film & commercial production and post production Oct 2012

3monkeys is a professional team that centres its experience on the best services in audiovisual production and representation, innovating its workflow on a daily basis and offering each client guarantees of success.

The team's productions employ technically advanced, high-quality resources for a reasonable price.

3monkeys collaborates with professionals such as make-up artists, hair-stylists, image advisors and photographers to ensure every aspect of a production is carefully executed to the highest possible standards within clients' budgets. 

4Scrix is operative in Italy (Milan and Rome), Spain (Barcelona), Hungary (Budapest) and the US (California and Florida). From location scouting all the way through to post production, 4Scrix has the numbers to combine solid experience with flexibility and a good reputation.

Clients include The Disney Channel, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Bilboa Cadey, Sky, and Bollywood blockbusters such as the multiple award-winning ‘Rockstar’, shot in Verona and its famous arena.

4Scrix’ experience in executive production for feature films has brought about an undeniable advantage: a network of solid relationships with local crews, talents, suppliers and authorities alike that allows the company noteworthy negotiating power.

Amongst its fields of expertise is food, a genre the 4Scrix team has been producing for many years.

Visit the website for more information.

APRODUCTIONS is an established production company specialised in producing and servicing commercials, music videos and photo shoots. Based in Madrid and with offices in Barcelona, Seville and the Canary Islands that are all staffed by experienced, multilingual producers, APRODUCTIONS is the best choice for shooting in Spain.

"Want us to service your production? Our experienced producers will put together a highly skilled crew to find that elusive location, that English speaking actor, or make sure that the car transporter can make it all the way up the mountain road! Want 15 white stallions? A studio to do the last minute packshot? A remote controlled helicopter? No problem - we’ll sort it with a smile. We pride ourselves on organising professional jobs at a competitive price, with the guarantee of a happy client at the end."

Amanda Davies of Grey London had this to say "I'm so grateful to APRODUCTIONS for all their hard work on a major campaign involving several shoots over many months. Their professional efficiency took the stress out of such a big project and made each trip to Madrid much more enjoyable. Always eager to accommodate our needs with local crew, restaurant recommendations and herbal cold and flu remedies, I can't recommend them highly enough and I certainly look forward to working with them again."

APRODUCTIONS also represents photographers and directors. Visit the website for more information.

Bonitaworld Media Productions is a German-led company based in Spain, dedicated to offering clients professional attention at all times. Well-organised, cost effective services are provided at every stage of a project by flexible, motivated and friendly crews who speak English, Spanish, German, French, Catalan, Arabic and Chinese.

Aiming for 100% customer satisfaction, the company specialises in:

• Commercials, infomercials, corporate films, virals and internet videos.
• TV reports, documentaries, entertainment, studio set-ups.
• Web streaming (medical, corporate, entertainment).
• Event coverage: congresses, sport events, public events, concerts.

The company offers production and location services all across Spain, with multi-lingual camera crews, specialists such as precision drivers, stage designers and divers, camera equipment, grip, lighting, camera cars, in-house post production, working areas for clients in Barcelona and Madrid, talents and casting, storytelling, content research, scriptwriters, directors and journalists.

Advertising, TV series, entertainment, co-productions, production services, branded content and digital media: producing meaningful content is what really matters to Dogs Can Fly.

The company loves a good story, independently of its form. Stories that connect, feed desire and give a new meaning to the projects that reach the company.

Dogs Can Fly values relationships and delivers beyond clients' expectation. Its team consists of young creative professionals with a range of different styles and points of view, all working as one when producing quality pieces with agility and fresh ideas.

The company relies on its own infrastructure and production bases in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay. Internationally acclaimed partners are important acquaintances who help the team film anywhere in the world.
 
"Our true pleasure is to develop inventive communication solutions for multi-platform narratives, creating custom projects especially for our clients."

Enzo Films is a full-service production company based in Madrid. They produce film and TV commercials, print and online media and offer full service location scouting. They have a shooting set and provide offline editing and composition in their post-production facilities.

