News
The latest news in brief.
MOViE YOUR BUSINESS – is our motto.
And there is a lot in motion here.
December 2011
New vantage points and beautiful perspectives
We’d like to take this opportunity to look back on a great 2011 and thank everyone for the collaboration on the exciting projects - and to wish you, your families and friends a Merry Christmas, and a successful business year in 2012.
November 2011
The founding of the MEDIENAKADEMIE WIESBADEN
The brains behind FABRIKATION have founded a new teaching and training institution in the Hessen capital: The Medienakademie Wiesbaden. The density of media competence together with successful professionals from media, film and industry creates a unique practice oriented learning environment at the highest level.
Instruction at the Medienakademie Wiesbaden starts in the spring of 2012 in the new training rooms in FABRIKATION. The course offering will make a noticeable contribution as an attractive media location to the Wiesbaden landscape.
October 2011
TV-Premiere "A High Pressure Pilot"
Our report "A High Pressure Pilot" premiered on October 21 for the SWR broadcast "Mensch Leute". The protagonist, the film team, editors and guests from the film and television business were all on hand at FABRIKATION to celebrate the latest film by Greb + Neckermann.
Jürgen Schütz is a helicopter pilot and an aerial daredevil. Whether it be a risky job to protect animals or a job for a power company, every deployment involves complete concentration: danger is always on standby. There is no routine in his line of work, because Jürgen Schütz is one of the few pilots in Germany who are on call for those kinds of airborne deployments.
September 2011
Action packed ad film for Allison Transmission and Mercedes-Benz
Greb + Neckermann just finished a spectacular off-road advertising film for the automatic transmission and drive component manufacturer Allison Transmission and Mercedes-Benz. The star of the film was a fleet of rough terrain capable Mercedes-Benz Zetros trucks.
August 2011
The Airfreight Centennial – A Journey Through History
August 19, 1911 was an historical day. On that day the first airplane in Germany took off with a load of freight. 100 years after this historical event, air freight has become an indispensable part of the world economy.
In the framework of the centennial, Lufthansa Cargo AG commissioned a 10 minute advertising film capped by the milestones of an exciting century of air freight.
July 2011
"Being Rich, or How You Can Take It With You"
A short film written and played by Geoffrey Steinherz in the style of an American talkshow, with a 1960s hipster moderator who interviews Edgar Allan Poe about his pieces "Von Kempelen and His Discovery" and "Eldorado" in the form of a satire of the Goldrush. In a curiously lyrical way the two very different, very American worlds and epochs converge.
Concept, direction and production by Greb + Neckermann.
June 2011
Poetry and Ballades Spoken by Christiane Zerda
97 and not the slightest bit tired – after diverse appearances through Germany over the years the actress extraordinaire Christiane Zerda is still directing theatre groups, giving theatrical and vocal instruction, and performing on her own as a teller of fairy tales and stage actress.
We were delighted to have an SRO crowd for her in the FABRIKATION, where Ms. Zerda led us through the world of Goethe, Schiller and Fontane. It was with the finest of feelings, gravity and humour that she recited poetry and ballades, with a discrete and appropriate accompaniment by Sarah Keßler on the grand piano.
Der Erlkönig [MP3 4.139 KB]
April 2011
The latest video by Hotel Bossa Nova – Passarinho (Little Bird)
Greb + Neckermann did the complete postproduction with an extensive color grading for the live one shot video.
March 2011
The pilot and the saw
Exciting feature for the Südwestrundfunk television station
It looks dangerous and risky when the giant helicopter saw with its monster saw blades separates high tension lines from trees. Even the smallest movement of the helicopter affects the free swinging giant saw. The feature follows the pilot in his dangerous job, which in spite of storms and driving snow he would not exchange for any other job in the world.
February 2011
A Handful of Fish – The Eel Catcher of the Rhine
In a co-production of hr Fernsehen and SWR, Greb + Neckermann produces a 30 minute portrait about a fisherman, a 60 minute longer version as well as an essay about fishing on the Rhine as the hardest of the cold weather jobs.
At 46, Dieter Stitz is the youngest among his colleagues. In addition to him there are only three more fishermen on the Rhine. A rare profession for nature lovers, mavericks and hardened men. He fishes every day, but the yield is meagre. And now his bread and butter fish, the eel, has been red listed. The film depicts the day to day battle of a lone combatant, from his tricks to thwart fish thieves to the planning of catch routes, to the search for a suitable buyer for his catch.
November 2010
Report on FABRIKATION in the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Zeitung
With a run of more than 500,000 in the Wiesbaden Magazine section, the FAZ published a profile of the creative scene in the capital city of Hesse.
