LOOK FX not only helped Wes Anderson resurrect a vacation resort from another era in “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” the visual effects firm also served as matchmaker when it came to setting the production up with lucrative foreign incentives.
A chance presentation on the company’s work on “Black Swan” at a visual effects conference in Germany in 2011, gave LOOK Effects co-founder Henrik Fett insight into funding opportunities that were available in the country. At the talk, Fett met representatives ofย MFG Baden-Wรผrttemberg Film-Funding, an organization that promotes filmmaking in the German state and provides financial support for various elements of production — from script writing to post-production work.