Faber Courtial

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Faber Courtial GbR

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legal form GbR
founding 1998
Seat Darmstadt
management Maria Courtial, Jörg Courtial
Branch Computer animation
Website www.faber-courtial.de

The Faber Courtial GbR is on virtual reality , historical reconstructions and visual effects company specializing. It was founded in 1998 by Maria and Jörg Courtial in Darmstadt .

Field of activity

The company is active in the field of VR , film, VFX , animation and post-production for top-class VR films, TV productions, documentaries, exhibitions and image films. The production of high quality VR films has been a special focus of the company since 2014. Faber Courtial and ZDF produced the very first fully immersive VR documentary for German television: the award-winning production "Vulkane VR". In 2016, the second VR production for ZDF Terra X with the title Gladiators in the Colosseum followed . In 2017 the VR-Zeitreise Kölner Dom was created , which was produced as part of the WDR project "The Cologne Cathedral in 360 degrees and VR" and was awarded the Grimme Online Award 2017. Since then, the company has been one of the VR pioneers on the German market and is one of the premium providers of virtual reality content internationally.

With the VR documentary "2nd Step: From Moon to Mars and Beyond" (German title: Reise zu Mond und Mars), which was commissioned by ZDF to accompany a 3-part Terra X documentary about Alexander Gerst's deployment on the ISS was produced, the company continued its success story in the field of VR film. The production has been shown at numerous international film festivals and has been awarded prestigious VR prizes, including a. with the "People Choice Award for Best Passive Experience" at the "Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories" (FIVARS) in Toronto / Canada (2019) and as "Best 360 Film (Best Panorama Video)" at the World Conference on VR in Nanchang / China (2019).

Since 2018, Faber Courtial has also been producing its own VR film content completely independently. With the support of Deutsche Telekom, the 3-part VR series "Follow Me - Rome" was created, which takes the viewer on a VR journey to the most important places in ancient Rome. In 2019 the VR film "1st Step" (Eng. Title: Apollo) followed, which has the Apollo missions as its content.

In addition to VR films, the company's other specialty areas also include the (photo-realistic) reconstruction of historical buildings, landscapes and artifacts in collaboration with historians and archaeologists, 3D animated maps, 3D stereo productions and purely virtual films with real actors, such as re-enactment -Groups or actors. In an animation for the Time Travel Vienna adventure museum, z. B. the actresses Vicky Krieps as Sissi and Rita Winkelmann as Archduchess Maria Theresia .

Due to its top-class animations, which convince with their unmistakable style and high artistic quality, Faber Courtial is now also one of the premium providers in the field of film / documentation. The first well-known productions included, for example, “The Germans” I & II, “Universum der Ozeane” with Frank Schätzing (Group 5 film production 2008 & 2010) or “Unterwegs in der Weltgeschichte” with Hape Kerkeling (Interscience Film 2011). The ZDF Terra X documentary "Aufbruch ins All mit Alexander Gerst" (2018), the ZDF documentary "Hannibal - March on Rome" (2018) and the big "Europa-Saga" from 2017 are mentioned very recently ZDF and arte were produced. Due to the long list of projects that have been implemented over the course of the company's 20-year history, the company now has an enormously extensive set archive which, in addition to the most precise anatomical and geological assets, also includes reconstructions of almost all epochs and cultures.

In addition to the major German TV channels, Faber Courtial also counts numerous museums among its customers, including the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums in Mannheim, the Landesmuseum Württemberg in Stuttgart and the Historical Museum of the Palatinate in Speyer. For the Limeseum Ruffenhofen archaeological museum, which opened in 2012, Faber Courtial developed, among other things, an augmented reality app .

history

Faber Courtial was founded in 1998 by Maria and Jörg Courtial, who both studied industrial design in Darmstadt. Until 2004, the company was primarily active in the field of image film and product advertising. a. for Fraport, McDonald's, Neff GmbH and Airbus. The work was awarded at various festivals. In 2005, the documentary "The Mongols" was the first major television production. Since then, the focus has been on creating high-quality animations, matte paintings , set extensions, compositings and crowd replications for television documentaries (ARD, ZDF, arte, SWR and many more) as well as exhibitions. Several VFX , CGI and compositing specialists and an archaeologist are currently working at the company's headquarters as well as various freelance designers and scientists for Faber Courtial. The company has been active in the field of "VR film" since 2014; From 2018, for the first time, with completely in-house VR productions.

