Top 10 Video Production Companies Slovakia
There are a few dozen video production companies in Slovakia and every one of them says it is the best. So we built this ranking on the only public, verifiable source we have: the results list of Zlatý klinec 2025, the Slovak advertising awards, where every awarded or shortlisted piece names its production company. We added focus, publicly named clients and whether the company publishes prices. You get 10 names, a table, a guide to who fits which budget, and at the end an honest paragraph about where we sit in our own ranking.
Key takeaways
- RE:SET PRODUCTION and Hitchhiker Films are the most frequently credited production companies in the Zlatý klinec 2025 results, with 12 and 10 entries.
- The 2025 Grand Prix (Bubliny for Slovak Telekom) was produced by Prague based Armada Films. The biggest Slovak campaigns are often shot by Czech houses, so they get their own section outside the ranking.
- Of the 10 companies in the ranking, exactly one publishes prices, and that is us. Commercial production houses have no price list by design, not out of laziness.
- For a corporate video at 3,000 to 6,000 euros there is no point approaching a house that shoots commercials for tens of thousands. The table says who is for whom.
- The criteria were written before the list, not fitted to the result.
Ranking criteria: Zlatý klinec 2025 credits, focus, clients, price list
The ranking orders companies by the number of "production company" credits in the Zlatý klinec 2025 results, with ties broken by length of track record and breadth of publicly documented work.
- Zlatý klinec 2025. We read the Zlatý klinec 2025 results on 14 October 2026 and counted how many times each company is credited as production company. One spot in three categories counts as three entries. The list does not show the award level next to each entry, so an entry means shortlist or award, not necessarily gold.
- Focus. TV commercial, online campaign, corporate or event video. This decides who the company is actually useful for.
- Clients and references. Only those the company names on its own website or that appear in the awards list.
- Public price list. Yes or no. Not a quality criterion, but it tells you how fast you can find out whether you are in the right place.
We only ranked companies based in Slovakia. Czech houses that shoot Slovak campaigns have their own section below. And an honest admission up front: awards entries measure advertising creativity and craft, not what it is like to work with a production company when you need your first video for a factory floor. That is why the table has a "who it is for" column.
Top 10 video production companies in Slovakia 2026: the table
| # | Company | Based in | ZK 2025 entries | Who it is for | Public prices |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RE:SET PRODUCTION | Bratislava | 12 | telecoms, big brands, online campaigns with actors | no |
| 2 | Hitchhiker Films | Bratislava | 10 | TV commercials, foreign agencies looking for production service in Slovakia | no |
| 3 | Protos Productions | Bratislava | 5 | TV commercials and photo production for big brands | no |
| 4 | Playground13 | Bratislava | 5 | agency campaigns (MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, THIS IS LOCCO) | no |
| 5 | Leopard Production | Bratislava | 4 | clients of the Wiktor Leo Burnett group, events combined with TV production | no |
| 6 | Jánošíci produkčná družina | Slovakia | 4 | online and social campaigns (VÚB Foundation) | no |
| 7 | Revers Films | Bratislava | 2 | premium commercials, production service for international clients | no |
| 8 | TOXPRO | Bratislava | 2 | branded content, documentaries, production with in-house post and gear | no |
| 9 | Fortuna.Studio | Bratislava | 0 | corporate and HR video, events, subcontracting for bigger productions | no |
| 10 | NORDLYS | Bratislava | 0 | corporate and event video for industrial and tech companies, 3,000 to 15,000 euros | yes, on the blog |
Places 1 to 3: RE:SET PRODUCTION, Hitchhiker Films, Protos Productions
The top three are houses that shoot TV and online commercials for the biggest Slovak brands, and that is also the only reason to call them.
