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16 January 2020

Digital Orchard to hold ‘New Talent Bar’ at BSC for new industry entrants

Partnered with Illuminatrix, Women Behind The Camera, IMAGO, The British Blacklist and BECTU, the Digital Orchard New Talent Bar will be collectively brought to the 2020 BSC Expo.

10 January 2020

Netflix’s The Witcher gets some VFX sorcery from Framestore

As part of its impressive slate of work for the best-known TV streaming services and media distributors, Framestore has delivered an extensive range of VFX for the hotly-anticipated Netflix series The Witcher.

9 January 2020

Framestore earns eight nominations at the 2020 Visual Effects Society Awards

Eight nominations across a diverse range of recent work in film, television, advertising and immersive projects for Framestore.

Visual Effects Society Announces Nominees for 18th Annual VES Awards

ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL and THE LION KING Garner Most Feature Film Nominations.

2 January 2020

Union Re-paint The Sistine Chapel for The Two Popes

Fernando Meirelles' Golden Globe-nominated The Two Popes received visual effects work from Soho based studio, Union VFX.

17 December 2019

Framestore Provides Ethereal VFX for Amazon Studio’s The Aeronauts

Framestore worked on VFX environments for The Aeronauts, the historical action-adventure directed by Tom Harper (Wild Rose, Peaky Blinders, War & Peace).

92ND OSCARS SHORTLISTS ANNOUNCED

The 92nd Oscars® Shortlists in nine Awards have been announced, with categories 'Animated Short Film' and 'Visual Effects' among them.

16 December 2019

Cinesite announce new investment and financing of US$112m to enable the group to execute its five-year strategy

Cinesite announced today it has secured investment from Gryphion Capital Investments along with new banking facilities from Barclays and NatWest which amount to US$112m

12 December 2019

Jellyfish Pictures Expands Becoming World’s Largest ‘Virtual’ VFX and Animation Studio

The new studio in Brixton bolsters Jellyfish Pictures’ capacity to 350 increasing staff numbers by 40%.

11 December 2019

Spotlight On… Axis Studios: Animated artistry cultivating creative careers

This month Axis Studios’ Director & Creative Head of Development Stephen Donnelly discusses his career journey, creative process and the company’s development of original IP.

3 December 2019

Timeline North provides post-production on BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2019

Timeline North will provide post-production on BBC Sports Personality of the Year Awards 2019, which will be broadcast from Aberdeen in Scotland.

Sky plan to build Major new Film & TV Studio at Elstree

Sky Studios Elstree is set to be a new leading European studio with 14 stages, providing over 2000 new jobs and £3bn production investment in UK creative sector expected in first five years alone

28 November 2019

Award Winning Co-founder and VFX Supervisor of Axis Studios Wins Second BIFA for Shaun The Sheep: Farmageddon

Howard Jones is among the prestigious recipients of The British Independent Film Awards (BIFA) craft award winners for 2019.

27 November 2019

Freefolk Strengthen Their Offering with a Hattrick

Soho-based award winning commercials and longform VFX Studio, Freefolk, announce a promotion and two new hires.

26 November 2019

ACAMAR FILMS PARTNERs WITH VUE AND SHOWCASE TO BRING BING TO THE BIG SCREEN FOR CHRISTMAS

Following the successful debut of Bing in cinemas last year, Acamar Films have developed a new feature-length cinema experience, “Bing’s Christmas”, which will run exclusively in 105 cinemas across the UK from Friday 29^th November.

25 November 2019

BBC Studioworks extends Elstree Studios partnership

BBC Studioworks is continuing its successful partnership with Elstree Studios for another four years, until at least March 2024.

13 November 2019

Jellyfish Pictures Meets A-List Security Requirements with PixStor Storage For Blockbuster Projects

New PixStor secure multi-tenancy capabilities allow leading VFX and animation house to meet exacting security standards whilst delivering collaborative workflows.

11 November 2019

DAVID TOWNSEND JOINS AXIS AS HEAD OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

Axis Studios announced the appointment of David Townsend as new Head of Business Development.

8 November 2019

IKEA’S FIRST CHRISTMAS AD ENCOURAGES THE NATION TO ‘Silence the Critics’ with VFX by ETC

New integrated campaign from IKEA aims to encourage customers to ‘Silence the Critics’ in the campaign by Mother London, with the help of post work by the Electric Theatre Collective.

7 November 2019

Spotlight On… Blackmagic Design: Bringing about ‘The End of the F***ing World’ with CHEAT

UK Screen Alliance talks with MD and Colourist Toby Tomkins about Blackmagic Design continuing its expansion of DaVinci Resolve Studio at CHEAT studios, and the integral part it played in putting the finishing touches to the romantically nihilistic ‘The End of the F***ing World’.