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About Berlin-Brandenburg...
1.900 ...is Germany's #1 film location: film companies with total revenues → More than 300 films and high-end series are shot and produced in the capital of nearly region every year, including major prize winning international productions.
...offers well-known film events such as: m → Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale), Berlinale Talents, German Film €900 Awards (LOLA) and more than 60 international film festivals. and a sales growth of ...benefits from excellent educational facilities: → Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF, German Film and Television 53% Academy (dffb), Institut für Schauspiel, Film- und Fernsehberufe (iSFF), over the last 10 years. among others.
Homeland Captain America: Civil War With: Claire Danes, Mandy Patinkin, Alexander Fehling Director: Joe & Anthony Russo → Five Golden Globes With: Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2 Director: Francis Lawrence With: Jennifer Lawrence, Liam Hemsworth, Julianne Moore
GERMANY'S #1 THRILLING LOCATIONS FILM LOCATION & VAST STUDIO CAPACITY
Germany’s capital region is the country’s most exciting film loca- Berlin-Brandenburg is Germany’s most in-demand film-production tion. Home of the famous Studio Babelsberg, it has an illustrious location, with an outstanding infrastructure for filmmaking, a wide film tradition, paired with professional expertise that attracts film- range of shooting locations and an immense quantity of studio makers from all over the world. More than 300 films are shot here capacity provided by Studio Babelsberg, Studio Adlershof, Berliner every year, including large-scale Hollywood productions and inter- Union-Film and others. The Berlin Brandenburg Film Commission national prizewinning projects. Films and high-end drama series (BBFC) supports producers and filmmakers from around the globe produced in the capital region regularly draw international acclaim, who want to shoot in the capital region with a diverse array of and major stars such as Steven Spielberg, Gore Verbinski, Wes Ander- services. BBFC assists in obtaining shooting permits and offers an son, Claire Danes and Jennifer Lawrence come here to shoot – and to extensive, continuously updated database of approximately 1,500 enjoy the “Capital of Cool”. locations searchable by motif, as well as an electronic industry direc- tory for Berlin and Brandenburg.
Taxi Stunt Oberbaumbrücke Berlin | Unknown Taxi Stunt Watertank Babelsberg | Unknown Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Director: Jaume Collet-Serra With: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones With: Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones Alone in Berlin Director: Vincent Pérez With: Emma Thompson, Brendan Gleeson, Daniel Brühl
FILM & HIGH-END EXCELLENT DRAMA SERIES FUNDING SERVICES
With an annual budget of about €26 million, the Medienboard Highly skilled multilingual crews with extensive experience in inter- Berlin-Brandenburg regional film fund supports the development, national coproductions guarantee that production will take place at production and distribution of film projects and high-end drama the highest international level. The region offers a broad range of series. Babylon Berlin and the fifth season of Homeland offer two qualified manufacturers and providers of film equipment, as well as recent prominent examples of projects supported through the renowned post-production and VFX partners. Numerous films, series serial drama sub-category of Medienboard’s new funding program and commercials have benefited from the top-notch technical solu- for serial productions. In addition, Medienboard is a partner in a tions provided by Berlin-based ARRI, as well as the deep expertise Franco-German program that provides development funding for TV in digital production and animation found within numerous local fiction series. Additional funding options are offered by the Creative companies. Berlin Partner for Business and Technology and ZAB Europe MEDIA Program, the German Federal Film Fund (DFFF) and Brandenburg Economic Development Board offer a broad range of the German Motion Picture Fund (GMPF). information on potential business locations, funding and schemes for business start-ups and corporate finance.
It was great to work at Babelsberg, which is the oldest movie studio in the world! That was really exciting and really fun. I was there for months and months.
George Clooney | The Monuments Men
LOCAL PARTNERS FOR FILM & SERIES PRODUCTIONS
From pre-production to on-location shooting to post-production and VFX – a host of companies are located in the Germany's capital region, e.g.: There is such an amazing sense of filmmaking among everybody that works for movies in Germany, especially Berlin (…) it was fantastic because your crews are some of the best crews in the world!”