1. RE:SET PRODUCTION has twelve entries in the Zlatý klinec 2025 results, more than anyone else: the Nahí and Absolventi šikany campaigns for Slovak Telekom (MUW Saatchi & Saatchi), Influendcérky for Orange (MADE BY VACULIK) and Vysnívané vlasy for Bloom Robbins. According to a LinkedIn post by its founder, its projects have been shortlisted at Berlin Commercial, Golden Drum, HollyShorts and EnergaCAMERIMAGE. You will find little about the company online, which is normal for this type of production house: clients come through agencies, not Google.
2. Hitchhiker Films has been running since 2003 and describes itself as a production house specialised in TV commercials. It has ten entries in the 2025 list (Kaufland kúpil Zdeno z Popradu and Fajné pivo for THIS IS LOCCO, Makáme na 5G sieti for O2 and TRIAD, Čakanie na jedlo for OZ Vagus, Hviezdy v tieni for Niké) and five more in 2024 (Loď for Rádio Expres, Neviditeľný odznak for Unicef, O 5 minút 12 for Vagus). The Hitchhiker Films website lists clients such as Telekom, Orange, O2, Slovenská sporiteľňa, Kaufland, ESET and Heineken, and production service for agencies from Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Finland. If a foreign agency asks who can shoot its commercial in Slovakia, this is the most common answer.
3. Protos Productions is the oldest company in the ranking, founded in 1997, and according to its Slovak Film Commission profile has hundreds of TV commercials and photo shoots behind it. It has five entries in the 2025 list: Zvaľte to na nás for Slovak Telekom, Festivaly si užije každý for Orange and Puč v SND for the Open Society Foundation.
Places 4 to 7: Playground13, Leopard Production, Jánošíci produkčná družina, Revers Films
The middle of the ranking is made up of companies behind one or two standout campaigns of the year, and for some of them you will find almost nothing public.
4. Playground13 has five entries, all around two campaigns: Ja už tu dlho nebudem for the Liga pre seniorov (MUW Saatchi & Saatchi, from print visual through radio to the NGO campaign category) and Extrémny launch so Separom for Kaufland (THIS IS LOCCO). We could not find a company website with clients, which we say plainly: this is a production house agencies know, not companies.
5. Leopard Production belongs to the Wiktor Leo Burnett group and combines events with TV production. Its four entries are for SuperbOffice for Škoda Auto Slovensko and Rozprávka o začarovanej štvrti for Corwin. It makes sense for clients already working with the group who want the campaign and the event from one supplier.
6. Jánošíci produkčná družina has four entries for the Poklady Slovenska campaign for the VÚB Foundation (MUW Saatchi & Saatchi), from visual to digital campaign and social. Outside this campaign we found no public information, so read the position as "one big campaign of the year", not as an assessment of the company.
7. Revers Films is behind Nedeľné rezne for Kaufland (THIS IS LOCCO), two entries in film craft and humour. According to its Slovak Film Commission profile it focuses on premium commercial and branded content work and on production service for international clients, from scouting and permits to casting and post-production.
Places 8 to 10: TOXPRO, Fortuna.Studio and NORDLYS (with a disclosure)
The last three places are production companies for businesses that are not buying a TV commercial but a corporate, HR or event video, and this is where the ranking finally stops being about awards and starts being about budget.
8. TOXPRO was founded in 2015 and, according to its Slovak Film Commission profile, combines production, post-production and equipment rental under one roof, with a portfolio of three feature length documentaries. It has two entries in the 2025 list: MOVE trophy for Slovnaft (oh my DOT) in branded content and Cinematik otvára oči in the small budget category. A good address for documentary style branded content.
9. Fortuna.Studio does not appear in the awards, but its website names clients such as TV JOJ, Tatra banka, Sensoneo and Wiktor Leo Burnett, and projects for Orange (an HR campaign), ČSOB, KFC and BYD Slovensko. An interesting detail: its client list also includes Leopard Production and Playground13, so it subcontracts for production houses in this very ranking. Corporate video, event aftermovies and HR content, delivery in 2 to 8 weeks, no price list.
