What HotelRebel does

HotelRebel is a privately held, boutique film and photography production company founded in 2008 and headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands, with a secondary office in Amsterdam. The firm delivers end-to-end production services encompassing preproduction, extensive location scouting and management, casting, set production, equipment and transport, craft services, shooting permits, editing, and postproduction. Its core offerings are organized across six service lines: Production Services, Unit Production, Locations and Production Services, Brand Film & Photography, Fashion Production Services, and Automotive Production Services.

The company serves an enterprise client base concentrated in three verticals: automotive OEMs (KIA, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Genesis, Ford, BYD, Dacia), fashion brands (Zara, Massimo Dutti, Off-White, Porsche Design, State of Art, Secrid, Stanley/Stella, Vlisco), and corporate/industrial clients (Advario, VTTI, Schiphol). It has also executed unit production for entertainment projects including Amazon Prime Video's series 'The Widow' and the feature film 'Where the Road Runs Out'. The firm runs a lean core team of executive producers (headcount 1-10) supplemented by a network of freelance photographers, directors, DOPs, scouts, and location managers.

HotelRebel's go-to-market is direct engagement with brands and agencies through project-based, quote-based pricing. Revenue is generated through professional service fees for individual productions, with no disclosed subscription or retainer model. The firm markets primarily through its website portfolio, Instagram, Vimeo, LinkedIn, and inclusion in the Production Paradise industry directory. It maintains strong relationships with Dutch City Councils that facilitate permit processing and access to locations, and executes projects internationally across Europe, the Middle East, North America, Asia, and Africa. The company has no disclosed external funding, no parent organization, and operates as an independent creative production house.

Name

HotelRebel

Website

https://hotelrebel.nl

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

HotelRebel is a Rotterdam-based boutique production company offering end-to-end film and photography production services for enterprise clients in automotive, fashion, and corporate sectors, with international project delivery capability and a lean core team.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Production Services: Project-based production services including preproduction, location scouting, casting, set production, editing, and postproduction. Revenue generated through service fees for individual productions across automotive, fashion, and brand film sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

HotelRebel is a Netherlands-based production company that delivers full-service film and photography production for brands, agencies, and film/TV producers. Its services span the entire production lifecycle—preproduction, location scouting and management, casting, equipment, transport, craft services, shooting permits, set production, editing, and postproduction—with specializations in automotive and fashion sectors along with unit production for international film and series productions.

Product overview

HotelRebel is a production company offering a comprehensive suite of film and photography production services. The company operates as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. Their core services include: (1) Production Services as their main offering covering the full production lifecycle from preproduction through postproduction; (2) Unit Production for film and series projects; (3) Locations and Production Services with extensive location scouting, equipment, transport, permits, and local crew; (4) Brand Film & Photography for creating visual content with clients and agencies; (5) specialized Fashion Production Services; and (6) specialized Automotive Production Services. These services are delivered through their team of producers and a network of photographers, directors, and DOPs, primarily operating from their bases in Rotterdam and Amsterdam.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Production Services Full-service film and photography production covering the entire lifecycle from preproduction through postproduction, including concepting, casting, set production, editing, and project management. Targeted at brands, agencies, and production companies requiring turnkey production delivery.
• Unit Production Unit production services for international film and series projects filming in the Netherlands, handling production in specific locations such as Rotterdam. Delivered for productions including Amazon Prime Video series 'The Widow' and feature film 'Where the Road Runs Out'.
• Locations and Production Services Comprehensive location scouting and management including equipment, transport, craft services, shooting permits, local crew coordination, and access to a location database across the Netherlands and international destinations. Differentiated by strong connections with local City Councils for permit processing.
• Brand Film & Photography Creation of brand films and photography content for clients and agencies, working with directors and photographers to produce visual content that communicates brand narratives. Targeted at brand teams seeking meaningful explanatory and promotional visual assets.
• Fashion Production Services Vertical production services for fashion brands including location scouting, casting, preproduction, and set production for seasonal campaigns, look books, and campaign films. Operates in the Netherlands and internationally for fashion clients such as Zara, Massimo Dutti, State of Art, and Off_White.
• Automotive Production Services Vertical production services for automotive manufacturers covering photography and brand film production for vehicle launches and marketing campaigns. Delivered for automotive clients including KIA, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Genesis, Ford, BYD, Dacia, and Porsche Design.

Quantifiable outcome

• Produced Amazon Prime Video series 'The Widow' with full unit production in Rotterdam
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers27 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Division Amsterdam: Amsterdam-based creative production house delivering brand film, photography and content services across fashion, lifestyle and corporate clients with similar Dutch/European footprint and project-based production model.
• Park Pictures: Globally distributed director-led commercial production company delivering brand film and photography for fashion, automotive and consumer clients, operating in the same commercial content space as HotelRebel but at greater scale.
• Suburbia Films: European production services company providing film and commercial production with location and permit support, a directly comparable service offering for advertisers and agencies seeking outsourced production.
• Cake Film & Photography: UK/Netherlands-headquartered film and photography production services company serving fashion, automotive and brand clients with a comparable full-service production model and similar boutique scale to HotelRebel.

Broad incumbents

• Smuggler: Globally distributed commercial film and content production company serving many of the same brand and agency clients as HotelRebel, but with substantially larger scale, broader service offering and deeper Hollywood/entertainment crossover.
• Stink Studios: Global creative production network producing brand films, commercials and photography for large advertisers across fashion, tech and automotive, a broader incumbent that overlaps with HotelRebel's automotive/fashion work.
• Anonymous Content: Global content production company spanning commercials, branded content and feature/TV; overlaps with HotelRebel on branded automotive and fashion campaigns and competes for similar agency/brand engagements at greater scale.
• RSA Films: Ridley Scott-founded global commercial and entertainment production company with a broad portfolio spanning automotive, fashion and brand advertising; competes with HotelRebel for the same enterprise brand budgets at a larger scale.

Others

• Production Paradise: Industry directory and referral network where HotelRebel is listed; comparable as an enabling/marketplace platform that mediates inbound client interest to competing production service providers like HotelRebel.

Emerging players

• Spindle Production: Amsterdam-based emerging creative production outfit serving fashion and brand clients with a comparable boutique, fashion-led production focus, a smaller scale peer participating in the same Dutch content ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubevimeo.com/hotelrebel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/hotel-rebel
• Instagraminstagram.com/hotel_rebel
• Xx.com/hotelrebel

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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