Digital Economy
Film Production
Germany is an attractive film production location for international film makers. Generous public funding subsidies are available for films produced in the country.
In 2020, there were 736 production studios. They are clustered in four film hotspots. The Berlin-Brandenburg cluster leads the way with 190 production companies, followed by North Rhine-Westphalia (162 production companies), Bavaria with (144 production companies), and Hamburg (66 production companies).
Film Funding
A majority of the movies produced in Germany are partly funded by one of the many public film-funding programs. These are divided into national and regional funding programs. In 2021 the National funding programs had a funding volume of more than EUR 100 million. This is divided between the Filmförderfonds, Filmförderanstalt, German Motion Picture Fund, and the “Deutsche Kinematik” Foundation. As with the national funding programs, the regional funding programs require some reference to the region covering the subsidies. This could, for example, be that parts of the film are shot locally or that part of the funding is spent in other ways in the region.