10. NORDLYS, which is us, so let us be specific. We have never been in Zlatý klinec, we do not shoot TV commercials and we have never worked for Telekom. We are a small studio shooting corporate and event video for industrial and tech companies: coverage and aftermovie for the SlovakiaTech conference, video for KUKA TechDay, content for eovolt. You can judge the whole portfolio yourself. We make the list as the only production company that publishes prices: a shoot day with a three person crew at 1,500 to 2,000 euros, a corporate video at 2,500 to 6,000 euros, broken down in our article on corporate video cost in 2026. If you need a 50,000 euro commercial, go to the top seven. If you need a 4,000 euro video for your plant with a clear budget, we are on the right side of the table.
Outside the ranking: Armada Films, Bistro Films and why the Grand Prix is made in Prague
Two of the most frequently credited production companies in the Slovak results are from Prague. Armada Films has six entries in the 2025 list including the Grand Prix for Bubliny for Slovak Telekom and the Vysávače campaign; Bistro Films has six for Kozmonautka and Môj Everest for Slovenská sporiteľňa (ZARAGUZA). Both are based in Prague, and Bistro Films describes itself in the Czech Film Commission database as a director oriented production company with two decades of history. This is not a failing of the Slovak market, it is its size: when a commercial budget passes 100,000 euros the agency reaches for a director, and directors of that calibre sit in Prague. For a company commissioning a corporate video it has no practical consequence. For a big brand it is a reminder that on a top commercial the Slovak production company often provides the service, not the direction.
Other names from the 2025 list we left out of the ranking because we could not find enough about them publicly: Dodo (four entries for SND je svetové for Mannschaft), KIMONO Production, Low-key visuals, Vrizzly Films, Endrius and AllUcanSee.
For a look behind the scenes at the level of commercial the top seven are competing for, this video is a good benchmark:
Who is for whom: a key by budget and type of video
Choose by budget and type of video, not by position in the ranking. First place will not help you with a 3,000 euro video and tenth place will not shoot your Super Bowl spot.
- TV or online commercial with actors, budget above 30,000 euros, briefed through an agency: RE:SET PRODUCTION, Hitchhiker Films, Protos Productions, Playground13, Leopard Production, Revers Films. We broke down how such a project runs phase by phase and what costs the most in TV commercial production process by phase.
- Branded content or documentary, 10,000 to 30,000 euros: TOXPRO, Revers Films, and with a strong story RE:SET as well.
- Corporate, HR or event video, 2,500 to 15,000 euros, briefed directly by the company: Fortuna.Studio, NORDLYS. Here, ask for a budget by line item and a showreel with a video from your industry.
- Social media content under 1,000 euros: nobody in the ranking. Package agencies and freelancers shoot on a phone from 150 euros, and as a test of what your audience watches that is a sensible start.
The ten questions to ask any of them before signing are in how to choose a video production company. If you are in point three, see how video production works at NORDLYS or write to us via contact. We will also tell you when we are the wrong choice for your brief and who in the ranking is the better one. International clients looking at Slovakia as a shooting location can also check the production service in Slovakia overview, which is run from Prague and useful mostly for larger service jobs.
FAQ about the ranking of Slovak video production companies
Why is Bistro Films not in the ranking when it has six entries in the Zlatý klinec 2025 results?
Because it is based in Prague, like Armada Films with the Grand Prix for Bubliny. The ranking only includes companies based in Slovakia; Czech houses that shoot Slovak campaigns have their own section, so you can see that on the biggest commercials the direction often does not come from a Slovak production company.
Does an entry in the Zlatý klinec 2025 results mean a win?
Not necessarily. The results list shows awarded and shortlisted work with its production company but does not show the award level next to each entry. Twelve entries for RE:SET PRODUCTION means twelve pieces or categories where they made it among the best, not twelve gold awards.
How much does a video from a top five production company in Slovakia cost?
None of them publish a price list, and a commercial cannot be priced without a script. From our experience with campaign budgets, a TV commercial with actors and locations in Slovakia starts at around 30,000 euros, while a corporate video from a company in the lower half of the table costs 2,500 to 6,000 euros excluding VAT.