Filmography

Television documentaries

  • 2005 The Mongols, ZDF
  • 2006 The Jews - History of a People, ARD
  • 2006 Terra X: Storm over China: The Secret of the First Emperor, ZDF
  • 2007 Die Germanen, ARD
  • 2008 The Germans I, ZDF
  • 2009 Great moments of the Germans, ZDF
  • 2009 Battle for Germania, ZDF
  • 2009 Terra X: Schliemann's Heirs : Der Limes , ZDF
  • 2009 Terra X: Cathedrals of the Stone Age. Europe's early monuments, ZDF
  • 2010 Terra X: Universe of the Oceans, ZDF
  • 2010 Terra X: Schliemann's Heirs : The Sunken City of Cloud People, ZDF
  • 2010 Terra X: Schliemann's heirs : Advance of the German Hanseatic League, ZDF
  • 2010 Terra X: Superbauten - The Cologne Cathedral , The Dresden Frauenkirche , Neuschwanstein Castle , ZDF
  • 2010 Terra X: The German Hanseatic League - A Secret Superpower, ZDF
  • 2010 The Germans II, ZDF
  • 2010 The Roman Experiment, SWR
  • 2010 evolution. Origin of life on planet earth, FaberCourtial
  • 2010 Mission X: The Invisible Web | Victory of the steam rocket, ZDF
  • 2010 The German Empire, ZDF
  • 2011 Terra X: On the way in world history , ZDF
  • 2011 The holy war, ZDF
  • 2011 Terra X: Storming Jerusalem, ZDF
  • 2011 Terra X: Egypt, ZDF
  • 2011 Terra X: Hunt for Heavenly Fire, ZDF
  • 2012 The Celts in the Southwest, SWR
  • 2012 The Bernsteinstrasse, ZDF
  • 2012 World of Castles in Europe, arte / ZDF
  • 2012 Mission Bavaria, Diocese of Eichstätt / arte
  • 2012 Silent Night in Stalingrad, ZDF
  • 2013 Terra X: Wilder Planet - Disasters, ZDF
  • 2013 Black Forest history (s), SWR
  • 2013 Terra X: The Last Minutes. Archeology on battlefields, ZDF
  • 2014 Chachapoya - Carthage's forgotten warriors, arte
  • 2014 The Middle Ages Experiment, SWR
  • 2014 Terra X: The Igniting Spark - The Story of Fireworks, ZDF
  • 2014 Terra X: The World of Knights, ZDF
  • 2014 The World of Knights, ZDF
  • 2014 Leschs Kosmos: Big Data, ZDF
  • 2014 Terra X: Supertalent Mensch, ZDF
  • 2014 Terra X: Alexander the Great- “On the way to power” and “To the end of the world”, ZDF / ORF / arte
  • 2015 Terra X: Germany's cities, ZDF / arte Is available in the ZDF media library: http://bit.ly/1HGDUez
  • 2015 Traces in the stone: The Eifel, SWR
  • 2015 Palatinate Stories, SWR
  • 2015 Terra X: Fascination Earth - “Golden Triangle” and “Water Hunting in the Desert”, ZDF
  • 2015 Baroque in the southwest, SWR
  • 2015 Terra X: Pirates - Die Wolf, ZDF
  • 2015 Terra X: Magical Germany - Secret places of worship and sacrificial sites, ZDF
  • 2015 Sleeping Giants - Super Volcanoes, ZDF / arte
  • 2015 Sueben / Alamannen, SWR
  • 2015 Rome on the Rhine, ZDF / arte
  • 2015 Giant of the North, Hamburg's rise to a world port, NDR
  • 2016 Terra X: Big Peoples, ZDF
  • 2016 Treasures of the World Special: The Renaissance - Dawn of a New Era, SWR
  • 2016 Traces in the stone: The Swabian Alb (partial animations), SWR
  • 2017 Oh, Europe, arte
  • 2017 Die Europaaga, ZDF
  • 2017 Terra X Fascination Earth: Arabia - magical world between the worlds, ZDF
  • 2017 Terra X Fascination Earth: Sri Lanka - A Gift from Heaven, ZDF
  • 2017 The Luther Tribunal. 10 days in April, ZDF / arte
  • 2017 Stories of Lake Constance, SWR
  • 2017 Lesch's breakwater: Tsunamis, ZDF
  • 2017 Traces in the stone: The Nördlinger Ries, SWR
  • 2017 Quarks & Co: The earth without snow, WDR
  • 2017 Traces in the stone: The Allgäu, SWR
  • 2017 Traces in the stone: The Hunsrück, SWR
  • 2018 Mysterious Phenomena: Disappeared Islands and Moving Stones, ZDF
  • 2018 Mysterious Phenomena: Holes in the Ground and Blue Miracles, ZDF
  • 2018 Terra X Fascination Earth: The world changers
  • 2018 Traces in the stone: The Kaiserstuhl, SWR
  • 2018 Terra X: Unsolved Riddles of Archeology, ZDF
  • 2018 Terra X: 1000 years of Worms Cathedral, ZDF
  • 2018 The industrialization of the southwest, SWR
  • 2018 10 questions about Christianity, ZDF
  • 2018 Hannibal - March on Rome, ZDF
  • 2019 Terra X - Departure into space with Alexander Gerst, ZDF