Steven Spielberg | Bridge of Spies
The Reader The Grand Budapest Hotel Pina The Lives of Others Director: Stephen Daldry Director: Wes Anderson Director: Wim Wenders Director: Florian Henckel von With: Kate Winslet, David Kross, With: Ralph Fiennes, Tilda Swinton, With: Pina Bausch, Regina Advento, Donnersmarck Ralph Fiennes Edward Norton Malou Airaudo With: Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Mühe, → Oscar → Four Oscars Martina Gedeck → Golden Globe → Two Golden Globes → Oscar
The White Ribbon Inglourious Basterds The Monuments Men Don 2 Director: Michael Haneke Director: Quentin Tarantino Director: George Clooney Director: Farhan Akhtar With: Christian Friedel, Leonie Benesch, With: Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, With: Matt Damon, Cate Blanchett, With: Shah Rukh Khan, Priyanka Chopra, Ulrich Tukur Michael Fassbender Bill Murray Om Puri → Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival → Oscar → Golden Globe → Best Actor Award at Cannes Film Festival → Golden Globe
PRODUCTION COMPANIES STUDIOS POST-PRODUCTION SERVICES & VFX LOCAL PARTNERS FOR FILM & (AMONGST MANY OTHERS)
SERIES PRODUCTIONS → DCM → Berliner Union-Film → ArrI → Sony Pictures → CCC Filmstudios / → CINe PLUS → Studio Babelsberg Filmatelier Haselhorst → rise FX → UFA → Studio Adlershof → The Post republic → Wild Bunch → Studio Babelsberg → TrIXTer Berlin → X Filme Creative Pool → VFXbox
For a detailed film industry directory of the region, visit the BBFC website: www.bbfc.de [email protected] |+49(0)3317438731 Christiane Raab|HeadofBBFC → www.bbfc.de Berlin Brandenburg Film Commission(BBFC) LOCATIONS, FILMPERMITS ANDSERVICE PROVIDERS [email protected] |+49(0)3316603227 Fernanda LangeBoettcher |Project Manager Media /ICT → www.zab-brandenburg.de ZAB Brandenburg EconomicDevelopmentBoard GmbH [email protected] |+49(0)3046302338 Birgit Reuter |Project Manager Media /Creative Industries → www.berlin-partner.de Berlin Partner for BusinessandTechnology GmbH OPPORTUNITIES AND ENTERPRISEDEVELOPMENT CONSULTING ONBUSINESSLOCATIONS, FUNDING [email protected] |+49(0)3317438710 Kirsten Niehuus|Managing Director Film Funding → www.medienboard.de Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH DISTRIBUTION OFFILMANDHIGH-ENDDRAMASERIES FUNDING FORDEVELOPMENT, PRODUCTION AND AND CONSULTING FINANCING FUNDING, Century Fox, Don2©Rapid EyeMovies; p. AHologram 4:Colonia ©Majestic, for theKing©XVerleih, Homeland ©Showtime/Fox, CaptainAmerica: CivilWar: Warner Bros. Pictures. © Warner Bros. Pictures, TheLives ofOthers©Walt DisneyCompany, TheWhite Ribbon ©XVerleih, IngloriousBasterds ©UniversalPictures, TheMonuments Men ©Twentieth The Monuments Men ©Twentieth CenturyFox; p. 3:BridgeofSpies©Twentieth Century Fox, TheReader©Senator Filmverleih /Central Film, TheGrand BudapestHotel ©Fox, Pina Cover: BridgeofSpies ©Twentieth CenturyFox. Innersection,p. 1:TheHungerGames:Mockingjay Part 2©Studiocanal,UnknownStudiocanal; p. 2:Alone inBerlin©XVerleih, CreDITS Design → → [email protected] Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH Published by IMPRINT
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