Magic Media Company Europe’s most modern and largest media centre
Founded in 1991, Magic Media Company has developed into an independent media centre and, with the opening of its second site in 1999, it is now Europe’s most modern and largest film and TV studio operator. Together the CAMPUS in Hürth and the COLONEUM in Cologne offer a total of 35 studios (some with as much as 2,600m² of space and ceiling heights as great as 23m), a studio water tank, an open air stage for up to 10,000 spectators as well as 71,000m² of office space and 37,000m² of storage area on sites with a total area of more than 450,000m².
Services
Magic Media Company is an independent media centre, which leases studio, storage and office space, provides facility management, leases lighting and video equipment, cameras, sound equipment and stage sound systems. Furthermore, it offers consulting services, and supervises and handles TV productions and (large-scale) events. It has nine modern control rooms complete with the latest digital technology, an entire post-production facility, a stage and props department, a staff of 150 full-time employees and can call on the support of more than 500 freelancers. The stage team comprised of architects, carpenters, metalworkers, painters and electricians has not only fully-equipped workshops, but also CAD support. From the first drawings to the miniature model, all the way to complete rotating stages for studio or outdoor performances, everything is single-sourced.
MMC Independent - The International Film Financing Partner
MMC Independent GmbH (MMCI) is the film production arm of Magic Media Company. Parallel to the leasing of studios, the construction of scenery and props, MMCI serves as a co-producer and provides assistance with financing and content. Moreover, it can run the complete production on the German side. MMCI has available a broad-range of options for securing the necessary financing; it can, for example, defer the charges for services rendered by it, arrange for interim financing or even the use of grants awarded in connection with reference films. MMCI also takes care of the acquisition and handling of the multitude of regional and national film subsidies and is authorized to submit projects to Germany’s largest regional film grant programme (Filmstiftung NRW). Additionally, there is the German Film Promotion Fund (Deutscher Filmförderfond, DFFF) which was set up in 2007. Based on an “automatic” promotion system, the German Film Promotion Fund can grant a film project up to 10 million euros. To qualify for this funding, the project must satisfy a catalogue of specific characteristics. The Federal Film Promotion Authority (Filmförderungsanstalt, FFA) offers another possible source of financing on a national level. The close connections with distributors, sales organizations and TV broadcasters all ensure a wide-range of opportunities for exploitation of the work.
