Alvernia Studios – is a highly modern film studio based in Kraków, Poland. The facility combines complex film services with investment in its own productions and co-productions. The studio produces international features for theatrical releases, video games, music projects and commercials. Recent credits include: “Essential Killing”, dir. Jerzy Skolimowski (Ireland-Norway-Poland-Hungary, 2010), “Crulic – a Path to Beyond”, dir. Anca Damian (Romania-Poland, 2011), “Vamps,” dir. Amy Heckerling (USA-Poland, 2011), “Azaan” dir. Prashant Chadha (India, 2011).
A filmmaking one-stop shop offers soundstages including shadeless spherical bluescreen, music scoring studio, mobile units in a fleet of modern swap bodies, full shooting equipment, and motion capture services based on ultramodern Vicon’s cameras. Postproduction facilities offer a full range of services, starting with a negative laboratory with telecine transfers, followed by scanning and color correction. The Studios’ comprehensive services are delivered by an experienced, professional, international team and state-of-the-art technology required to produce even the most sophisticated projects.
The development of the studio was entirely and exclusively financed from private investments. It was founded by broadcasting executive Stanisław Tyczyński, a Polish entrepreneur, the founder and former owner of RMF FM: the first Polish private radio station, which has developed one of the highest audience ratings among European broadcasters.
Alvernia Studios has Dolby Premier Studio Certification, Truelight Theatre Certification and is a member of Kodak Imagecare Program. „The Hollywood Reporter” counted Alvernia among the most promising new film studios, comparing it to the famous European Pinewood and Babelsberg.