In the report Greb + Neckermann and the FABRIKATION network provide a representative glimpse of the film sector in the Rhine Main region.
October 2010
The Digital Artists in FABRIKATION
Greb + Neckermann have opened a Design Office for motion graphics, visual effects and visual content on the ground floor of FABRIKATION. As of immediately Maurice Treffler and Sebastian Joerg, experienced digital artists from Wiesbaden, are offering their web, film, commercials, television and film animation services. The new service augments the FABRIKATION portfolio and complements the production and post-production capabilities of Greb + Neckermann.
July 2010
A Visit from the City Council and the office business development
During their joint visit to Greb + Neckermann the Wiesbaden city councillor and head of the economics department Detlev Bendel, and Werner Backes, director of business development for Wiesbaden showed great interest in the modern media site FABRIKATION. The extensive tour enabled them to experience the multitude of media activity in the factory building and meet the individuals who work there. Detlev Bendel and Werner Backes were enthusiastic about the creative ambiance and the professional production facilities. In addition each promised direct support for future FABRIKATION expansion plans.
May 2010
50 Year Jubilee for Boeing and Lufthansa
Greb + Neckermann is pleased to announce the development and production of several film modules and animations designed as a visual guideline for the occasion of the 50 year Jubilee of the Boeing Company and Deutsche Lufthansa. The two firms are celebrating their close partnership on the Lufthansa base in Hamburg with a grand gala. Greb + Neckermann will enable the gala guests to travel in time on a gigantic projection surface through five decades of aviation history, reliving the exciting development of the Boeing jet airplanes, from their beginnings to the modern Dreamliner.
April 2010
New team member at Greb + Neckermann
Since April, 2010, Sarah Keßler is the new trainee in media design for picture and sound at Greb + Neckermann. With an background in pedagogy, she already has experience in television as a video journalist. In addition to her special interest in editing and camera work, as a professional pianist Sarah will also be able to immediately apply her passion for music to the creative work at Greb + Neckermann.
March 2010
It’s finished - FABRIKATION is open for business in Wiesbaden
On March 23, 2010 Greb + Neckermann presented their new production facilities with an open house. Stephan Höfler also dedicated his brand-new sound studio and Thorsten Hinck opened his author’s office.
Creative minds from all areas of the media will be housed in the former “Schandua & Söhne” paper goods factory in Wiesbaden Biebrich. Film production, postproduction, sound studio, authors office and a graphics studio occupy a floor space of 1000 square meters in generously apportioned loft style spaces.
After the main tenant, an old, established printer, shut down operations, the facility was put up for sale in 2009, which prompted Greb + Neckermann to purchase the historically significant building with an eye to preserving and completely renovating it. In so doing a creative media location with well known clients from industry and television has been established. The mixture of unusual old industrial architecture ambiance in a creative environment in the middle of the Rhine-Main is a winning combination.
The building is old - FABRIKATION is new!
December 2009
Financial Support for Albert-Schweitzer-Kinderdorf e.V.
This year Greb + Neckermann is financially supporting the new construction of a family residence for up to eight children and youth. Albert-Schweitzer Kinderdorf e.V. is thereby able to provide a stable and natural environment for neglected or abused children in a family life setting.
Founded in 1966, the not for profit association is a non-confessional, independent organization for youth welfare. The DZI seal of approval certifies the worthy use of the contribution.
In production since 1890
Greb + Neckermann is converting an old factory building in Wiesbaden, Biebrich into a modern media production facility. The original packing firm of “Schandua & Söhne”, with its own printing shop, was inaugurated in 1890 and operated as a family business until the 1980’s. The three production halls were leased to a printing firm until 2009.
By the end of 2009, in addition to the expanded production facilities of Greb and Neckarmann, a modern sound studio, several loft style offices and a new entrance with a spacious lounge will be installed. The opening of the Stephan Höfler sound studio will take place at the beginning of 2010.
October 2009
Greb + Neckermann expands their post production
The production space is being expanded with the addition of a new AVID Nitris DX editing suite. Master playouts and broadcast copies are possible in all broadcast formats on HD CAM, DVC Pro HD, DVC Pro including Digital Betacam and Betacam SP.
As a full service firm we rent our AVID Suites and we also continue to offer professional DVD production. Prompt design, authoring and 4-colour copying coordinated with post production can be created. Henning Fromme directs the areas of post production, DVD production and MRT technology.
