Best Post-Production Companies in Berlin (2026)

Introduction

Berlin has eight post-production companies on this list, covering offline and online editing, colour grading, conform, sound mixing and delivery for commercials, feature films and streaming series. Most sit inside the city, and one works from the Babelsberg media district in Potsdam.

The city’s post work follows its production base. Studio Babelsberg’s 2025 and 2026 slate includes The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, Blade Runner 2099 and the fifth season of Babylon Berlin, and the Berlinale brings a February peak of festival deliveries each year. Commercial post has grown too: OkayStudio opened a Kreuzberg studio alongside its London base, and Pirates ‘n Paradise is moving its Berlin team into the Hackesche Höfe.

Every company here showed an active Berlin or Potsdam studio on pages checked in October 2026. Specialist VFX and sound houses have their own lists, so the focus is on full-service and picture-led post. The list is unranked, since the right choice depends on the format, the budget and the delivery spec.

The best post-production companies in Berlin

1. PHAROS The Post Group

Part of SL Unternehmensbeteiligungsgesellschaft · Mitte · pharos.de

PHAROS describes itself as Germany’s largest post-production house, with more than 100 staff and its headquarters in Munich. It runs two Berlin sites, in Auguststraße in Mitte and on Hohenzollerndamm, alongside locations in Cologne, Halle and a Potsdam site under development. Services run from on-set dailies and editing through grading, sound, VFX and title design to mastering, versioning and digital cinema distribution.

Recent credits include the final season of Babylon Berlin, Die Falle and Kommissar Jennerwein. PHAROS was an official partner of the Berlinale 2026 and produced the festival trailer in all versions and formats. Sister companies cover camera rental (Ludwig Kameraverleih) and the Webgate dailies platform, which suits productions that want one supplier from set to delivery.

2. OkayStudio

Independent · Kreuzberg · okaystudio.de

OkayStudio is an independent post house with studios in London and Berlin, working across offline editing, colour, VFX and finishing. The Berlin studio sits in a Kreuzberg atelier on Manteuffelstraße and marks its second birthday in 2026. More than two dozen campaigns ran through it in 2025, according to the studio’s LBB review of the year.

Recent work includes the edit on Mercedes-AMG x adidas “Time Trials”, the grade on Swisscom’s “Festtage” and HUK-Coburg’s “Mars” in 2026. Brands on its roster include Vodafone, O2, Zalando, McDonald’s and Kia, and it works regularly with production companies such as Markenfilm, Tempomedia and Iconoclast.

3. D-Facto Motion

Private · Moabit · d-facto-motion.de

D-Facto Motion is a film and series post-production group with eleven branches across eight cities, including Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Leipzig and Vienna. Its Berlin branch is on Gotzkowskystraße in Moabit. The service list covers dailies, editing, colour grading, sound design, re-recording, accessible versions, deliverables, cloud services and film restoration.

Credits listed on its site include Ku’damm 63, Sisi, Die Ermittlung, Westend Girl and episodes of Tatort, plus entertainment formats such as Die Discounter. Production rooms can be rented on site, which helps when an editorial team wants to sit next to the grade and the mix.

4. Studio Hamburg Postproduction

Part of Studio Hamburg · Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf · postproduction.de

Studio Hamburg Postproduction runs a Berlin facility on Nestorstraße, alongside its Hamburg base and sites in Rostock, Lüneburg and Ismaning. The company handles colour correction, sound mixing and visual effects for cinema, series, shows and documentaries, as well as film digitisation, restoration and broadcast services.

Recent projects include Krank Berlin, Die Toten von Marnow, Schwarze Früchte and Davos. Clients named on its site include Constantin Film, UFA, Spiegel TV, NDR and BR. Its archive arm suits broadcasters and distributors with library titles to restore or remaster.

5. Shoot’n’Post

Part of Tonbüro GmbH · Adlershof · shootnpost.com

Shoot’n’Post is a full-service post studio in Adlershof that grew out of the audio post company Tonbüro, founded by Christian Riegel. It covers on-set services, editing, colour grading, sound design, Foley, ADR, Dolby Atmos mixing, VFX, title design, accessible versions and mastering, and it also co-produces.

Credits include the sound design and mix for Damian Kocur’s Under the Volcano, Poland’s Oscar candidate, and the grade and master for Fabian Stumm’s Knochen und Namen (Berlinale Panorama 2023). Family titles such as Lauras Stern and Die Schule der magischen Tiere are a long-running strength.

