Illinois Film Office

09/02/2026

AICP today announced the Call for Entries for the 2026 Camp Kuleshov trailer competition for emerging creative artists. Nicknamed Camp K, the annual

08/31/2026

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Defining Courage is a journey into the legacy of the Nisei Soldier—Japanese Americans who served in the segregated units of the 100th Infantry Battalion, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, Military Intelligence Service, and 522nd Field Artillery Battalion. The show now features completely original, liv...

08/31/2026

When Full Spectrum Features released The Orange Story in 2017, we set out to tell a part of Japanese American history that had gone largely untold — the forced removal and incarceration of over 120,000 people during World War II. With Resettlement: Chicago Story in 2023, we followed those families into the decades that followed: the assimilation, the silence, the rebuilding. Many of you have been with us every step of the way.
This fall, we complete the trilogy.
Reckoning with Redress is the third and final chapter — the story of the survivors and descendants who refused to let that history stay buried, who organized and testified and fought, and who helped win the largest reparations effort in U.S. history. It is also a story rooted right here in Chicago: in 1981, that fight came to the campus of Northeastern Illinois University, where community members testified before the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians. Forty-five years later, we're bringing it back.
On September 22, please join us for the public launch of Reckoning with Redress — a cinematic digital history project, a community celebration, and a homecoming for a story that has always belonged to this community.

08/28/2026

Don't miss the opportunity to enter your short film!

08/28/2026

The Chicago Underground Film Festival (CUFF) announces the lineup for its 33rd edition, which runs September 23–27 at the Gene Siskel Film Center and the

08/21/2026

08/21/2026

There was an undeniable authenticity on The Bear. Behind much of it was a remarkable group of Chicago chefs and culinary professionals.

08/14/2026

The Illinois Production Guide is a database filled with vendors and crew members in the local film community. The office recommends the Production Guide to productions when they are looking to hire Illinois based companies and crew. The listing is free. Please click below and fill out the necessary information to be listed. Thank you.

Whether your production is looking for the perfect small town main-street urban subway, the Illinois Film Office can help you identify and obtain permission to film at various locations throughout the state. The IFO can provide electronic photographs

08/14/2026

“I think that this is going to be a good era for moviegoing,” said owner Jordan Stancil, whose family has operated movie theaters in Michigan for generations.

08/07/2026

The film fiscal sponsorship program helps filmmakers raise money by giving donors a tax deduction for their donations. It is uniquely designed to help independent filmmakers get their films funded.