structural development

 "Shut up - and: Action!"

"It's nice with you here - like in the movie!" is often heard exclaimed by enthusiastic visitors to our beautiful district. The fact that films made district world class and rightly shape the image of our priceless country in Germany and the world is often forgotten in all the challenges of everyday life. We can be really proud of it... Today we are happy to publish Filmbüro Görlitz , located at the Europastadt Görlitz-Zgorzelec GmbH A big thank you to Eva Wittig from the EGZ and Kerstin Gosewisch from the film office - we will be happy to provide information about current developments in the world of film and the EZG at this point in the future!

"Shut up - and: Action!" it will be said again shortly in Görlitz and the region.

Molina Film GmbH & Co. KG ARD crime series “Wolfsland” this fall . This is just one example of many films that have been shot here in recent years . Traces of various film productions can be found in the old and inner city. Window shopping makes it easy to discover the stations of the “ Walk of Görliwood ”. Since 2013, the Europastadt Görlitz-Zgorzelec GmbH (EGZ) Görliwood® brand for the successful tourist marketing of the city.

It is an open secret that Görlitz was already in demand as a film location before 1990. Experts have not forgotten that the first Görlitz film dates back to 1896! Cinematographer Francois-Constant Girel filmed the meeting of German Emperor Wilhelm II with Russian Tsar Nicholas II for the Lumière works in Lyon .

The reasons for the city's popularity with filmmakers are obvious - the great architectural diversity and originality of the locations from five centuries in a very small area, a varied and attractive landscape and the people who enthusiastically support filming as motive providers, extras or service providers .

Film set Weberstraße "The House of Dreams" (2021) - streaming on RTL+ , photo: Martin Langhorst

Film productions are professionally supervised. The city took advantage of the structural change

film office at EGZ since 2021 . Many years of experience in the film business, a good network, short distances to the city administration and approval authorities as well as fast response and processing times pay off for the filmmakers. It saves resources and thus your wallet. The film office also supports the film teams in communication. In the local service database, service providers and providers of motifs in the district of Görlitz and in the neighboring countries of Poland and the Czech Republic can present their services and locations free of charge. In order to sensitize residents and those interested in filming and to prepare them for possible roles in the film, the film office regularly invites experts to seminars - set runner ( currently being sought for Wolfsland ) in October, costume help in November. Local film production companies then benefit from trained staff.

on the film set, such as here in the 4 seasons hotel during the shooting of “ Not with me, darling ” (2010). With a well-founded education you keep the overview

Saxon Film Academy in Görlitz, which has existed since March 2022, provides training for the nationwide need for skilled workers in the film industry . educational facility at the Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences, which was set up by partners from politics and the film industry, offers practical full-time courses. The first production assistants have received their certificates, and some have immediately entered the film business.

Film is economic power. With the expansion of the film-related infrastructure, the economic added value on site is consistently improved. And when the glamor of international and national stars draws attention to the district of Görlitz, then we are happy about the attention - and new followers on Instagram .

 Lead photo: The beautiful Stiasny department store, one of the objects that could be kissed awake by the film. Photo: Filmbüro Görlitz (2021)