Berlin

===Creative industries===
{{Main list|List of films set in Berlin}}

[[File:European Film Academy - European Film Awards logo.svg|thumb|The [[European Film Academy]] (logo pictured) was founded in Berlin.]]

The [[Creative industries|creative arts and entertainment]] business is an important part of Berlin's economy. The sector comprises music, film, advertising, architecture, art, design, [[German fashion|fashion]], performing arts, publishing, [[research and development|R&D]], software,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-12/berlin-cracks-the-startup-code |title=Berlin Cracks the Startup Code |magazine=Businessweek |date=12 April 2012 |access-date=10 February 2013 |archive-date=30 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130130130708/https://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-04-12/berlin-cracks-the-startup-code |url-status=dead }}</ref> TV, radio, and [[Video gaming in Germany|video games]].

In 2014, around 30,500 creative companies operated in the Berlin-Brandenburg metropolitan region, predominantly [[Small and medium-sized enterprises|SMEs]]. Generating a revenue of 15.6&nbsp;billion Euro and 6% of all private economic sales, the culture industry grew from 2009 to 2014 at an average rate of 5.5% per year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/en/good-to-know/facts-figures/ |title=Culture and Creative Industries Index Berlin-Brandenburg 2015 |publisher=Creative City Berlin |date=7 June 2015 |access-date=3 January 2016 |archive-date=23 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123121709/https://www.creative-city-berlin.de/en/good-to-know/facts-figures/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Berlin is an important European and [[Cinema of Germany|German film industry]] hub.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/walltowall-culture/2007/11/09/1194329483873.html|title=Wall-to-wall culture|work=The Age|location=Australia|date=10 November 2007|access-date=30 November 2007|archive-date=13 December 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213082441/https://www.theage.com.au/news/arts/walltowall-culture/2007/11/09/1194329483873.html|url-status=live}}</ref> It is home to more than 1,000 film and television production companies, 270 movie theaters, and around 300 national and international co-productions are filmed in the region every year.<ref name="berlin.de"/> The historic [[Babelsberg Studios]] and the production company [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] are adjacent to Berlin in [[Potsdam]]. The city is also home of the [[Deutsche Filmakademie|German Film Academy]] (Deutsche Filmakademie), founded in 2003, and the [[European Film Academy]], founded in 1988.