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COUNTLESS WINNERS OF THE WORLD'S MOST PRESTIGIOUS FILM AWARDS TRUST IN WAY FILM
NOW IN Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Stuttgart
Way Film worked on 12 films that were pre-nominated for a 2023 German Film Award,
11 of them in the feature film category.
In 2022, Way Film worked on projects by the following directors:
KARIM AINOUZ, FATIH AKIN, EMILY ATEF, NORA FINGSCHEIDT, FRAUKE FINSTERWALDER, VALESKA GRISEBACH, MIA HANSEN-LOVE, SONJA HEISS, ISAAC JULIEN, LARS KRAUME, PABLO LARRAÍN, SAMUEL MAOZ, KORNEL MUNDRUCZO, CHRISTIAN PETZOLD, KILIAN RIEDHOF, HANS-CHRISTIAN SCHMID, CHRISTIAN SCHWOCHOW, JORDAN SCOTT, ALBERT SERRA, SOENKE WORTMANN,
and many more
No one works more closely
with Germany's foremost filmmakers.
SCREENPLAY & TEXT TRANSLATION
WE DELIVER: TRANSLATIONS IN YOUR TARGET LANGUAGES IN THE REQUIRED FORMAT – INCLUDING SCREENPLAY TRANSLATIONS TO GERMAN OR HOLLYWOOD STANDARDS IN FINAL DRAFT.
SUBTITLING
WE DELIVER: SUBTITLES AS STL, TXT, SRT, DCP-XML FILES, ETC. OR VIDEO FILES (E.G. DCPS WITH BURNED-IN OR SUPERIMPOSABLE SUBTITLES) IN ALMOST ALL TARGET LANGUAGES.
WE ALSO OFFER: LIVE-EDITING OF SUBTITLES IN OUR SCREENING ROOM OR YOURS.
BARRIER-FREE VERSIONS
WE DELIVER: BARRIER-FREE VERSIONS WITH SUBTITLES FOR THE HEARING IMPAIRED AS WELL AS INEXPENSIVE AUDIO DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE VISUALLY IMPAIRED PRODUCED IN OUR OWN IN-HOUSE STUDIO.
DUBBING & VOICE-OVER
WE DELIVER: DUBBING SCRIPTS AND/OR VOICE-OVER TRANSLATIONS.
WE'RE ALSO HAPPY TO PRODUCE AND/OR DIRECT DUB AND VOICE-OVER VERSIONS.
CCSL/CDSL
WE DELIVER: CCSLs – "COMBINED CONTINUITY, DIALOGUE AND SPOTTING LISTS" (OFTEN REQUIRED BY WORLD SALES FOR TRANSFER INTO FURTHER LANGUAGES).
Way Film specializes in supporting our customers' (pre)production and distribution by way of translating, subtitling and related services. Headed by producer, director and writer Matthew Way, Way Film is the leading quality service provider in this section of the German-language market.
After studying film and scriptwriting in the USA, Matthew started as a professional film translator in Caracas, Venezuela in 1998. He then got a Fulbright Scholarship and began work in Germany as a freelance subtitler, translator and director of related services (e.g. dubbing). In 2007 he founded his first company. Together with colleagues he has processed countless movies from and into over 40 languages.
In 2015, Matthew founded Way Film Translation (now Way Film GmbH) in Berlin. Its cooperation with Under The Milky Way (Europe's biggest VOD-service) and Cinando/Marché Du Film (Cannes) was funded by the European Commission from October 2015 until June 2017. Since then, Way Film has continued our work on award-winning movies from Germany, Europe and the rest of the world.