Enzo works together with some of the best Spanish companies, advertising agencies and TV stations. Their very strong background in production, together with a lean, creative and flexible crew, gives them great tools for smooth and cost-effective productions. This allows them to keep local rates for international productions.

Enzo Films is located at the heart of three vibrant cities: Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon.

Espiral Productions is a solid company with vast experience in the audio-visual field. Compromising, innovative, effective, and international are some of the words used to describe the company.

This is a new era in which the industry is constantly moving towards the union of different fields. The team at Espiral has adapted to develop every kind of project on any kind of platform, either in digital formats or cinematographic processes. Clients are provided with a complete service offering high quality advertising, film and television productions: commercials, corporative videos, television reports, music videos, documentary films, short films and photograpic advertising.

Espiral can also offer a studio, set, and editing equipment in Madrid city centre, and a 400 m² rental studio 17 km away from Madrid with Cyclorama, office space, dressing rooms, parking facilities, WiFi, and much more.

FRAME100R is a dynamic full service production house located in the centre of Prague. The company provides the best locations in the Czech Republic, including many old villages, historical buildings and even Medieval castles.

Shooting in the Czech Republic offers many advantages, including highly skilled professionals at every step of the production process, cost effective results and the natural talent of Czech craftsmen and artists.

FRAME100R is an executive member of APA - the national Audiovisual Producers Association. The company offers top-class Czech directors and DoPs, as well as young talented directors and motion designers.

"We have shot around the world for our own projects; we have seen and learned things we loved and hated from shooting here and there. We know the downsides of producing abroad and are very aware of the importance of a professional, ethical, friendly and committed local partner."

Spain is a great place to shoot, with varied and amazing locations, skilled technicians, international casting and great catering. Garlic Production Service division was established to respond to the needs of even the most demanding of clients.

"Next time you need to shoot in a ________ (fill the blanks with whatever you need, we have almost everything!), give us a call, send an email, even fax if you still use that. We will be glad to help."

JSR Moving Image has been producing award winning commercials, music videos, digital, short and long form projects since being established in 2005.

The core of JSR is a combination of flexibility and creativity, with an approach to film-making driven by a collection of stimulating young talent.

JSR focuses upon signature styles that capture the heart and message of its clients' wants and needs, as well as production skills which aim to produce the highest quality service and deliver with stunning results.

Each director holds the talent to create and define a clear vision with their work, and because of this JSR has worked with clients such as Wallis, Garnier, LOréal, Shu Uemura, Maybelline, Nivea and Visa.

KORB is a digital film-making and design company, producing for advertising, broadcast, music and fashion clients since 2008. The company helps clients to tell innovative stories, deliver messages and implement powerful ideas.

KORB provides a wide range of services including direction, design, animation, VFX and live action. While preferring to handle entire productions from concept art to final piece, the company’s team can get involved at any stage of the process.

KORB's work stands out for its unique design focused style, progressive techniques and professional approach. The company has worked for worldwide brands such as MTV, Formula 1, Discovery and HBO. Its spot for Coca-Cola received more than 150,000 views online during the first two weeks. With over 1 million views on Vimeo, KORB continues to explore the boundaries of a multi-platform world.

The company's latest projects have been featured in influential magazines and online platforms including Fubiz, Stash, Motionographer and Ventilate. Its short film 'Infinity Water' was recently selected for the Centre Pompidou in Paris.

LEIZE is more than just a film production company and something beyond the usual production company.

Between 2001 and 2005, LEIZE was awarded with a number of national and international prizes in relation to its work on documentary features. The team has also worked on developing all kinds of advertising, corporate and image productions, both documentary and fiction features.

LEIZE enjoys working on a range of different projects but its goal always remains the same: to tell a story while adapting to the needs of each project. Small stories and larger-than-life narratives, stories to make the audience go beyond what they are seing so that they feel emotions and rewarding experiences that connect them to the brand behind the story.

