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Lancaster County Film Commission

Lancaster County PA FarmlandLancaster County, in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a wonderful blend of urban style and rural splendor. Best known for being home to the oldest and largest community of Amish in the country, the destination offers a broad range of creative backdrops for your production, including rolling farmland and nature preserves complete with waterfalls wildflowers and forest, to historic towns and villages and a vibrant Downtown Lancaster arts scene.

In this place where country meets city and the past lives side-by-side with the present, you’ll find that our experience in welcoming more than 11 million visitors and numerous worldwide film crews annually serves you well. Be it location scouting, transportation and accommodations, or permitting, we’re here to exceed your expectations. What’s more, an impressive network of locally grown, but globally-renown service companies, plus professionals experienced in every guild and trade, ensure that you have top notch resources at your avail.

All of this combined with a well-deserved reputation as a value-based destination, make Lancaster County a top pick for your next film project.

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Film Tax Credit Incentive

Pennsylvania offers a 25% Tax Credit to films that spend at least 60% of their total production budget in the Commonwealth. Eligible projects include: feature films, TV films, TV talk or game show series, TV commercials, and TV pilots or episodes intended as programming for a national audience. Applications can be filed up to 90 days prior to the start date of principal photography.

Please review the Guidelines for more information on the Film Tax Credit Program.

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Past Projects

Film Posters

Witness (1985)
Filmed in its entirety in Lancaster County, this Academy Award winning drama was directed by Peter Weir and starred Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. The screenplay focuses on a detective protecting a young Amish boy who becomes the target of a ruthless killer after he witnesses a brutal murder.

Scenes from the following movies were also filmed in Lancaster County:

  • Lucky Numbers (2000)
  • Girl, Interrupted (1999)
  • The Boys from Brazil (1998)
  • Beloved (1998)


Image Library

View all the unique settings Lancaster County has to offer.


Contact

Janet Wall
Lancaster County Film Commission
717-391-6005 (office), 717-209-0101 (cell)