Alvernia Studios is a film studio located in Alwernia Municipality,

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, west of the Kraków Airport. The studio, with additional offices in

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and

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, produces international features for theatrical releases, video games, music projects, and commercials.

History

The domed complex features multiple sound stages, the world's biggest spherical shadeless blue screen, music scoring studios, a motion capture system, 16 mm and 35 mm laboratories, a color correction studio, a visual effects department, and a final mix studio. Alvernia Studios activities included the production of feature films and commercials, as well as the implementation of music projects (including the smallest concert of the world), video games, shows and concerts. The studio was founded in 2000 by broadcasting executive

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, a Polish entrepreneur, the founder and former owner of

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. Alvernia Studios was the first non-state film company in post-war Poland. In 2017, the studio was bought by Grupa Gremi, controlled by the entrepreneur

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. He planned to launch an entertainment center in the buildings, but due to the

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, the Alvernia xR project was created. It offers productions using augmented reality. On November 30, 2021, there was a fire at the plant.

Movies

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Burning Bush The burning bush (or the unburnt bush) refers to an event recorded in the Jewish Torah (as also in the biblical Old Testament and Islamic scripture). It is described in the third chapter of the Book of Exodus as having occurred on Mount Horeb ...

'' – directed by

Agnieszka Holland Agnieszka Holland (; born 28 November 1948) is a Polish film and television director and screenwriter, best known for her cultural and political contributions to Polish cinema. She began her career as an assistant to directors Krzysztof Zanuss ...

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, 2013) * ''

Bhaag Milkha Bhaag ''Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' () is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film directed by Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra, written by lyricist Prasoon Joshi, and produced by Viacom 18 Motion Pictures in association with Rajiv Tandon and e ...

'' – directed by

Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra (born 7 July 1963) is an Indian film director, occasional actor and screenwriter. He is best known for writing and directing the drama '' Rang De Basanti'' (2006) and the biographical sports film '' Bhaag Milkha Bhaag'' ...

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, 2013) * ''

Arbitrage Arbitrage (, ) is the practice of taking advantage of a difference in prices in two or more marketsstriking a combination of matching deals to capitalize on the difference, the profit being the difference between the market prices at which th ...

'' – directed by

Nicholas Jarecki Nicholas Jarecki (born June 25, 1979) is an American film director, producer, and writer best known for his 2012 feature film ''Arbitrage (film), Arbitrage''. Early life Jarecki was born on June 25, 1979, in New York City, to Henry Jarecki and ...

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-Poland, 2012) * '' Vamps'' – directed by

Amy Heckerling Amy Heckerling (born May 7, 1954) is an American writer, producer, and director. Heckerling started out her career after graduating from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York University and entering the American Film Institute, ...

(USA-Poland, 2012) * '' Crulic: The Path to Beyond'' – directed by Anca Damian (

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'' – directed by Prashant Chadha (India, 2011) * ''

Essential Killing ''Essential Killing'' is a 2010 Survival film, survival political thriller, political thriller film co-written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski and starring Vincent Gallo and Emmanuelle Seigner. Gallo stars as an Muslim, Islamic insurgent who fi ...

'' – directed by

Jerzy Skolimowski Jerzy Skolimowski (; born 5 May 1938) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, dramatist, actor and painter. Beginning as a screenwriter for Andrzej Wajda's ''Innocent Sorcerers'' (1960), Skolimowski has made more than twenty films since his dire ...

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, 2010)

References

External links

Alvernia Studios – official site

Movie Scope Magazine about Alvernia Studios

Vicon products

– Article from magazine FILM (pl), June 2010
Alvernia Studios
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