D-Facto Motion
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2004
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 9
About D-Facto Motion
D-Facto Motion is a German digital post-production and visual effects studio serving feature films, television, streaming productions, documentaries and commercials. Founded in 2004 on the Bavaria Film grounds near Munich, it combines picture finishing, sound post-production and visual effects within a coordinated production network. The company operates across Germany and Austria and belongs to Bavaria Studios Holding GmbH within the Bavaria Film group.
Its work spans the post-production process from on-set data management and dailies through editing, grading, sound, effects and final delivery. Local and remote Avid Media Composer suites support editorial work, while DaVinci Resolve facilities handle color grading for television, streaming and theatrical presentation. Supported finishing formats include SDR, HDR and Dolby Vision Home, alongside 2K theatrical projection.
Picture, sound and delivery
Visual effects services encompass on-set supervision, CGI, compositing and 2D and 3D animation. These capabilities sit alongside sound design, dialogue recording and re-recording, allowing productions to coordinate creative picture and audio work across the studio network. Audio facilities support ADR, voice-over, 5.1 and 7.1 surround mixing, Dolby Atmos Home and theatrical Dolby Atmos.
The studio also prepares digital cinema packages, broadcast files and streaming deliverables, with quality control and mastering forming part of its finishing services. Its facilities include Amazon Prime Video security-certified operations. Production office rentals and temporary editing spaces provide additional support for productions working through post-production.
Accessibility and preservation
Accessibility is an established part of the company's work. Its services include scripting and recording audio descriptions, subtitling for deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences, closed captioning and dubbing. These activities complement its creative finishing services and help productions prepare versions for different audiences and distribution requirements.
D-Facto Motion also supports film preservation through scanning and restoration of 16mm and 35mm material. Together, its editorial, finishing, accessibility and archival services cover both contemporary digital productions and projects originating on analog film.
More about D-Facto Motion
Leadership
- Christian Söder became Managing Director on February 1, 2025, succeeding Waheed Zamani. Zamani moved to Bavaria Studios as Head of AI Solutions, with a group-wide remit for machine learning integration in post-production.
- Isabel Gahlmann is the company's authorized signatory.
Connected production infrastructure
- The Vienna operation has a direct high-speed connection to the Berlin render farm, supporting collaboration across the network.
- The Leipzig facilities have 1 PB of storage and backup systems and an in-house accessibility editorial desk. Film scanning uses a Cintel 16mm/35mm scanner.
- Stuttgart's production infrastructure includes a symmetrical 1 Gbit/s network pipeline.
Independent cinema initiatives
The company supports European independent cinema through annual D-Facto Motion Work-in-Progress post-production prizes at connecting cottbus and DOK Leipzig.
Company milestone
D-Facto Motion celebrated its twentieth anniversary at the Berlinale in February 2024.
Notable credits
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Where D-Facto Motion is based
- Bavariafilmplatz 7, Gebäude 3, 82031 Grünwald / GeiselgasteigGrünwald, Bavaria, Germany
Munich / Geiselgasteig
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and post-production facility on the Bavaria Film grounds; the saved Munich office refers to these premises.
- Landstraßer Hauptstraße 88/2–4, 1030 ViennaVienna, Austria
D-Facto Vienna
Integrated Austrian regional branch, registered as D-Facto Motion GmbH (FN 611720 p), with Atmos mixing, remote grading and ADR facilities.
- Berlin, Germany
Berlin offices
About this office
**Office** Status: active Address: Gotzkowskystraße 20–21, 10555 Berlin Email: berlin@d-facto-motion.de Phone: +49 30 8145235 0 Office webpage: https://d-facto-motion.de/standorte/berlin/ Post-production facility on the Spree with editorial suites, cinema grading, theatrical Dolby Atmos and a centralized render farm. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: Novalisstraße Opened: 2010 Original Berlin premises before relocation to Gotzkowskystraße; no building number or closure year is supplied.
- Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Cologne offices
About this office
**Cologne Fiction & Entertainment** Status: active Address: Schanzenstraße 41, 51063 Cologne Email: koeln@d-facto-motion.de Phone: +49 221 57095 0 Office webpage: https://d-facto-motion.de/standorte/koeln/ One of two supported current Cologne premises. --- **Köln City** Status: active Address: Jülicher Straße 26, 50674 Cologne Office webpage: https://d-facto-motion.de/standorte/koeln/ Second current Cologne facility, distinct from Schanzenstraße.
- Mansfelder Straße 56, 06108 Halle (Saale)Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany
Halle (Saale) office
About this office
Post-production and ADR facility inside the Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum, with access to its Dolby Premier certified Atmos cinema stage.
- Steinhöft 11, 20459 HamburgHamburg, Germany
Hamburg office
Slomanhaus post-production facility with grading, ADR, sound mixing and VFX workflows.
- Leipzig, Saxony, Germany
Leipzig offices
About this office
**Leipzig Mitte** Status: active Address: Floßplatz 31, 04107 Leipzig Email: leipzig@d-facto-motion.de Phone: +49 1514 0640936 Office webpage: https://d-facto-motion.de/standorte/leipzig/ One of two active Leipzig premises. --- **Leipzig MediaCity** Status: active Address: Altenburger Straße 11, 04275 Leipzig Office webpage: https://d-facto-motion.de/standorte/leipzig/ Second active Leipzig premises, distinct from Leipzig Mitte.
- Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Munich office
- Naststraße 3, 70376 StuttgartStuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Stuttgart office
Opened 2012
Römerkastell facility established in 2012, with editing, grading and sound design.
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