WE OFFER HIGH QUALITY AND COST EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS FOR CREATIVE AGENCIES, TELEVISION AND FILM COMPANIES, PHOTOGRAPHERS AND JOURNALISTS
Simply need a fixer/translator? We help photographers/journalists who need someone they can trust on the ground.
We guarantee thorough research of each production’s subject and creatively advise our clients to ensure they make the most of their shoot in Hungary.
We work creatively to find the best locations for our clients’ needs. We arrange location permits (permits for Budapest public locations need to be arranged through a local production company). Check our database here!
We arrange the best accommodation suited to our clients’ budget, in or outside Budapest.
We arrange local transport by cars, coaches, vans and mini-vans. Other transport requests can also be arranged.
We arrange the best deals for our clients’ equipment needs.
We have an extensive network of English-speaking freelance production personnel and technicians.
We arrange aerial filming (including permit process) with the best drone operators in Hungary.
CASTILLON is a team of film and TV freelancers with hands-on experience in the provision of production services to international clients.
All of us have lived and worked outside Hungary (Paris, Los Angeles, London, Dublin...). We instinctively know how to brief our clients about the specifics of filming in our country.
We have worked as production personnel on dozens of films/TV programs shooting outside Hungary. We know what makes a local production service team outstanding.
We have diverse backgrounds in media production, ranging from big-budget features to TV shows, small budget documentaries to photo projects. We understand the specific needs of different production genres.
We have an intimate knowledge and love of our city. Our clients can trust us to advise them and arrange the best locations for their needs, from the breathtaking castle to the shadiest ghetto street.
We have a diverse network of contacts across a range of industries in the city. We can find solutions to our clients’ craziest creative ideas.
CASTILLON founder Marion Kurucz is an award winning documentary film producer with a legal background in international law. Part French, part Hungarian, part Middle Eastern, she speaks four languages and has roamed the world for both work and pleasure throughout her life. Marion moved from Paris to Budapest 10 years ago and has built a network of contacts in the TV and film industries and beyond. She made her name producing an award winning traveling news documentary show on Roma communities across the world for Hungarian TV. After 3 years providing production services for foreign productions in Hungary for other companies, she created CASTILLON and brought together its highly professional, diverse team of freelancers.
