btf GmbH
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- Founded
- 2012
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 2
About btf GmbH
btf GmbH is an independent media and entertainment production company based in Cologne, Germany, with an internal games development department in Berlin. Founded in 2012, the company works across television, streaming series, documentary films, advertising, podcasts and narrative video games. Its production capabilities span concept development and writing through filming, editing, sound, visual effects and final delivery.
The company developed its television profile through satirical and experimental formats for German public broadcasters, including Roche & Böhmermann and Neo Magazin Royale. Its broadcast work also includes MAITHINK X – Die Show, Die Carolin Kebekus Show and Kroymann, encompassing science entertainment, comedy, sketches and late-night programming.
Fiction and documentary production
btf’s streaming productions include the Netflix series How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), which premiered in 2019, continued across four seasons and spawned the feature film Buba. Other fiction projects include the financial satire King of Stonks, the Disney+ mystery series Pauline and the Prime Video comedy Perfekt Verpasst.
Its documentary work includes Shiny-Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord, Big Mäck – Gangster und Gold, Cyberbunker and the sports series FC Hollywood – Der FC Bayern und die verrückten 90er. These productions sit alongside commercial campaigns, branded entertainment and narrative audio projects within the company’s cross-media output.
Development through delivery
btf supports productions with writers’ rooms, screenwriting, casting, financing and storyboarding, followed by studio or location filming. Its post-production capabilities include film editing, sound design, original music, color grading, compositing, motion design and mastering. Multi-camera studio production is another part of its television offering.
Established in 2017, the internal Games Department extends the company’s storytelling work into interactive entertainment. Its projects include the mystery adventure Trüberbrook, the Game Royale titles and educational games. Game development capabilities cover narrative design, direction, digital art, animation and programming, connecting the company’s film and television production experience with interactive projects.
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Leadership and origins
Philipp Käßbohrer and Matthias Murmann founded the company and are its managing directors. Their creative collaboration began around 2008 while studying at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM).
Production methods
- Trüberbrook uses handmade miniature sets captured through photogrammetry.
- The games team works with Unity and Unreal Engine.
- The company’s flagship Studio König facility is solar-powered.
Recognition
Trüberbrook won Best German Game and Best Production at the 2019 German Computer Game Awards.
Educational and social projects
Leons Identität addresses right-wing extremism, while Dino Dino forms part of the team’s educational game output.
Notable credits
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Where btf GmbH is based
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cologne offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Headquarters & Studio König** Status: active Headquarters Address: Oskar-Jäger-Straße 160, 50825 Köln, Germany Phone: +49 (0)221 820 087-10 Global headquarters, administrative offices, in-house post-production suites and primary multi-camera studio facility. --- **Studio B** Status: active Address: Leyendeckerstraße 27, 50825 Köln, Germany Secondary operational and production studio in Cologne-Ehrenfeld.
- Berlin, Germany
Berlin offices
About this office
**btf Games Department** Status: active Address: Normannenstraße 1-2, 10367 Berlin, Germany Internal games development branch within the Saftladen Indie Games Collective, relocated from Singerstraße 109. --- **btf Games Department — former premises** Status: inactive / historical Address: Singerstraße 109, 10179 Berlin, Germany Former Saftladen premises used by the Berlin games branch before its move to Normannenstraße 1-2.
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