Guimet served as Director of the NALIP Florida Chapter, serving the emerging Latino market. In her experience from traveling to different markets for several years and analyzing the needs of Floridians, she saw that the interest of Hollywood, Europe, Asia and Latin America toward Florida expanded beyond the Latino Market. So in 2006, she created The Florida Media Market in Miami and put the tools in place to make media deals for all markets a reality with the support of Lucia Fishburnee, Florida State Film Commissioner, Jeff Peel, Miami-Dade Film Commissioner, Graham Winnick, City of Miami Beach, Robert Parente, City of Miami, among others. Florida is the bridge to all Media cultures of Hollywood, Europe, Asia & Latin America.

 

Maritza Guimet

President and Founder

Maritza Guimet is an accomplished director, writer, producer with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry. Originally from Peru, she relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in acting; she eventually realized that her true passion lived behind the scenes. She moved to Miami and worked at the Miami Beach Film and Print Office as an Assistant Coordinator working with high profile projects such as "The Birdcage," "Pronto," and "Too Much". Guimet has been key in the development of many productions in South Florida, and has worked on many feature films, television programs, music videos, Telenovelas and commercials. Clients include PBS, BET, Island Records, Caiman Records, Globo TV, Telemundo, Venevision, Fonovideo, and Televisa among others. Very involved in the filmmaking community, Guimet has been serving as the Florida Chapter Director for the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) for the past four years. In June of 2006 she started Florida Media Market. Guimet received her Bachelor's degree in Film and Digital Production from the International Fine Arts College in Miami, FL. In 2007, Guimet was instrumental in the organization of the WIFF Women’s International Film Festival, deemed Best Film Festival of the year by the Miami New Times. She’s also a sought after speaker who’s served as a panelist at the Tampa Bay Film Forum, Orlando Film Festival, Delray Film Festival, Havana Film Festival(in NY), PR Newswire’s Hispanic Market. In 2008, she also executive produced two films, Duelos de Pasarelas y De Rodillas, currently in distribution with Netflix, Walmart, Amazon's among others.

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