budapest May 2011

PPM Film Services is a premium, full service film production company based in Budapest. For over 20 years PPM has been sought after by clients looking to take advantage of the wealth of atmosphere, beauty, history and technical expertise on offer when shooting in Hungary. PPM has proven itself time and again with dynamic solutions in creating exciting television advertising for some of the world’s most recognisable brands and companies.

Budapest has long been a world-class location for TV advertising and feature film production. The city can do ‘bright’ with its ornate and expansive bridges, winding Danube views and grandiose boulevards; but it can also do ‘edgy’ with sooty Gothic tenements, bullet-pocked facades and brooding streets. With its value for money, Budapest has already stood-in for cities like Buenos Aires, London, Paris, Moscow and Berlin. Local facilities include a branch of the internationally renowned Raleigh Studios, now Central and Eastern Europe’s best-equipped production studio.

Dopping Directors is a newly established agency, created to represent Hungarian film directors and directors of photography worldwide. The company's founding members are proud to have significant experience in both film and photo production, as well as in talent representation.

Advertising agency clients include Saatchi&Saatchi, Young&Rubicam, McCann Erickson, BBDO, Publicis, DDB, JWT and Grey.

The Hungarian capital Budapest, like the rest of the country, offers a huge variety of faces, which is why many of the major film studios look to include Hungary in their shooting schedules.

The story starts with World War II and finishes with Star Wars episode 999. Former emperors have come and gone, leaving their cultural imprints on the city and making the capital an architectural reflection of many different cultures and religions. Classic houses from the early XIX century, castles and bath houses are all available for photography backdrops and ad spots.

PhotoPro Production Agency was established seven years ago by a team of founders and partner companies who have all been working in production for several years. The company offers full production services including location, casting and lighting for photography and ad spots, as well as a photographers’ agency that represents talented and experienced photographers.

Over recent years, the company has handled a number of international productions with many satisfied clients from as far a-field as Hong Kong, London, Tokyo, Hamburg and Berlin.

Visit the website, email or contact PhotoPro on +36 30 203 6556.

Flashback Photo Studios is a market leading professional studio space and home to the Hungarian professional photography community.

Based in Budapest, the studios offer 1000 m² of shooting space along with photo and film production facilities that allow photographers to fulfill professional requests to the highest technical and aesthethic standards.

Visit the website for more information.

Playground Casting has been significantly involved in commercial and feature film production since 2005. Its progress can be tracked through several hundred commercials and a number of feature films, both in Hungary and worldwide.

The company's studio, easily accessible and with two fully equipped casting halls, is based in one of the most appealing districts of Budapest.

Playground Casting represents a huge number of actors, dancers, models and amateur talents of all ages, from small children to elderly people. The growth of the company's database is guaranteed by continuous street castings.

Agencies include ACG.Hey, Akció, BBDO, DDB, DRAFT FCB, JWT, Laboratory, Leo Burnett, Lowe GGK, Publicis, McCann Erickson and Photopro.

Csaba Jobbagy has been working as an advertising photographer for eight years, shooting for leading international advertising agencies such as Leo Burnett, DDB, Saatchi&Saatchi, Grey and Publicis. His clients include Ikea, Allianz Bank, Unicredit Bank, Vodafone, T-mobile, Telenor, Djuice, Red Bull, and many more.

Csaba has won several awards including a Cannes Lion, NY Advertising Festival, Cresta Awards, Epica Awards and the Hungarian Golden Blade. He also shoots fashion and continues to work on his personal project documenting beach behaviour using mainly old plastic cameras.

Visit his website for his advertising work and more information.

"I got my MA from the Hungarian University of Applied Arts (MOME). I've been a photographer and graphic designer ever since. I think of advertising as an exciting intermedial art. On the other hand, I'm very lucky to have a job that I love to do for fun. I believe if you take pleasure in what you do, your smile will be reflected on your client's face. I always try to find joy in every task, and I hope this is evident in my portfolio."

Matyas Misetics is a fashion and advertising photographer based in Budapest. He studied photography at Moholy-Nagy University of Arts and Design Budapest, and Universität der Künste Berlin. While his art photography has been exhibited in Paris, Berlin, Prague and Vienna, his commercial work has appeared in several magazines, catalogues and billboards.

Clients include A1 Real estate, ACG creative agency, Bosch, Enamor, FEM3, KDB Bank, Ludwig Museum, MKB Bank, Nokia Trends, Progress Media, Radex Communications, Roland Fashion House, Rolling Stone Magazine, Saatchi & Saatchi, Sandor Lakatos menswear, Stilus Rouge magazine, TV2, VEET Elite model look, Valentine models, Varga Jewellery and Zoom magazine.

As one of the most sought-after Hungarian still life and interior photographers, Csaba Barbay has gained a strong reputation amongst international design magazines and publications including Marie Claire India and Elle Decor Russia.

Csaba has worked with hundreds of prestigious Hungarian and international clients, including DDB, McCann Erickson and Leo Burnett, along with magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Elle and Elle Decor Hungary.

Csaba is the co-founder and director of the leading Hungarian photo studio and equipment rental company, Flashback Photo Studio. Using the latest digital tools, he combines international trends with classic aesthetic standards.

Beton studios is the only professional photo studio in Hungary with a dedicated building for photography. With supporting facilities like make-up rooms, shower, dressing rooms for both studios, lounge areas, a closed car park and kitchen, the company offers the ideal working environment for any kind of photo or video production. Studio 1 is a large 200 m² facility (20x10x5) with solid infinity wall - suitable for large scale shoots - and a 10m wide greenbox.

Beton studios offers professional photographic equipment for rent, including Broncolor power packs and strobe heads, Hasselblad cameras with full lens lines, Hasselblad and PhaseOne digital backs.