Bavaria Film Gruppe

About Bavaria Film Gruppe

The Bavaria Film GmbH, together with its subsidiaries, forms a modern and broadly diversified group of companies in the German-speaking film, TV, and streaming industry. It looks back on more than a century of history. Today, the core business includes the development, production, and exploitation of moving image content in fictional and non-fictional genres across all distribution channels. Another focus is the operation of a significant mixed-use property for studio and office purposes at the media location Geiselgasteig, south of Munich. With an annual turnover of 311.4 million euros (financial year 2023/24), Bavaria Film is a medium-sized company employing around 1,500 permanent and freelance staff across all its holdings. The company's shareholders are private-sector subsidiaries of WDR, SWR, BR, and MDR, as well as the Free State of Bavaria via LfA Förderbank Bayern. Bavaria Film is organized as a management holding company and structured into four business areas: "Content", "Rights & Distribution", "Studios & Services", and "Real Estate".