Milk & Honey Films is the premier production service company for worldwide production of all types of media. With offices in Prague, Los Angeles, New York and Buenos Aires, Milk & Honey can provide services anywhere on those three continents. The company has streamlined the production process and delivers quality no matter the size of budget.

Milk & Honey has collaborated with some of the greatest directors in the world, including George Lucas, Wes Anderson and Jan de Bont. Its sister companies, Prague Studios (stages) and atSwim (production), round out a full range of services to support every type of production.

Prague offers locations to suit any environment as well as crew rates that are around 50% less than Western Europe or the Americas. Visit the website for more information or contact Milk & Honey direct for a quote.

MinusGreen is an Istanbul-based company offering production and line production services for feature films, TV commercials, music videos and photography.

MinusGreen produced feature films 'White as Snow' (aka 'Kar Beyaz') in 2010 as well as 'Which Movie' (aka 'Hangi Film') that competed for Best Film in the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival and also won an Honorable Mention award at the Los Angeles New Wave International Film Festival.

The company co-operated as line producers with Bobby Khan Productions India for Ahmed Bukhatir's latest music video, 'Also Starring' and its latest work for DDB, and the Telia Sonera TV commercial. The company also worked as fixers for Kevin Spacey's 'Richard III' documentary film, produced by Treetops Productions UK.

Previous work included line production with Vessel Productions on a documentary film, a photo book project entitled 'Threads of Compassion', and an HHI TV programme produced by Leopard Films USA and shot in Istanbul.

MinusGreen collaborates with talented directors, offering competitive budgets with the advantage of shooting in a broad range of locations throughout Turkey.

Natalie Bitutski was born in 1987 in Almaty, Kazachstan. She immigrated to Germany in 1998.

Natalie studied Design at the University of Applied Sciences in Muenster, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts. During her studies she took part in a number of short film festivals and spent a semester at the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain (Faculty of Fine Arts) that really marked the beginning of her motion work.

Featured in this Spotlight is 'Schattensprung', winner in the Animation Film category at The 4th International Photography, Short Film, Animation, and Gaming Contest 2012. 'Schattensprung' ("to jump over one's own shadow"), which means 'to broaden one's horizons and embark on something new', is a heart-felt work of love and opening up to the world.

She is currently living in Berlin, working as a motion designer a.o. for the Goldener Westen agency.

NLP Productions is a full service production company with over 20 years' experience servicing photographers, directors, ad agencies, record companies and magazines. Its seasoned producers have travelled the world several times and worked in all genres of photography and film.

With worldwide support and resources, NLP Productions can also provide casting and location scouting. The company has cast people of all types, including high fashion models, celebrities, actors, commercial talent, street casting, characters, athletes and dancers. Additional services include art buying, photo editing, locations and resource directors.  

Clients include Adidas, Bare Escentuals, Condé Nast, Hearst, Helmut Lang, Key Bank, Meredith Publications and Pfizer, to name a few.

Ooops Films Ltd. is a full production service company based in Tel Aviv, Israel.

With an average of 328 sunny days per-year, a variety of landscapes all within a short distance of each other, all types of locations - from ancient cities to high-tech towers - an abundance of actors and extras, one of the most developed and creative industries in Europe, post production houses with international reputations, and finally, the experience and professionalism of Ooops Films!

"Service with love!"

PPM Film Services is a premium, full service film production company based in Budapest. For over 20 years, PPM has been sought after by clients looking to take advantage of the wealth of atmosphere, beauty, history and technical expertise on offer when shooting in Hungary. PPM has proven itself time and again with dynamic solutions in creating exciting television advertising for some of the world’s most recognisable brands and companies.

Budapest has long been a world-class location for TV advertising and feature film production. The city can do ‘bright’ with its ornate and expansive bridges, winding Danube views and grandiose boulevards; but it can also do ‘edgy’ with sooty Gothic tenements, bullet-pocked facades and brooding streets. With its value for money, Budapest has already stood-in for cities like Buenos Aires, London, Paris, Moscow and Berlin. Local facilities include a branch of the internationally renowned Raleigh Studios, now Central and Eastern Europe’s best-equipped production studio.

