On August 4th the management of Studio Babelsberg AG joined by the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy, Sigmar Gabriel, and the Prime-Minister of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke, met for the laying of the foundation stone for the new exterior set of Neue Berliner Straße. The so-called modular hybrid set is unique in Europe and offers international film producers attractive shooting possibilities in state-of-the-art technical conditions. Studio Babelsberg thus safeguards the attractiveness of the capital's region as a hub for film production as well as its international competitiveness.

An exterior set with streets in various architectural styles is planned on an area of more than 12,000 square metres. This will consist of classic removable facades which can be deployed as modules in combination with moving image backgrounds for green and blue screen filming for film and television productions. The Neue Berliner Straße will be managed in future by the subsidiary Art Department Studio Babelsberg GmbH, benefitting as a hybrid set from the experiences of the past few years and the technical demands of digital film production. Depending on one's needs, the layout as well as the digital backgrounds can thus be individually exchanged, added or altered according to the projects' requirements by moving the set walls, streets and pavements, or through conversions and extensions of apartments, shops, and facades.

More information: www.studiobabelsberg.com