Filmmaking and Acting at BIMM University Berlin
Get ready for your film and TV career – on screen or behind the scenes
Want to get into the film and TV industry? We’ve got the course for you. Taught in English, our Filmmaking and Acting bachelor’s degrees help you kickstart your career – whether you want to lead behind the camera or shine in front of it.
Study in Berlin
Immerse yourself in Berlin’s booming TV and film industry
Learn in English
Get ready for your international career and build a creative network that spans continents
Futureproof your career
Keep up with industry developments through a course that blends theory with practice
Get hands on with real projects
Turn your vision into a reality: collaborate with students from the worlds of film, acting and music
Take control of your learning
Develop a skillset that will set you apart from the crowd through our huge range of option modules
The facilities
To make it in the film and TV industry you’ve got to have the right environment around you.
As a Filmmaking or Acting student at BIMM University Berlin, you’ll enjoy professional-standard facilities and benefit from collaborative projects across our courses.
- In-house film studio complete with a standing set and infinity cove
- Screening room complete with an 8K projector and 5.1 surround sound
- Light and dark individual video editing suites to bring your projects to life
- Sound suite designed for voiceover, ADR, foley effects and sound design
- Fully stocked kit room giving you access to all you need for your projects
Tour our filmmaking and acting facilities with one of our students
The lecturers
Filmmaking
Find your place in the film industry. Develop your expertise, work with professional-standard equipment and lay the foundations of your career in film and TV.
Explore FilmmakingActing
Get prepared for the demands of the international acting industry. Hone your natural acting abilities and explore new possibilities within the acting profession.
Explore ActingGermany’s international film and acting industries
The film and TV industry in Germany is booming. In a prime position at the forefront of the global film industry, the country has laid stage to productions from all over the world.
Germany is home to over 736 production studios, and nearly a fifth of those in the Berlin-Brandenburg region alone. And when you take the generous amounts of funding available, there’s no wonder why actors and filmmakers from all corners of the globe choose to make Germany their home.
This is a country that’s hungry for film. Even during the challenging time presented by the Covid-19 pandemic, 42 million cinema tickets were sold. And if you think that’s a lot, pre-pandemic figures are even more impressive: a whopping 118,6 million tickets were sold in 2019 alone. As the nation recovers and the film industry bounces back, Germany is set for another fantastic year in film and TV.
Just some of the productions shot in Germany in the last 5 years
- 1899 (2022)
- Tár (2022)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (2022)
- The Swimmers (2022)
- The Matrix Resurrections (2021)
- Unorthodox (2020)
- The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
- Dark (2017-2020)
- Suspiria (2018)
Get the expert perspective: global futures of the German film industry
Film companies in and around Berlin
Explore more
Lying just outside Berlin, Babelsberg Studio is the world’s oldest large-scale film studio, and today is one of the biggest in Europe. For over 110 years, directors, producers and actors have come together at Babelsberg to create many of the films and TV series we know and love. Discover more about Babelsberg Studio through this guide to its fascinating history.
Berlin: a city renowned around the world for its thriving arts scene. For actors, this is a place teeming with inspiration, opportunity and support. But what makes Berlin so exciting for actors? Here are just 5 reasons why we think that Berlin is the most exciting place to start your acting career.
Many blockbusters are set and filmed in Berlin and you can visit a lot of those locations! Here are 10 locations that were used as film sets for some of the biggest Hollywood films as well as German cult classics.
Ready to start your filmmaking or acting career in Berlin? Find our more about our courses
Any questions?
For any questions about Filmmaking or Acting at BIMM University Berlin, get in touch with our Admissions Team on +49 (0)30 311 99 186 or email admissions@bimm-institute.de.