September 2009
Greb + Neckermann is a recognized training firm
In September, 2009 Tom Mußmacher started working at Greb + Neckermann as a trainee in the area of media design in picture and sound. He is the second trainee at Greb + Neckermann and has specialized in camera assistance and animation.
May 2009
Double Silver at the World Media Festival
Greb + Neckermann has once again emerged triumphant in this year's international film and media industry competition.
The SWR documentary "Oper ist mein Leben – Hinter den Kulissen im Staatstheater Mainz" ("Opera is my life - Behind the scenes at the Mainz Staatstheater") took the prestigious Intermedia-Globe Silver Award in the Documentary/Culture category. Greb + Neckermann's "Total Material Operations - TMO" image film for Lufthansa Technik AG also won an award in the Sales Promotions/Products category. Experts came from all over the globe to attend the Hamburg Oscar Night on 13 May in the Delphi Showpalast.
The "World Media Festival – Global Competition for Modern Media" - one of the most important events for audiovisual communication media - has been bringing industrial clients and the broadcasting organisations together with creative specialists for 10 years now. The Festival Awards are highly regarded honours and are recognised internationally as symbols of outstanding production standards. Competition was fierce this year. Over 550 entries from 30 countries, including such well-known names as Audi, Siemens and ZDF, subjected their entries to the assessment of the high-calibre jury.
November 2008 / December 2008
Living for the stage - reportage and magazine items for SWR
Greb + Neckermann produces 5 news items for the Landesschau local news programme. The wardrobe mistress, the make-up artist, a lighting technician, the leader of the orchestra and the stage manager are all filmed backstage in the Staatstheater Mainz during rehearsals for Richard Wagner's five and a half hour opera, "Parsifal". Viewers feel that they are giving everything to create something extraordinary.
Focusing on Hans-Erich Vincke, stage manager of the Mainz Staatstheater, the 30 minute film "Living for the stage" takes viewers into the amazing world of the theatre, giving them an insight into the feverish preparations for the production of "Parsifal". The stage manager is the most important person at a performance – forming the link between the director and the technical staff. Proof of the way in which all the different specialists all pull together, especially for the premiere of an opera, is provided when we see how they collaborate to meet this major challenge.
August 2008
SUPRESA – Music video for arte and 3sat
Greb + Neckermann Filmproduction makes a hip music video for the Wiesbaden-based band Hotel Bossa Nova. The song is called "Supresa", Portuguese for 'surprise'. The music video will be broadcast on arte and 3sat to coincide with the launch of the album at the start of 2009.
The elaborate production communicates the melancholy feeling of the song in the form of a short story. It's all about a spontaneous party thrown to celebrate the return of a friend who had been away. The video paints this scene in bright colours, suffusing it with the feeling of the 60s and adding a dash of pensiveness and humour.
The four musicians - Liza da Costa, Alexander Sonntag, Wolfgang Stamm and Tilmann Höhn – drive around Wiesbaden at night in an old taxi, happy and in high spirits but also argumentative. The band featuring singer Liza da Costa also wants Greb + Neckermann to produce its next music video. Next time in Lisbon, though, where the band's roots are.
June 2008
Lufthansa goes to the Cinema
Greb + Neckermann produces the "Be who you want to be" cinema spot for Deutsche Lufthansa's new recruitment campaign.
Greb + Neckermann is responsible for both the overall marketing concept and also the placing of the ad. The ad runs for three months in roughly 150 cinemas in Germany from the end of April 2008.
May 2008
International Commercial Film festival: "Prix Victoria – Silver Award"
Greb + Neckermann takes away one of the most highly valued commercial film prizes for its anthology film “The Human Factors" for Lufthansa Technik AG at the 23rd International Commercial Film festival in Vienna: the Silver "Victoria".
The international festival jury praised in particular the innovative approach adopted by the Greb + Neckermann agency team in tackling this sensitive subject, and the significance of the comedy aspects in helping create the overall effect of the film.