Exhibitions / archeology

  • 2009 Alexander the Great and the Opening of the World , Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums
  • 2009 Treasures of Ancient Syria - The Discovery of the Kingdom of Qatna , Württemberg State Museum
  • 2009 Empire - Conflict - Myth, LWL Roman Museum Haltern
  • 2010 The Hohenstaufen and Italy , Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums
  • 2011 Roman fort in Saalburg
  • 2011 The Naumburg Master - Sculptor and Architect in the Europe of Cathedrals, State Exhibition Saxony-Anhalt Naumburg / Saale
  • 2011 Celtic world on Glauberg
  • 2012 Time Travel Adventure Museum, Vienna
  • 2012 Legendary masterpieces. Cultural history (s) from Württemberg, Württemberg State Museum
  • 2012 Römerpark Ruffenhofen / Limeseum
  • 2012 The world of the Celts. Centers of Power - Treasures of Art, State Museum Württemberg and Archaeological State Museum Baden-Württemberg
  • 2013 360 ° telescope, Rupertsberg Monastery / Bingen am Rhein
  • 2013 The Wittelsbachers on the Rhine. The Electoral Palatinate and Europe , Reiss-Engelhorn Museums
  • 2013 Bettelbühl. The grave of the Celtic princess, Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office
  • 2013 Archaeorama, Pfahlbaumuseum Unteruhldingen Bodensee
  • 2013 Gothic building site - the Freiburg Minster, Augustinermuseum
  • 2014 Georg Büchner. Revolutionary with pen and scalpel, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt / Darmstadtium
  • 2014 Heuneburg Open-Air Museum - Keltenstadt, Baden-Württemberg State Monuments Office
  • 2014 The artist colony exhibition 1914 - A digital journey through time, Institut Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt
  • 2014 Xanten - Colonia Ulpia Traiana, LVR Archaeological Park Xanten / LVR Roman Museum
  • 2015 De Koninck Brewery Museum Antwerp, permanent exhibition, Biererfgoed VZW 201
  • 2015 The Haller Landhege, community Rosengarten / Erlebniswelt.com (LEADER project)
  • 2016 Luther in Worms, City of Worms
  • 2017 The Old Castle, State Office for Monument Preservation, Baden-Württemberg
  • 2017 The Popes and the Unity of the Latin World, CES for the Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums
  • 2017 Richard the Lionheart. King - knight - prisoner. Historical Museum of the Palatinate Speyer
  • 2019 Marble Hall VR Karlsruhe Palace, virtual journey through time / on behalf of the Baden State Museum

VR productions

  • 2015 Vulkane VR, first immersive appearance by ZDF
  • 2016 Gladiators in the Colosseum VR, in cooperation with ZDF
  • 2017 Cologne Cathedral - VR Zeitreise, in cooperation with the WDR
  • 2018 2nd Step: From Moon to Mars and Beyond (German title: Reise zu Mond und Mars) in cooperation with ZDF
  • 2018 Follow Me - Rome, VR series in-house production by Faber Courtial
  • 2019 1st Step (German title: Apollo), VR in-house production Faber Courtial (in cooperation with German Telekom)
  • 2019 Marble Hall VR Karlsruhe Palace, virtual journey through time / on behalf of the Baden State Museum
  • 2020 Déjà-Vu (working title), currently in production, in-house production by Faber Courtial

