CONNECTICUT FILM & TV NEWS
Production watch, policy, incentives, venues, crews, communities, and local stories that explain where Connecticut film and television is headed.
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Each brief is deliberately narrow: it must be about film, television, digital media, production, incentive policy, a Connecticut venue, a local crew, or a Connecticut community connected to the screen industry. Stories link back to the original source.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 28, 2026
Connecticut’s Office of Film, TV & Digital Media continues to direct producers toward current productions, incentives, locations, and the state’s film-production support system.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 22, 2026
The next Conjuring film centers on Bridgeport-born Ed and Lorraine Warren, while reported principal photography is taking place in New York’s Capital Region.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 20, 2026
The New Milford-based Gilmore Girls fan weekend returns September 4–6, bringing cast guests and television tourism back to the Connecticut town associated with Stars Hollow.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 17, 2026
Trash Panda Pictures’ family film Not My Dog was filmed largely in Vernon’s Rockville section and set for festival and digital releases.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 15, 2026
The feature film The Summer They Came put New Milford locations and local crew opportunities in the spotlight during its summer 2026 shoot.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 15, 2026
Wishing Well Pictures filmed the thriller The One across three Fairfield County communities, working with local locations, businesses, cast, and crew.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 2, 2026
The Connecticut Film & TV Alliance highlighted a 2026 filmmakers panel, another sign that the state’s production community is building its own rooms for learning and connection.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 1, 2026
Kevin Bacon is set to play an exorcist in Amazon MGM’s Summoner, with the Connecticut resident’s connection to Sharon putting the state in the production conversation.
CT FILM & TV DESK • June 23, 2026
Connecticut film historian Jon Sonneborn and his daughter Jessica Sonneborn shared the screen in Morton Meets the Eye ahead of its Fairfield premiere and Q&A.
CT FILM & TV DESK • June 4, 2026
Lighthouse Lens returned to New Haven with 27 projects, student work, Connecticut stories, international documentaries, and a mission to rebuild a local cinema community.
CT FILM & TV DESK • May 28, 2026
The Foxwoods production partnership shows how Connecticut venues can become repeatable, broadcast-ready environments for major television productions.
CT FILM & TV DESK • May 28, 2026
Connecticut’s 2026 budget added a two-year urban-focused film incentive opportunity for qualifying productions with principal photography in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven.
CT FILM & TV DESK • May 12, 2026
Changes discussed in the 2026 budget process put Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven at the center of Connecticut’s next film-and-digital-media growth push.
CT FILM & TV DESK • April 16, 2026
The Connecticut-made mystery She Cries Murder was set for a red-carpet world premiere in Seymour with a cast-and-crew Q&A.
CT FILM & TV DESK • March 28, 2026
Watching Mr. Pearson, an independent film shot entirely in Connecticut, was scheduled for an April premiere at Scene One Playhouse in New Canaan.
CT FILM & TV DESK • March 25, 2026
A new short film about the 1970 Danbury bombings was set to premiere at The Palace Danbury near the locations where the events happened.
CT FILM & TV DESK • March 12, 2026
The 2026 Norwalk Film Festival announced an East Coast premiere, director and filmmaker conversations, student work, shorts, panels, and a filmmaking workshop.
CT FILM & TV DESK • February 17, 2026
A Connecticut investigation examined how film tax credits move through the state’s production economy and why policy clarity matters to future projects.
CT FILM & TV DESK • February 4, 2026
Ricky, created by Hartford natives Rashad Frett and Lin Que Ayoung and filmed across Connecticut, was set for a nationwide theatrical release after its Sundance recognition.
CT FILM & TV DESK • January 21, 2026
The first trailer for Twisted highlighted a Connecticut-shot horror production led by Saw II director Darren Lynn Bousman and Newtown-based Chair 10 Productions.
CT FILM & TV DESK • December 14, 2025
Holiday-film fans are visiting Connecticut locations in person, turning more than 22 screen productions into tours, stays, restaurant visits, and municipal visibility.
CT FILM & TV DESK • October 10, 2025
The Julia Roberts drama is largely a London production, but its Yale setting and New Haven location footage place the city inside a global release.
CT FILM & TV DESK • September 25, 2025
Hartford-born filmmaker Pedro Bermúdez brought a coming-of-age story and local production activity into the city’s Parkville neighborhood.
CT FILM & TV DESK • August 22, 2025
Darien filmmaker Paul Sanchez brought a Bridgeport-shot art-horror film into the city’s fifth annual film festival.
CT FILM & TV DESK • July 28, 2025
Connecticut news microphones, license plates, and a Waterbury Police reference placed the Netflix sequel in a Connecticut-coded world, even though filming occurred in New Jersey.
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