Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley Activates New Film Tax Incentives; Productions Underway

Feature film production is picking up in Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley region, with at least one production — RAO — moving to take advantage of newly available state film tax incentives, according to a report from Volume One.

Wisconsin reinstated a film tax credit program after a years-long gap, making it newly viable for producers to shoot in the state. The Chippewa Valley area, centered around Eau Claire, is positioning itself to attract incoming productions as the incentive program gets underway.

Specific credit percentages, wage qualification thresholds, and application deadlines were not detailed in the available snippet — producers interested in the Wisconsin incentive should contact the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation directly for current program terms before budgeting a shoot in the state.

For crew based in Minnesota or the broader Upper Midwest, the Chippewa Valley activity represents potential local work without a long travel haul. The region is roughly 90 miles east of Minneapolis-Saint Paul.