April 2008
TRUCK STOP GRILL enjoying global success
The short film is being screened at numerous national and international festivals:
HD FESTIVAL for Digital Film 2008, Munich/Germany (April 2008)
LICHTER - Filmtage Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Germany (March 2008)
Landshut Short-film Festival, Landshut/Germany (March 2008)
Fajr Film Festival, Tehran/Iran (February 2008)
Short Film Festival of India, Chennai and Guwahati/India (January 2008)
18th Bamberg Short Film Festival, Bamberg/Germany (January 2008)
Myrtle Beach Film Festival, South Carolina/USA (December 2007)
Deutsche Filmwoche Stockholm, Stockholm/Sweden (December 2007)
Deutsche Filmwoche Moskau, Moscow/Russia (December 2007)
Exground Film Festival, Wiesbaden/Germany (November 2007)
DaKINO International Film Festival, Bucharest/Rumania (November 2007)
Shnit Short Film Festival, Bern/Switzerland (November 2007)
Deutsche Filmwoche Kopenhagen, Kopenhagen/Danmark (November 2007)
Deutsche Filmwoche London, London/Great Britain (November 2007)
CORTOPOTERE Short Film Festival, Bergamo/Italy (November 2007)
MoMANew York - KINO! New Films from Germany,
New York/USA(November 2007)
Edmonton International Film Festival, Edmonton/Canada (October 2007)
Filmfestival Rome, Rome/Italy (October 2007)
23.International Filmfestival Warsaw, Warsaw/Poland (October 2007)
Umea International Film Festival, Umea/Sweden (October 2007)
Deutsche Filmwoche Paris, Paris/France (October 2007)
Frankfurter Buchmesse - Forum Film & TV, Frankfurt/Germany (October 2007)
International Roge Independent Filmfestival, Toronto/Canada (September 2007)
LA Shorts Festival, Los Angeles/USA (August 2007)
Next Generation 2007 german films/18. Festival Internacional de Curtas-Metragens, Sao Paulo/Brasil (August 2007)
Deutsche Filmwoche Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires/Argentina (August 2007)
International Film Festival Karlovy, Karlovy Vary/Czech Republic (July 2007)
Cannes 2007 – 60th International Film Festival, Cannes/France (May 2007)
Humboldt International Short Film Festival, Arcata/USA (April 2007)
December 2007
Short film receives Audience Award
Greb + Neckermann FILMPRODUCTION wins the Wiesbaden Short Film Prize at the Exground Film Festival 2007 with its film TRUCK STOP GRILL.
Important nod for promotional film
The MOBILE promotional film featuring music by Avril Lavigne wins the Award of Master - Member of the European Masterclass at the 19th Corporate Media Festival. The award was presented on 7 December 2007 at the Haus der Geschichte in Bonn in an event sponsored by the NRW Minister President Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers.
November 2007
Gold for Greb + Neckermann
The MOViE YOUR BUSINESS advert takes gold at the 15th ITVA – Awards 2007. The awards ceremony took place at a gala event in the Kristal Room of the Cologne Exhibition Centre during the Exponatec in November 2007.
The "Art Lufthansa Aviation Center", produced for Deutsche Lufthansa AG, also won a Bronze award at the renowned festival. In the "Documentation (Culture, Science, Medicine)" category the film convinced the jury with its creative idea and its high quality and innovative production.
October 2007
TRUCK STOP GRILL on international TV
The well-known pay-TV channel CANAL+ broadcasts the short film TRUCK STOP GRILL to over 50 countries worldwide.
Culture-related films for South-West German Broadcasting Corporation (SWR)
Greb + Neckermann FILMPRODUCTION produces 5 culture-based films for SWR on the subject of immigrants and people with an immigrant background. The series reports on people's experiences, focusing on migration as a population development factor.
August 2007
Commercials and music videos
Greb + Neckermann FILMPRODUCTION produces a number of TV adverts for the cult skating brand TITUS.
Greb + Neckermann FILMPRODUCTION produces music video for the punk band EL*KE for the MTV Group.
The song RAMONA from the soundtrack of the German cinema-film comedy "VIDEO KINGS" is broadcast on MTV together with a Greb + Neckermann FILMPRODUCTION advert.
June 2007
Advert wins silver
The Greb + Neckermann FILMPPRODUCTION advert MOViE YOUR BUSINESS takes the Silver Award in the Commercial/Spot category at the 2007 World Media Festival in Hamburg.
May 2007
Greb + Neckermann in Cannes
TRUCK STOP GRILL runs in the Short Film Corner at the 60th International Film Festival in Cannes in 2007.
January 2007
Frankfurter Rundschau – Advert for Wiesbaden
The film production company Greb + Neckermann celebrates ten years in the business. Short film with actor Axel Prahl.
Greb + Neckermann's short film TRUCK STOP GRILL
earns the rating "Especially high quality" from the German film rating office.
December 2006
TRUCK STOP GRILL premiered at the Bambi cinema in Wiesbaden
Cinema, music and party. The Walhalla Studio was the ideal venue for the premiere of the TRUCK STOP GRILL road movie, featuring Axel Prahl in the leading role. The film received an enthusiastic reception from the audience. The many guests enjoyed the stimulating yet personal atmosphere of the event, which featured live music by "Hotel Bossa Nova".