6. Pirates ‘n Paradise

Private · Mitte · piratesnparadise.de

Pirates ‘n Paradise is a commercial post house with offices in Düsseldorf and Berlin. It offers editing, compositing, digital lab, motion graphics and 3D work, along with data wrangling and DIT, and its earlier Berlin showreels list online, grading and HDR finishing as well. The Berlin team is moving into Hof IV of the Hackesche Höfe.

Recent campaigns on its site include Syoss, Porsche x Michelin, Philips OneBlade and Nissan, and it also posts long-form documentaries for ARTE and MDR. The Berlin office has a long record with local agencies and production companies, including BBDO Berlin and Markenfilm Berlin.

7. Basis Berlin

Partner-led · Berlin · basisberlin.de

Basis Berlin is a film and post-production company with separate production and post divisions. It is best known for audio post (sound design, Foley and ADR) and rebuilt its colour department in 2023 with three DaVinci Resolve suites for UHD grading and a 4K grading theatre, led by partner and lead colourist Philipp Orgassa.

Its long-term collaborators include Wim Wenders and Baran bo Odar, director of Netflix’s Dark and 1899. The company did audio post on the Oscar-nominated documentary Of Fathers and Sons, and much of its current work is HDR delivery (Dolby Vision and HDR10) for streaming services.

8. Rotor Film

Private · Potsdam-Babelsberg · rotorfilm.de

Rotor Film was founded in 2010 and works from the Babelsberg media district, with further studios in Berlin, Munich and Zurich. It provides picture and sound post for national and international cinema and TV, and its Potsdam site has one of Germany’s few large Dolby Atmos mixing stages: a 400 square metre room with 200 seats and a 64-fader Avid S6 console.

The picture department grades on Baselight and screens on a 14.5 metre screen. Qvest fitted three of its studios for dual-operator mixing with two Avid S6 consoles, which suits series schedules where dialogue and effects are mixed at the same time.

What to look for in a Berlin post-production company

Start with the format. Berlin’s commercial post boutiques are set up for short turnarounds, agency reviews and many versions, while the film and series houses are built for long conforms, theatrical grades, Dolby Atmos mixes and streamer delivery specs. A few companies here do both, but most lean clearly one way.

Ask where the work will be done. Several of these companies run sites in Munich, Hamburg or elsewhere, and a Berlin office may host editorial and grading while the mix or the archive work happens in another city. That is often fine, though it affects attended sessions and how media moves between sites.

Check the delivery requirements early. Streaming platforms set their own HDR, colour management and audio specs, and German broadcasters often ask for accessible versions with audio description and subtitles. Companies that list mastering, versioning and accessible versions as services have usually built those steps into their schedules.

Look at how review and approvals run. Post involves cuts, grades and mixes going back and forth between the editor, the director, the agency and the client, often across cities. A clear system for sharing large media, gathering notes and tracking which version was approved saves days at the end of a schedule.

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Frequently asked questions

What is the best post-production company in Berlin?

It depends on the project. For film and series with a full grading and mixing pipeline, PHAROS, D-Facto Motion, Studio Hamburg Postproduction and Rotor Film all run large facilities in or near Berlin. For commercials, OkayStudio and Pirates ‘n Paradise focus on agency work.

Which Berlin post houses work on commercials?

OkayStudio and Pirates ‘n Paradise are the most commercial-focused companies on this list. OkayStudio’s recent clients include Mercedes-AMG, Swisscom and HUK-Coburg, and Pirates ‘n Paradise has worked on Syoss, Porsche and Philips campaigns.

Is Potsdam-Babelsberg part of the Berlin post scene?

Yes. Potsdam borders Berlin, and the Babelsberg media district is home to Studio Babelsberg, so this list counts it as part of the Berlin market. Rotor Film runs its main grading and mixing stages there, and PHAROS lists a Potsdam location under development.

Where can I find Berlin VFX or sound specialists?

This list focuses on full-service post. For specialist houses, see the best VFX studios in Berlin and the best sound design studios in Berlin.

What should I ask a post-production company before booking?

Ask which services are done in Berlin and which at other sites, who the editor, colourist and mixer will be, and whether they have delivered to your platform’s spec before. It is also worth agreeing how cuts and versions will be shared and approved before the offline starts.

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