equipment & facilities

Leave your equipment at home. In the last 20 years, the surge in international productions shooting in the Czech Republic has meant the adoption of the most up-to-date production and post-production technology and standards. Czech film professionals have learned from some of the world's leading directors and cinematographers.

The Czech Republic has all the equipment and film stock to fulfill the demands of any production. Leading equipment suppliers such as Arri, Vantage, Panther, Panavision and Panalux have offices here. Local suppliers can provide you with all manner of lenses and cameras (35 mm and 16 mm, digital and HD, even underwater units), lighting, grips, dollies, cranes, tracks — you name it. We also have local suppliers of Kodak and Fuji film stock, as well as labs that can develop your dailies overnight.

Barrandov Studios' lab in particular is a world-class facility which provides developing and processing, Telecine transfer, optical effects and editing. Among the many major productions that have used the facility in recent years are Blade II, Oliver Twist and Wanted. The Barrandov lab can also produce release prints and laser subtitling as well as restore archive films.

We also have the heavy stuff: portable generators, production vans, make-up trailers, and the trucks and personnel to get all the equipment to the location and back safely. Last but not least, we have fleets of star trailers of the highest quality to keep your A-list cast comfortable on location. Czech rental houses have a strong reputation throughout the region, supplying shoots not only in the Czech Republic but also in other European countries.