Bavaria Film - Ideas set in motion.
Bavaria Film and its subsidiaries are an innovative and richly-positioned leader within Germany’s film and television branch with a pedigree stretching back 100 years. The core business revolves around the development, production and distribution of both dramatic as well as non-fiction genres across all platforms. Another arm of the company runs a renowned studio and office campus south of Munich.
Bavaria Film has an annual turnover of €305,6 million and employs around 1500 industry professionals. Corporate stakeholders and financial partners include WDR, SWR, BR and MDR, as well as through grants from the State Bank of Bavaria. Bavaria Film is a management holding firm divided into Content, Rights & Distribution, Studios & Services and Real Estate.
Business Units
Production divisions responsible for film, television and streaming content for public as well as private and corporate video production of branded entertainment, digital marketing and corporate events.
TV FICTION
CINEMA
Bavaria Media manages all copyright and intellectual property law for Bavaria Film and third-party affiliates. The department oversees the international acquisition and marketing of film and television rights. A special section of Bavaria Media plays a substantial publishing role in European film scores. The licensing arm is responsible for the popular character Janosch and brands like Playmobil and Emoji.
LICENSING
Founded in 1983 and supported by solid national and international partnerships, Bavaria Sonor Licensing is one of Germany’s most respected licensing agencies: Playmobil, Masha and the Bear, Care Bears, Janosch, Bud Spencer, Terence Hill, BIG-Bobby Car, Panini and Emoji. The full-service agency offers partners the complete spectrum of rights and licensing services via premier contacts in consumer goods and corporate commerce.
MUSIC
Bavaria Sonor Music Publishers holds extensive rights to national and international film and soundtrack composers. Bavaria Media runs its own independent label, sources top-tier partners and serves as a creative catalyst among directors, producers and composers.
For more information about Bavaria’s business unit "Rights and Distribution" please visit BAVARIA MEDIA.
Houses the complete production capabilities and services of Bavaria Film and its subsidiaries. The 30 hectare complex south of Munich is home to 12 state-of-the-art film and television studios ranging between 50 and 3,150 square meters in size. Services include in- and outdoor sets, mobile broadcasting, set construction, props, wardrobe and postproduction.
Real Estate includes renting, leasing, construction and studio tours. German media firms like RTL II, Home Shopping Channel 1-2-3.tv and HerbX Films are headquartered on the lot. Current upgrades to the century-old lot push leadership in digital television and film by leveraging collaboration, networking and merging units into critical mass.
Map of the Lot
Our lot in Munich/Geiselgasteig is approx. 30 hectares (74 acres) in size. Find your way around with the help of our digital map of the lot:
Thanks to a climate-neutral energy supply at the Geiselgasteig media campus, Bavaria Film offers ideal conditions for green production.
Energy production on the lot is climate neutral as of 2013. Ideal for green production projects. On-site power is from renewable sources and heating is geothermal. The model is regenerative and sank the complex’ CO2 footprint by 98.5% since 2011.
Bavaria Film rigorously balances any remaining emissions through forest protection grants in Brazil’s Para.
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Bavaria Film GmbH is headquartered on the Bavaria Film studio lot in Geiselgasteig outside of Munich. Through its subsids and joint ventures, Bavaria Film Group is active at major media production locations in Germany and other European countries.
General
Bavaria Film GmbH
Bavariafilmplatz 7
D-82031 Geiselgasteig
Tel. +49 (0)89/6499-0
Fax +49 (0) 89/6499-2060
info@bavaria-film.de