Stefi Productions was established in 1971 and remains the largest company in the Greek production market. With TV commercials as its core business, the company also enjoys an active presence in multiple aspects of production including music and corporate events, digital signage and Web development via its affiliate companies Showhat, Tveez and Steficon.

Stefi's producers are experienced in both local and foreign productions and represent a selection of the best Greek directors across film and commercial shooting.

Since 2010, Stefi has been accredited as 'Company of the Year' by winning an incredible 16 production awards in the Greek Ad Festival.

Clients include Adel (Saatchi & Saatchi), Algida, Alpha Bank, Bank of Cyprus, BBDO Athens, Bold (Ogilvy), Citibank, Coca-Cola Hellenic, Cosmote, Danone, Eurobank, Ferrero, Geo (Y&R), Grey Athens, Henkel, Ikea, JWT Spot, Kraft Foods, Leo Burnett, McCann, McDonald's, Mitsubishi Motors, National Bank of Greece, Nestlé, P&G, PepsiCo, Peugeot, Publicis, Skoda, Toyota, VW, and many more.

With headquarters in Madrid and small offices in Malaga and Barcelona, Team Works Production offers production services in all regions of Spain, both for stills and TV commercials.

With more than 10 years' experience and clients from Asia (especially Korea), Australia, the Middle East, Europe, Brazil and the USA, the company does not just offer a 'service'. Team Works focuses on understanding its clients' needs so it can better help a production, teaming-up with producers to find the best options within the approved budgets.  

Over recent years, Team Works has specialised in sports/celebrities and car projects. Latest productions include Renault, Kia, Chevrolet, Mini, Hyundai, Jeep and Honda. The company produced a series of football-themed viral videos with Real Madrid players for Korean client Hyundai, and shot Luis Figo for the international Al-Roudan football tournament, the FC Barcelona team for its 2012 sponsors, Lionel Messi for Turkish Airlines, STC campaigns with Real Madrid players, Rafa Nadal for Kia, and Fernando Torres for Astro.

Team Works has filmed feature films and video clips for Bollywood, as well as TV  commercials and stills for several clients including Samsung, Polish bank Alior Sync, Play Telecom, and TV programmes for Brazil (TV Globo) and Israel.

Still projects include GQ Magazine, Vogue, Departures Magazine, Stelara Pharma, Braun, Honda, Turkish Airlines, Freixenet, Jeep and Kia.

The Timeline team represents a diverse and well-coordinated balance of youthful exuberance and mature insight. Its skills and personalities blend seamlessly to create exciting and exacting media.

Timeline loves being on the waterfront (and steps from the train station) in Irvington, New York in a former greenhouse factory that architects, animators, fashion designers and creative professionals of all stripes call home.

The company's offices are spacious yet homey, resulting in a relaxed and focused work environment. Even when working around the clock, good humour and harmony is maintained. The team has done it all, and for a long time.

TopCut is constantly in search of creative producing. That, along with the right choice of director and specialised partners gives the company top quality outcomes on every single commercial. 

TopCut is the only Cannes Lion awarded production house in Greece and is a bronze winner at New York Festival. A large number of awards have been won in the local market, including 'Production House of the Year'' award in 2006, 2007 and 2009 and the 'Production Grand Prix' in 2007 and 2009.

TPO-The Production Office is a full production service company for film, video and photography in Chile, Mexico and Uruguay. The company has serviced clients and agencies from all over the world, and has supervised projects in Guatemala, Peru and Spain.

TPO starts by delivering accurate estimates, offering a vast library of locations compiled by the company's own scouts. Its goal is to help clients get the best value for their money by providing cost-effective and reliable production.

Services include film permits, location scouting and logistics, online casting, bilingual crews, equipment rental, budgeting and reconciliation, plus everything required for a smooth shooting experience.

"A company of producers, for producers, since 1995."

Please check TPOFILMS youtube channel and website.