Film Commission Bayern

• Support and advice in applying for complex filming permits as an mediator and moderator for the production industry and the licensing authorities
• Research of main motifs according to script specifications to check the project implementation in Bavaria
• Planning and implementation of scouting for project acquisition of international productions
• Networking with contacts in the filming regions. Here you benefit from direct contact with regional decision-makers and the Film Commission’s Bavaria-wide network
• Connectiong with co-production partners and service providers
• Organisation of industry events
• Workshops and round table events to improve the film infrastructure

Fairs / Festivals
The Film Commission promotes Bavaria as a film and media location at national and international festivals and markets, including the Berlinale European Film Market, Marche du Film Cannes and Focus London.

Location Tours
The Film Commission has been organising location tours for many years to introduce filmmakers to new motifs and regions. Most recently, they travelled high up in the Tegernsee-Schliersee region, showed the ‘Allgäu differently’, explored the Starnberg Ammersee region by bike and visited Lower Bavaria.

Workshops
In order to improve the infrastructure for filming throughout Bavaria and to expand the network of film contacts, regular workshops on specific issues and round tables with decision-makers are organised.

Screenwriting Camp
In order to inspire creatives from the fields of screenwriting and production to write local stories, the Film Commission has been organising screenwriting camps lasting several days in different regions of Bavaria for a number of years. So far, they have travelled to Franconia, the Allgäu, northern Bavaria (Upper Palatinate, Franconia) and the Bavarian Forest.

Film Academy Day
The Film Academy Day is an interactive information day about entering the film industry for school classes and career changers who are interested in careers in film.

You have the story, Bavaria has the locations!
Over the years, the Film Commission has built up a Bavaria-wide network of contacts who support local film productions with the aim of opening up the whole of Bavaria for filming.

Filmregions online:

Filmregion Tegernsee Schliersee

Filmregion Berchtesgaden

Filmregion StarnbergAmmersee

Filmregion Alpenwelt Karwendel

Dreharbeiten in Nürnberg

Filmregion Hassberge

Filmregion Ingolstadt

Location database with motifs throughout Bavaria:

www.filmlocations-bayern.com

The Filmkulisse Bayern location initiative, a joint project of BAYERN TOURISMUS Marketing GmbH and Film Commission Bayern, has also been in place since 2014. The primary goal here is also the further expansion of the network, which combines the expertise and opportunities of both sectors in the best possible way in order to strengthen Bavaria as a film location and tourism destination.

Contact us if you would like to film in Bavaria and are looking for support or a contact person at the film location/ in the regions.

For enquiries about filming permits outside the capital of Munich, the district offices are the first point of contact. An overview can be found here: The websites are usually only available in German.

Landratsämter Bayern

The ecological standards were developed by the ‘Green Shooting’ working group together with the State Minister for Culture and the Media, the film funding organisations of the federal states, the German Federal Film Board (FFA), Ökopol, the film and TV sustainability expert Philip Gassmann and the filmmakers’ initiative “Changemakers.film”.

Whether energy use, transport, accommodation and catering or material use and utilisation: these ecological standards for a more climate- and resource-friendly production method for German cinema, TV and online/VoD productions cover all areas of production.

With the CO₂ calculator, you can calculate the detailed CO₂ balance of a TV or film production in simple steps.

Reducing CO2 emissions from the various processes involved in film production is a key objective of ecological standards. Against this background, a systematic recording of CO2 emissions as early as the planning phase, the so-called preliminary balance sheet, a subsequent CO₂ balance sheet and a final report are mandatory. Find out what the really climate-relevant activities of your production are and discover the potential for more environmentally friendly work.

The producer provide the impetus for sustainable production. They set the direction and can inform the team at an early stage. However, they should also appoint a sustainability officer in the team or bring a green consultant into the team.

With their knowledge, advice and support, production can be consistently planned and implemented sustainably.

Tasks of the Green Consultant:

• coordinates activities for sustainable production
• identifies the most important measures to save resources so that these can be planned in good time
• informs, sensitizes and motivates the team during production
• knows tools and service providers
• Records and documents the results in order to validate and reflect on them with the producer at the end in order to perhaps improve even further in the next production

How to find a GREEN CONSULTANT in Bavaria?

hotels / acccomodation

The following hotel companies run different environmental programs, it is worth taking a look at the respective websites.

Motel One
Accor (Ibis, Mercure, Novotel, Sofitel)
NH Hotels
Living Hotels
Best Western
Dorinth

Hilton

Maritim
Scandic

Radisson

Search engines eco-friendly hotels:
Viabono
Certify Green Hotels
Fair unterwegs
Bio Hotels
Green key
Green Globe