References
Key: MAJOR AWARD WINNER OR NOMINEE = ACADEMY AWARD WINNER OR NOMINEE =
GERMAN-LANGUAGE DIRECTORS (SELECTION)
Maren Ade,
Everyone Else
Maren Ade,
The Forest For The Trees
Maren Ade,
Toni Erdmann
Ali Samadi Ahadi,
Petterson und Findus
Fatih Akin,
In The Fade
Fatih Akin,
The Golden Glove
Fatih Akin,
Soul Kitchen
Fatih Akin,
Rheingold
Fatih Akin,
The Cut
Akiz,
The Nightmare
Emily Atef,
Someday we'll tell each other everything
Lisa Bierwirth,
Le Prince
Sarah Blaßkiewitz,
Ivie Wie Ivie
Moritz Bleibtreu,
Cortex
Daniel Brühl,
Next Door
Ilker Catak,
The Teachers‘ Lounge
Ilker Çatak,
I Was, I Will, I Will Be
Didi Danquart,
Offset
Florian Dietrich,
Toubab
Hanna Doose,
Kiss my wounds
Tim Dünschede,
Die Drei ??? Erbe des Drachen
Florian Eichinger,
Die Haende meiner Mutter
Tanja Egen,
Geranien
André Erkau,
God, You Are Such A Prick
Alex Eslam,
Souls
Nora Fingscheidt,
System Crasher
Frauke Finsterwalder,
Sisi und ich
Friedemann Fromm,
Night Over Berlin
Katrin Gebbe,
Nothing Bad Can Happen
Katrin Gebbe,
Pelican Blood
Adrian Goiginger,
The Fox
Alireza Golafshan,
The Goldfish
Markus Gollner,
25 km/h
Valeska Grisebach,
Western
Philip Groening,
My Brother's Name Is Robert And He Is An Idiot
Wolfgang Groos,
Cold Feet
Oliver Haffner,
Wackersdorf
Leander Haußmann,
A Stasi Comedy
Sonja Heiss,
When will it be again like it never was before
Lars Jessen,
Fraktus
Vanessa Jopp,
The Space Between The Lines
Ulrich Koehler,
In My Room
Ulrich Koehler,
Henner Winckler,
The Voluntary Year
Lars Kraume,
A Place in the Sun
Chris Kraus,
The Bloom Of Yesterday
Stefan Krohmer,
Prof. Wall in the Brothel
Boris Kunz,
Paradise
Dani Levy,
Wunderlichs World
Angelina Maccarone,
Hounded
Timon Modersohn,
Playmaker
Visar Morina,
Exil
Sudabeh Mortezai,
Joy
Bettina Oberli,
My Wonderful Wanda
Christian Petzwold,
Afire
Christian Petzold,
Phoenix
Christian Petzold,
Transit
Christian Petzold,
Undine
Annika Pinske,
Talking About The Weather
Ayse Polat,
In the blind spot
Ayse Polat,
En garde
Ayse Polat,
Luks Glueck
Burhan Qurbani,
We Are Young We Are Strong.
Felix Randau,
Iceman
Arman T. Riahi,
The Migrumpies
Kilian Riedhof,
You Will Not Have My Hate
Oskar Roehler,
Sources Of Life
Stefan Ruzowitzky,
Narcissuss And Goldmund
Angela Schanelec,
Music
Angela Schanelec,
I was at home, but
Sebastian Schipper,
Victoria
Sebastian Schipper,
Roads
Hans-Christian Schmid,
Home For The Weekend
Jan Georg Schütte,
Die Gluecklichen
Jan Georg Schütte,
Kill Him! – A Family Movie
Jan Georg Schütte,
Swinger Club
Til Schweiger,
Head Full Of Honey
Christian Schwochow,
Paula
Christian Schwochow,
Je Suis Karl
Isabelle Stever,
Grand Jete
Philipp Stoelzl,
Winnetou – The Mystery of Silver Lake
Philipp Stoelzl,
Winnetou – The Final Fight
Philipp Stoelzl,
Winnetou – A New World
Hueseyin Tabak,
Gipsy Queen
Hueseyin Tabak,
Oskars Kleid
Sven Taddicken,
12 Paces Without A Head
Aylin Tezel,
Falling Into Place
Andres Veiel,
If Not Us, Who?
Nicolas Wackerbarth,
Casting
Hans Weingartner,
303
Ute Wieland,
FC Venus
Soenke Wortmann,
Locked-in Society
INTERNATIONAL DIRECTORS (SELECTION)
Karim Aïnouz,
Nardjes A.
