Condor Films
media production company
Condor Films is a film and TV production company based in Zürich, Switzerland. The company produces commercials, documentary films, feature films, image films, product films and interactive multimedia solutions. The company is also known by the brands Condor Productions, Condor Communications, Condor Corporate, Condor Commercials, Studio Bellerive, Condor Features, Condor Audiovisuals, Condor Movies & Series and Condor Pictures as well as Condor Documentaries. In 2009 the group refocused marketing on its major brand Condor Films. Since 1972 it has been based at the Bellerive Studios in Zürich.
Condor Films is a founding member of The International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers IQMPP.
Not to be confused with Condor Films formerly located in St.Louis MO and later Memphis TN. a firm that produced American industrial training films, Commercial documentaries and commercials.
History
Condor Films has produced more than 952 commercials, more than 237 corporate films for international companies and over 55 feature films. The company was awarded with an Academy Award for best foreign picture in 1991 for its feature film Journey of Hope by director Xavier Koller. Condor Films defines itself as a transmedia production company for moving images. It creates and produces audiovisual content for cinema, TV and the Internet.
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