MMC Movies

Your Reliable Partner for National and International Co-Productions

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Your Reliable Partner for National and International Co-Productions

MMC Movies Köln GmbH co-produces and co-finances national and international feature films for cinema and TV.

As co-producer, we participate in, and contribute financially to, film projects. If required, we can also assume the executive production in Cologne, Germany and Europe, bearing full financial responsibility—from pre-production to filming and post-production, up to execution.

As co-production partner and film financer, we make substantial contributions to your production, while offering you a wide range of financing options. These include private equity, regional, national and European funding, Gap-financing and pre-sales.

Thanks to our location in North Rhine-Westphalia, we also benefit from the support of the Film Foundation North Rhine-Westphalia—the Film- und Medienstiftung NRW—one of Germany’s largest regional film grant programs. On this basis, and together with you, we will draw up plans for a reliable and efficient financing structure for your project.

Numerous national and international film productions have already benefited from MMC Movies’ superior location and the many years of experience in the financing and realization of film projects.

A Story Worthy of a Film

MMC Movies has its roots in the MMC Independent GmbH (MMCI). With the major box office success Amélie (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) being nominated for five Oscars, MMCI established itself, in the early millennium, as co-producer on the international market.

Further film productions such as Chéri (Stephen Frears), but also German motion pictures such as 7 Dwarves – Men Alone in the Wood (Sven Unterwaldt Jr.)—with nearly 7 million spectators one of the most successful German movies ever—and Hilde (Kai Wessel), and The Adventures of Huck Finn (Hermine Huntgeburth) strengthened our position at the national and international levels.

Since 2013, MMC Movies has continued this success story. The MMC Movies’ Managing Directors are Jens Wolf and Bastie Griese. MMC Movies is located in Cologne on MMC Studios’ ‘Coloneum’ studio lot. The soundstages at the Coloneum are 85 ft. high and the tallest in the world.

Sustainability: At MMC Studios, film & TV productions are powered by green energy. 100 percent of the electricity comes from renewable energies.

Recent co-productions of MMC Movies include 55 Steps (Bille August), Baghdad in My Shadow (Samir), Gladbeck aka 54 Hours (Kilian Riedhof), Un profil pour deux aka Mr. Stein Goes Online (Stéphane Robelin), The Lion Woman (Vibeke Idsøe), Lilly’s Bewitched Christmas (Wolfgang Groos), Stowaway (Joe Penna), The Diary of Anne Frank (Hans Steinbichler), The Milan Protocol (Peter Ott), and Zazy (M.X. Oberg).

Joint Ventures: MMC Zodiac

In June 2013, MMC Movies Köln GmbH and the renowned Swiss production company, Zodiac Pictures Ltd. founded the joint venture MMC Zodiac GmbH, based in Cologne. The objective of the joint venture is to develop and produce high-class film projects for the German market, on the basis of a good capitalization.

The first project realized for the German public TV broadcaster ZDF, was the great historic two-part movie, Gotthard (Urs Egger). Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory (Papa Moll) directed by Manuel Flurin Hendry is a real film adaptation of the famous Swiss children’s comic as a great cinematic experience for the whole family. The movie was realeased in theaters in Switzerland on December 21, 2017, and in April 2018 in Germany. International Sales for Mr. Moll & the Chocolate Factory are being handled by ARRI Media International.

Production Services

Parallel to the production activity, MMC Movies also provides services for film productions. Our production services include renting out soundstages and production offices, color grading at our color grading theater “The Suite”, as well as set & scenery construction, among others.

Projects in this area, in which we have been involved so far, are among others 7500 by Patrick Vollrath, A Dangerous Method by David Cronenberg, Babylon Berlin by Tom Tykwer, Bauhaus – A New Era by Lars Kraume, Benjamin the Elephant (Benjamin Blümchen) by Tim Trachte, Cunningham 3D by Alla Kovgan, Enfant Terrible by Oskar Roehler, German Lesson by Christian Schwochow, Help, I Shrunk My …, Part I-III by Sven Unterwaldt Jr. / Tim Trageser / Granz Henman, Last Love by Sandra Nettelbeck, Love Virtually (Gut gegen Nordwind) by Daniel Glattauer, Laura’s Star by Joya Thomé, Only Lovers Left Alive by Jim Jarmusch, Pettson and Findus I-III by Ali Samadi Ahadi, Pinocchio by Anna Justice, Schossgebete by Sönke Wortmann, The Cut by Fatih Akin, The Door by István Szabó, The Operative by Yuval Adler, The Physician and Ich war noch niemals in New York by Philipp Stölzl, The Reader by Stephen Daldry, The Rude by Connie Walther, The School of Magical Animals by Gregor Schnitzler, and The Traitor by Marco Bellocchio.

A filmography, listing our co-productions and service productions can be downloaded here.

Bastie Griese

“We produce German and international feature films for cinema and TV with passion and from the heart of Europe.“

Bastie Griese
Managing Director

Co-Productions

Mr. Moll And The Chocolate Factory Film Poster

Hexe Lilli rettet Weihnachten Film Poster

Lovekvinnen - The Lion Woman Film Poster

Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amelie Poulain Film Poster

FAQ – Co-Productions

Does MMC Movies contribute financially to co-productions?

Yes, MMC Movies gets involved via regional and national film funding, the acquisition of pre-sales and gap financings, and private equity for co-production projects.

Does MMC Movies assist in the realization and organization of productions?

Yes, if desired, MMC Movies takes over the execution of the film production, from filming to post-production and takes full responsibility for the realization of the production work.

Is it possible to use MMC Movies’ know-how and services for a film project, without a co-production?

Yes, MMC Movies is happy to mediate and supervise the leasing of sound stages, production offices and adjoining rooms, and if desired, the set constructions for film productions, as service provider.

Does MMC Movies also get active in the contentual development of film projects?

On a case-by-case basis, MMC Movies produces its own feature films with partners. However, when it comes to content-related inquiries, we would like to refer to our joint venture MMC Zodiac, which handles the task of contentual development of film projects.

Is it possible to realize major international productions at the location of MMC Studios?

Yes, the location of the MMC Studios with its 22 stages, as well as the film location North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) is outstandingly suitable in both, qualitative and quantitative terms, in order to create major international productions. Renowned and experienced beyond the borders of Germany, the crews of filmmakers in NRW demonstrate their know-how every day. Moreover, Cologne lies in the heart of Europe and the city offers great gastronomy, hotels, and cultural progam, as well as a perfect traffic connection.