Muayad Alayan,
The Reports Of Sarah & Saleem
Bille August,
Night Train To Lisbon
Bille August,
Eleanor & Colette
Ritesh Batra,
Photograph
Marco Bellocchio,
Il Traidore
Fabienne Berthaud,
Sky
Luis Buñuel,
Los Olvidados
Patric Chiha,
LA BÊTE DANS LA JUNGLE
Benedek Fliegauf,
Womb
Ari Folman,
Waltz with Bashir
Jean-Luc Godard et al.,
Bridges of Sarajevo
Anna Sofie Hartmann,
Giraffe
Chad Hartigan,
Morris From America
Agnieszka Holland,
Europa Europa
Tania Huezo,
The Echo
Damiano D'Innocenzo,
Fabio D'Innocenzo,
Boys Cry
Julien Isaac,
Looking for Langston
Dome Karukoski,
Tom of Finland
Keisuke Kinoshita,
Times of Joy and Sorrow
Aleksandre Koberidze,
What Do We See When We Look At The Sky
Nadav Lapid,
Synonymes
Pablo Larraín,
Spencer
Sebastián Lelio,
A Fantastic Woman
Terrence Malick,
A Hidden Life
Samuel Maoz,
Foxtrot
Pia Marais,
At Ellen's Age
Pietro Marcello,
Martin Eden
Pietro Marcello,
For Lucio
Lucrecia Martel,
Zama
Dominik Moll,
Only the Animals
Nanni Moretti,
Three Floors
Kornél Mundruczó,
Evolution
Sandra Nettelbeck,
Helen
Christopher Nolan,
Following
Navot Papushado
Gunpowder Milkshake
Nahid Persson,
Be My Voice
Corneliu Porumboiu,
La Gomera
Albert Serra,
Pacifiction
Jordan Scott,
Berlin Nobody
Daniel Sivan,
Dirty Tricks
István Szabó,
Hanussen
Malgorzata Szumowska,
33 Scenes From Life
Ehab Tarabieh,
The Taste of Apples is red
Gustavo Taretto,
Sidewalls (Medianeras)
Agustín Toscano,
The Snatch Thief
Massimo Venier,
I Hate Summer
Gunnar Vikene,
War Sailor
Wang Xiaoshuai,
So Long, My Son
DOCUMENTARIES (SELECTION)
Fatih Akin,
Crossing the Bridge
Tim Atzinger,
I Had a Dream
Corinna Belz,
Gerhard Richter Painting
Benhadj-Djilali,
Peta Jenkin,
Jermain Raffington,
Made in Senegal
David Bernet,
Florian Opitz, Capital B
Arne Birkenstock,
Beltracchi
Sung Hyung Cho,
11 Freundinnen
Pepe Danquart,
To The Limit
Pepe Danquart,
Hell On Wheels
Eric Friedler,
Inside The Kremlin
Susan Gluth,
Very Senior
Arnon Goldfinger,
The Flat
Ben von Grafenstein,
Helmut Schmidt – Lebensfragen
Hnin Ei Hlaing,
Midwives
Jens Huckeriede,
Return of the Tuedelband
Tuki Jencquel,
Esta todo bien
Vadim Jendreyko,
The Woman With The 5 Elephants
Cordula Kablitz-Post,
Die Toten Hosen auf Tour
Cordula Kablitz-Post,
FCK 2020 – Zweieinhalb Jahre mit Scooter
Elsa Kremser,
Levin Peter,
Space Dogs
Lena Leonhardt,
Roamers
Gerd Kroske,
SPK Komplex
Jana Matthes,
Tacheles- The Heart Of The Matter
Ilian Metev,
Sofia's Last Ambulance
Ahsen Nadeem,
Crows are white
Fritz Ofner,
Weapon of Choice
Florian Opitz,
System Error
Lars Ostenfeld,
Into the ice
Alexandre Peralta,
Looking at the Stars
Lola Randl,
The Bees And The Birds
Andrea Roggon,
Muehlheim – Texas: Helge Schneider hier und dort
Jonas Rothlaender,
The Strong Sex
Yoav Shamir,
The Prophet and the Space Aliens
Jens Schanze,
La Buena Vida – The Good Life
Jens Schanze,
Winterkinder
Nadav Schirman,
In The Dark Room
Oliver Schwehm,
Fly Rocket Fly
Heidi Specogna,
Cahier africain
Heidi Specogna,
Carte Blanche
Heidi Specogna,
Pepe Mujica – Lessons From The Flowerbed
Virpi Suutari,
Aalto
Michael Trabitzsch,
Allende – Der letzte Tag des Salvador Allende
Hermann Vaske,
The Art of Soccer
Ai Weiwei,
Human Flow
Alexandra Weltz,
Antonio Negri – A Revolt that Never Ends
Karen Winther,
Exit
Natalija Yefimkina,
Garage People
Jacqueline Zuend,
Where we belong
SERIES (SELECTION)
Fatih Akin,
Marlene
Alex Eslam,
Souls
Sebastian Colley,
Pauline
Mats Frey,
Stefan Tietze,
Modern Men
Marco van Geffen,
Augustus
Matthias Glasner,
Blochin
Sonja Heiss,
Villa Metaphora
Marvin Kren,
Criminel
Alexander Lindh,
A Better Place
Mia Hansen Love,
The Flame
Maya Ilsøe,
Arvingerne
Baran bo Odar,
Jantje Friese,
Dark
Ben von Rönne,
The Report
Frank Schätzing,
The Swarm
Christian Schwochow,
Fck My Heritage
Jakob Weydemann,
Jonas Weydemann,
A Thin Line
Anna Winger,
Joerg Winger,
Deutschland 86
Hengameh Yaghoobifarah,
Ministry of Dreams
La Huaka
Polizeiruf 110
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