Awards

  • 2003 "It's time to move"
  • 2004 AIDA "Foldable passenger seat"
    • Animago Award, 1st place "Professional Product Design"
  • 2008 animation Neff-Evolution
    • ITVA Award in Gold, Design in Motion
  • 2012 "Timeride Vienna"
    • Animago Award 2012, 1st place "Best Stereo 3D Production"
    • Perron of Crystal Award, 3D Film Festival / 3D Stereo Media Liège / Belgium, 1st place "Alternative Content"
  • 2016 "Volcanos VR"
    • Winner Gold Panda Award 2016 “Most Innovative Program”, International Gold Panda Documentary Festival, Sichuan / China,
    • What's the buzz Reel - World Congress of Science and Factual Producers (WCSFP), China
  • 2017 Gladiators in the Colosseum
    • Winner EMEA Lumière Award (Stereopsia), Brussels / Belgium
    • Winner of the Next Reality Contest, Hamburg / Germany
    • Winner “Best VR Short” Evolution! Festival, Palma de Mallorca / Spain
    • Winner Best VR Project, Filmchella Film Festival, Joshua Tree / USA
    • Winner of the 60th Cine Golden Eagle Award for Independent & Emerging Media, category “Virtual Reality / Scripted”, USA
  • 2017 "VR time travel Cologne Cathedral"
    • Grimme Online Award, category "Culture and Entertainment" (together with the WDR for the project "The Cologne Cathedral in 360 ° and VR")
  • 2019
    • Winner “Grand Prix” BCN 360 VR & AR Market, Barcelona / Spain
    • Winner “Best Picture” 360 Film Festival, Paris / France
    • Winner "People's Choice Award for Best Passive Experience", Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories, Toronto / Canada
    • Winner "Best 360 Film (Best Panorama Video)" World Conference on VR, Nanchang / China

media

  • 2010 The Hohenstaufen and Italy. Three regions of innovation in medieval Europe, DVD, Reiss-Engelhorn-Museen Mannheim

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ About Faber Courtial ( Memento from January 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed January 4, 2013)
  2. ↑ Experience Cologne Cathedral in virtual reality , at www1.wdr.de, accessed on April 1, 2020
  3. ↑ Cologne Cathedral in 360 ° and VR , on grimme-online-award.de, accessed on April 1, 2020
  4. ↑ Second ZDF documentary with Alexander Gerst about the moon , on presseportal.de, accessed on April 1, 2020
  5. ↑ EXHIBITIONS Babel am Rhein . In: Der Spiegel . No. 37 , 2009, p. 138 ( spiegel.de ).
  6. ↑ Making of Time Travel Vienna (accessed on January 4, 2013)
  7. ↑ Digital Production Special Animago 2004, p. 43 and Digital Production animago 2003, p. 42
  8. ↑ Current projects ( Memento of the original from June 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.faber-courtial.de
  9. ↑ Exhibition in Worms shows the primal scene of the Reformation in 3D . ( rnz.de [accessed October 11, 2018]).
  10. ↑ How the history of the papacy seals the fate of Rome . In: Reiss-Engelhorn-Museums Mannheim . ( rem-mannheim.de [accessed on October 11, 2018]).
  11. ^ Exhibition in Speyer: Richard Löwenherz returns to the Palatinate . ( rheinpfalz.de [accessed on October 11, 2018]).
  12. ↑ Audience in the palace - A virtual journey through time to the Baroque , at landesmuseum.de
  13. ↑ a b c Faber Courtial Awards ( Memento from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed December 27, 2012)
  14. ↑ Digital Production animago Special 2012, pp. 46–48
  15. ↑ 3D Stereo Media Award 2012 (accessed December 27, 2012; PDF; 369 kB)
  16. ↑ Numerous awards for "Gladiators in the Colosseum" . In: faber courtial . ( faber-courtial.de [accessed on October 11, 2018]).
  17. ↑ Next Reality Contest 2018 . In: Hamburg Chamber of Commerce . ( hk24.de [accessed October 10, 2018]).
  18. ↑ The Cologne Cathedral in 360 ° and VR . ( grimme-online-award.de [accessed on October 10, 2018]).
  19. ↑ 360 Film Festival - Winners 2019 , on satis-expo.com
  20. ↑ The 5th Annual FIVARS Awards Winners Have Been Announced! The Best in VR & AR Stories , on fivars.net
  21. ↑ DVD about the Staufer (accessed on January 4, 2013)