FilmAcres is a full-scale film and video production company, specializing in feature length motion pictures, located in Northern Indiana just 70 miles east of Chicago. With over 30 years of experience, Director John Hancock decided to utilize numerous resources in the Midwest, his original home, to make films. Joining him in establishing FilmAcres, over 2 1/2 years ago, was his wife and screenwriter, Dorothy Tristan, Producer Ken Kitch and Executive Producer Robert J. Hiler. Our 12,000 sq. ft. facility offers space available for rental including: an Avid Non-Linear Editing Suite, Casting, Rehearsal & Production Offices, as well as, a sizable loading dock accessible Studio Sound Stage, 95'x95'. Rental rates are negotiable.6 CONTACT US: Film Acres 2622 E 850 N LaPorte, IN 46350 Telephone: 219-778-8500 Fax: 219-778-8600 email Our location is ideal for filmmaking due, in part, to our proximity to Chicago, which is a Mecca for talent pools, experienced crew members, production equipment and supplies (including Panavision & Kodak), not to mention, processing laboratories, state of the art post, graphic and optical facilities, etc. In addition to the accessibility of such resources, our location in the Midwest provides unlimited shooting possibilities. Four full seasons provide diverse weather conditions and the surrounding area includes a variety of settings, such as: Lake Michigan, sand dunes, woods and forests, rolling countryside, fields and farmland, cottage/resort communities, universities, varying size metropolitan areas, and numerous other settings; urban, rustic, and rural. Click here for a map or head to YAHOO for more detailed mapping services Our facility is easy to find from any direction: From Chicago: Take Skyway (80/90Toll Road East) to the LaPorte Exit (Exit 49) Head South on Hwy 39 ( two-lane highway ) Take a Left onto SEVERS RD (stoplight) Take SEVERS RD until it dead ends into FAIL RD Take a Right onto FAIL RD FilmAcres is a Blue Building on your Right before you get to HWY 2 The parking entrance is past the building on your Right Use Blacktop Parking Lot Signs will indicate the FilmAcres Entrance OR Take 94 East to Exit 40A Go straight thru stoplight (you will be heading East on HWY 20) Stay on HWY 20 to FAIL RD (approx. 9 miles) Take a Right onto FAIL RD (stoplight) FilmAcres Production office is on FAIL RD It will be on your Right just before you get to HWY 2 Start looking for it after you pass SEVERS RD on your Right It is a Blue Building and the parking entrance is past the building on your Right Use Blacktop Parking Lot You will see signs indicating the FilmAcres Entrance.   From Indianapolis: Take 65 North to 94 East Continue with directions " From Chicago"   From South Bend: Take HWY 20 West to FAIL RD (stoplight) Take a Left onto FAIL RD FilmAcres Production office is on FAIL RD (approx. 2.5 miles) It will be on your Right just before you get to HWY 2 Start looking for it after you pass SEVERS RD on your Right It is a Blue Building and the parking entrance is past the building on your Right Use Blacktop Parking Lot You will see signs indicating the FilmAcres Entrance. OR Take HWY 2 West to FAIL RD ( not a stoplight ) Take a Right onto FAIL RD Take your first left, then immediate right into our parking lot FilmAcres is the Blue building, entrance is indicated by signs Use Blacktop Parking Lot   From Michigan City: Take HWY 20 East to FAIL RD ( stoplight ) Take a Right onto FAIL RD FilmAcres Production office is on FAIL RD (approx. 2.5 miles) It will be on your Right just before you get to HWY 2 Start looking for it after you pass SEVERS RD on your Right It is a Blue Building and the parking entrance is past the building on your Right Use Blacktop Parking Lot You will see signs indicating the FilmAcres Entrance.