Vienna Film Commission

The Vienna Film Commission is the central service and contact point for filming in Vienna . As an institution of the city, it supports national and international film productions in filming in Vienna. The service is available free of charge for feature films , documentaries , documentaries, student films and advertisements.

history

The Vienna Film Commission was set up on the initiative of the City of Vienna's Department of Culture (MA 7), the Vienna Film Fund , WienTourismus , the Vienna Business Agency , the Vienna Chamber of Commerce (WK Wien), and the City of Vienna's Press and Information Service (PID) called and founded in February 2009 as a non-profit GmbH. Since July 2009, her office has been in the Media Quarter Marx , in the third district of Vienna.

tasks

The Vienna Film Commission coordinates communication processes between the city administration ( Magistrate of the City of Vienna ) and the film industry, particularly when it comes to granting filming permits . She acts as a mediator and supports the search for suitable motives and service partners in the industry. In addition, she lobbies for films and promotes Vienna internationally as a location for filming and producing films with the aim of achieving sustainable effects for the film industry on site.

structure

Financing partners of the Vienna Film Commission are the Cultural Department of the City of Vienna (MA7), the Vienna Film Fund, Wien Tourismus, the Vienna Business Agency and the Vienna Chamber of Commerce.

The team consists of five people. The managing director is Marijana Stoisits.

Marijana Stoisits is a member of the European Film Academy and Vice Chair of the Board of Directors of the Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI).

The “Vienna Film Board” acts as an advisory board and consists of representatives from the five financing partners.

International productions in Vienna

• Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation (USA 2014)
• Woman in Gold (USA / UK, 2014)
• Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (India 2015)
• Rush (USA / UK, 2013)
• Let me go (UK 2016)
• Covert Affairs , NBC (USA 2013)
• The Grimm, NBC (USA, 2013)
• Em Familia (Brazil, 2013)
• The Best Offer (Italy, 2012)
• A beautiful Affair (Philippines, 2012)
• 360 (UK / US / A 2011)
• First Love (Egypt, 2011)
• A Dangerous Method (USA / UK, 2011)
• Pillars of the Earth (USA, 2010)
• Namo Venkatesa (India, 2009)
• The Piano Teacher (France, 2001)
• The Three Musketeers (US, 1993)
• Before Sunrise (USA, 1995)
• James Bond 007 - The Living Daylights (UK, 1987)
• Scorpio (USA, 1973)
• The Third Man (UK, 1949)

Memberships

• European Film Commission Network (EUFCN)
• Association of Film Commissioners International (AFCI)
• Austrian Film Commissions & Funds (AFC & F) is the working group of regional Austrian film commissions and grants as well as Filmstandort Austria (FISA)

Web links

• Vienna Film Commission website
• Vienna Film Commission on the website of the City of Vienna

Individual evidence

1. ↑ AFCI Announces New Officer Appointments to its 2017 Board of Directors | Association of Film Commissioners International. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 8, 2017 ; accessed on February 8, 2017 . 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.  
2. ↑ Peter Caranicas: New Officers Named to AFCI Board of Directors . In: Variety . January 18, 2017 ( variety.com [accessed February 8, 2017]).
3. ↑ European Film Commission Network Members ( Memento of the original from September 26, 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. 
4. ^ AFCI: Vienna Film Commission
5. ↑ AFC & F Partner ( Memento of the original from September 28, 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.