State of Filming in the Union; Executive Edition 2027

Fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. What each program pays, who it pays it to, and what is left in the fund. Then the place itself.

486 pages. Every jurisdiction gets two halves. The program comes first: rate, instrument, floor, cap, labor rules, residency requirement, allocation method and sunset. Then the place, which is the half nobody else publishes.

What the Executive Edition adds

The people to call at every film office, with titles, direct lines and email addresses, taken from the offices’ own staff pages. Production facilities. An honest read on how deep the crew runs and what you will have to import. Travel, with GSA lodging and per diem for the main production city. Seasons, including the weeks nobody local will work. Festivals and events that will take the hotel inventory out from under you. And where one exists on the record, a verbatim quote from a filmmaker who shot there.

Four files

The report in a screen edition, full color with hyperlinked contents and bookmarks. The same report in a print edition, set in black and grey for a desk printer. An Excel budget planner that costs out crew, travel, lodging, per diem, equipment, stage, permits and insurance for any jurisdiction in the book, with that jurisdiction’s published program terms printed beside your numbers. And a start-here page.

Compiled September 2026 for productions starting in calendar 2027. Next edition: fall 2027.