The St. Augustine Film Office (SAFO) promotes St. Augustine/St. Johns County as a superb place to film movies, TV series, commercials, and more.

(SAFO) is ready to serve with unique locations, experienced crew, and user-friendly officials.

St. Johns County boasts a wealth of locations including the nation’s oldest historic district and coastal and rural settings. Being the oldest permanent European city in the U.S., St. Augustine and St. Johns County have numerous period locations that easily double as 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th & 21st century U.S. or European cities, and its marshes and swamps can double for many other tropical locales.

St. Augustine/ St. Johns County’s solid infrastructure, supplemented with regional resources makes filming here economical and fun!

St. Augustine/St. Johns County is a film-friendly community with cooperative local governments and agencies. Most permits are free or under $50 and are issued or coordinated through the Film Office.

SAFO’s historical film legacy goes back to the very early days of film. Highlights might include ‘Distant Drums’ with Gary Cooper (1951), ‘Creature from the Black Lagoon’ (1954) to more contemporary films such as ‘Lonely Hearts’  and ‘The Celestine Prophecy.’

 

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Featured Organizations

EMMA Concert Association

Presenting beautiful music in beautiful St. Augustine at the Lewis Auditorium at Flagler College! EMMA’s mission is to offer quality music and dance performances by national and international artists. They also aim to encourage interest in classical music and to provide opportunities for the youth of St. Johns County. EMMA accomplishes this by offering school concerts in local schools and funding requests from music teachers for instruments and equipment.

Historic Florida Militia

historic-militiaThe Historic Florida Militia (HFM) is a non-profit umbrella organization supporting re-created historic interpretive units and representing a number of cultures and time periods. "We are not street performers, we are educators. We are not parades, we are historic programs. This is not an exercise in free speech, this is an opportunity to educate. We are not promoting a political agenda, we are promoting the city's history through a practical and factual teaching method".

Crisp-Ellert Art Museum at Flagler College

crisp-ellertBuilt in honor of Dr. JoAnn Crisp-Ellert and her husband, Dr. Robert Ellert, the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum offers Flagler College students and the Northeast Florida community a venue for fostering knowledge and a deep appreciation of contemporary art. As an educational resource for the College, the Museum exhibits regional, national and international artists, and provides opportunities for critical engagement and exposure to a variety of exhibitions and personal interactions with visiting artists. The Museum challenges students, the Flagler community and the public to cultivate individual creativity, critical reflection, historical consciousness and respect for the free exchange of ideas. In this spirit, the Museum also hosts public programs, including artist talks, readings, panel discussions and film series that provide a platform for vital interdisciplinary dialogue.