Films that Frankfurt decision-makers trust.
Your audiences have learned to skip advertising and to distrust polish. What remains are true stories, told properly. We produce documentary brand films for banks, pharma and corporates: handmade, DAX-proven, for 15 years.
The film that carries your brand
Three to five minutes that work for you: on the careers page, in the investor relations section, in every pitch. Shot cinematically, told documentary style. Not a promise, but the proof of what your company stands for.
Your people convince your applicants
Forget employer branding jargon. In 60 to 120 seconds your employees explain themselves why they stay. Played out on LinkedIn and your careers page over months, these voices lower the barrier to applying. And in the Frankfurt labour market every lowered barrier counts.
Authenticity you can see
In a market full of synthetic images, visible craft is the premium signal. We show how filming works at your company: camera, crew, concentration. These looks behind the scenes often perform better on LinkedIn than the main film, because this is exactly what your competitors cannot show.
Staying present when decisions are made
95 percent of your future clients, applicants and investors are not in the market today. They will decide in six months or in two years. An ongoing format every four to six weeks keeps your brand in mind until then. For a fraction of what a new campaign costs.
What is a documentary brand film?
REC 00:00:00:00A documentary brand film is a strategically planned corporate film that uses documentary methods to show real people and real working situations instead of staging advertising scenes. Not an old marketing school with a new label, but a discipline of its own between reportage, cinéma vérité and brand communication. Three differences matter for you as a decision-maker:
Documentary instead of promotional
Commercials claim, documentaries observe. We do not film what your brand would like to be. We film what it actually does. That convinces critical Frankfurt B2B audiences more than any advertising headline.
Brand film instead of reportage
A reportage has no strategic assignment. A documentary brand film does: it tells a true story that also carries your positioning. Filmmaking craft plus brand strategy, both from one source.
Film instead of content
„Content“ has become interchangeable fast food. A film has composition, rhythm and a dramatic arc, and with that a half-life of years instead of weeks: inflation protection for your communication budget.
You notice the result in everyday use: these films do not get clicked away. They get shared, forwarded internally and shown in the board pitch. Advertising buys reach. Documentary brand films earn agreement.
Why Frankfurt companies choose us
Video production in Frankfurt is a home game for us: for 15 years we have been filming between Wiesbaden and Frankfurt, for mid-sized companies, corporates and public authorities.
What marketing, HR and IR leads really need in 2026
We have these conversations every week, with marketing leads, HR teams and IR departments between the Westend and Höchst. Four topics come up every time:
Authenticity has become premium
The market is flooded with synthetic content and your audiences recognise it. Companies fighting for trust cannot afford damage to their credibility.
Brand resonance beats campaign waves
Lasting mental presence comes from continuous, credible moving-image presence, not from a one-off barrage of attention.
A single image film is not enough
What carries is a connected moving-image world of main film, employee voices, behind-the-scenes glimpses and an ongoing series. We call it trust architecture.
Industry language instead of agency phrases
A bank marketing director notices in the first minute whether the person opposite understands the compliance balancing act. We come from 15 years of industry reality, not from an advertising school.
- Location
- Wiesbaden, 30 min to Frankfurt (A66)
- Specialisation
- Documentary brand films for B2B
- Entry level
- Brand portrait from 12,000 €
- Industries
- Banking, pharma, tech, consulting, public sector
- Response time
- Price indication within 24 hours
- Contact
- +49 611 900 67 225 · info@eigenart-filmproduktion.de
Industries whose language we speak
Banking & insurance
Frankfurt’s financial sector is not fighting for market share, it is fighting for trust. What works in 2026 is documentary proof: employees in front of the camera, advisory conversations as they actually happen, nothing staged. We have produced at DAX level, including security briefings, IT reviews and board approval, and we have delivered a long-running film series for DVAG. We know the approval logic of your industry.
Pharma & healthcare
German medicines advertising law, medical affairs approval, GDPR-compliant depiction of patients: pharma communication carries double hurdles. We have produced for Boehringer Ingelheim, HUMAN Diagnostics, the ICPO Foundation and Amicus Therapeutics and we know the requirements. Documentary authenticity instead of sterile animation, and legally sound.
Tech & fintech
Frankfurt has become a fintech hub. These companies need moving images for investors, customer onboarding and engineer recruiting, for audiences that see through standard advertising immediately. What works are documentary insights into teams and product logic, as in our productions for CRIF and dexcom.
Consulting
Germany’s consulting capital does not need image films. It needs thought leadership material that reaches senior stakeholders: documentary partner interviews, documented industry observation, insights instead of a filmed PowerPoint.
Video production Frankfurt: we are at home here
Video production in Frankfurt means for us: more than 100 projects in the sectors where the city is economically strongest. Frankfurt is not our head office, but it is our second living room:
Trade fair dates and hall plans are available directly from Messe Frankfurt; for drone flights in the Frankfurt control zone the rules of the German air traffic control.
Case examples from finance and the public sector
Board interview in a high-security zone
Minimal footprint, natural light, a calm camera: the board member as a thinking person, not as a talking acrobat. Including security briefings and IT review.
Multi-year film series with compliance approval
Several productions for Deutsche Vermögensberatung, with multi-stakeholder sign-off from sales, marketing and compliance.
Change communication for 5,000 employees
Change film and image film with multi-stage approvals including the staff council. That sensitivity transfers directly to corporate communication.
Sounds like your project?
A 15-minute call is enough for an honest first assessment.
Packages & prices: three levels, one principle
Not production sizes, but depths of storytelling: from the first professional brand appearance to an ongoing brand world. Every package comes out of one bundled shooting block. You are not budgeting a film, you are budgeting months of usable material.
| Package | Investment | What you get | Ideal for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brand portrait | from 12,000 € | Main film (3 min) + 3 employee voices + making-of cut · 2 shooting days · all formats (16:9, 9:16, 1:1) | The first documentary brand appearance: mid-sized companies, first collaboration |
| Brand story ⭐ | from 22,000 € | Main film (4 min) + pitch cut + 8 employee voices + 3 social cuts + 2 series episodes · 3 to 4 shooting days · multi-language | Corporate standard: 12 to 18 months of brand presence from one production |
| Brand universe | individual | Retainer model: ongoing episodes, voices and cuts every 4 to 6 weeks, annual re-edits, dedicated team | Brands with a continuous communication commitment |
We still offer classic single productions: image film from 6,000 €, recruiting video from 8,000 €, explainer video from 5,000 €, live streaming from 4,500 € and drone footage from 1,200 €. You will receive a concrete price indication within 24 hours of the intro call.
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Last updated: August 2026 · Eigenart Filmproduktion, Wiesbaden
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