Axis Studios
Animation Production
Axis Studios is an award-winning entertainment company, founded in Glasgow in 2000 by CEO Richard Scott, in partnership with Dana Dorian, Stuart Aitken and Graham McKenna. It boasts an international team of directors, designers, artists, animators, writers and producers, working across its studios.
As well as being the largest animation studio in Scotland, it also has one of the largest CGI teams in the UK. Axis Studios is building on our track record of creating narratively compelling work in animated entertainment & VFX, to originate and deliver ground-breaking content of the highest quality that engages audiences worldwide.
Its recent awards include: 3 Daytime Emmy’s and an Annie award for Lost in Oz S1, a BAFTA Scotland award for Netflix’s Love, Death and Robots, A Bifa award for Earlyman, and an RTS craft award for KMF. Axis Studios is currently working on developing its own IP and creating ground-breaking animation and VFX content for some of the biggest names in video games, television, film, on-line, theme parks and more including, the ‘Helping Hand’ episode of Netflix’s ‘Love, Death and Robots’ and the SyFy series ‘Happy’.
Primary Activity: Animation Production
Other Activities: Animation Production, VFX
Cake
Animation Distribution
CAKE is one of the world’s leading independent entertainment companies specialising in the production, distribution, development, financing and brand development of kids’ and family properties.
CAKE Distribution Ltd distributes over 1600 half hours of animation and live-action content, working with renowned producers including Rovio Entertainment, Fresh TV, Channel X, Kickstart and Ragdoll Productions on the worldwide roll out of their brands.
CAKE Productions Ltd supports CAKE’s development and production activities on shared and originated projects. With over 13 properties in development, productions include Angry Birds: Summer Madness for Netflix; Mama K’s Team 4 with Triggerfish Animation for Netflix; Angelo Rules with TeamTO for France Televisions, Canal+ and Super RTL, Space Chickens in Space with Anima Estudios for Disney EMEA; Pablo with Paper Owl for CBeebies and Mush-Mush & The Mushables with La Cabane and Thuristar currently premiering internationally on Boomerang.
An award-winning company, CAKE is based in London.
Primary Activity: Animation Distribution
Other Activities: Animation Distribution, Animation Production, Content distribution, Production
Cinelab Film & Digital
Film Laboratory
UNITING FILM AND DIGITAL EXPERTISE
Cinelab Film & Digital is the UK’s only full service Film Laboratory and Digital Dailies Facility.
Our focus is always on delivering excellent service; by partnering with all clients and offering the very best talent, quality, technology, and expertise. From your initial enquiry, you will know your dedicated contact, ensuring ease of communication.
We are proud to have partnered with over 600 Cinematographers creating premium entertainment in feature films, episodic tv, commercials and music videos.
Uniquely, all film and digital services are located under one roof; all projects are managed by one brilliant team comprised of producers, skilled technicians, film and digital specialists and dailies colourists. We provide individual and comparative film and digital quotes if needed, often helpful when a decision is still to be made on shooting formats.
Best of all, moving dailies between facilities are no longer necessary, helping save time and money, offering added security and greater creativity.
Cinelab Film & Digital is easily accessible to international clients due to our proximity to Heathrow, enabling efficient and safe delivery of rushes from around the world.
Recent Feature credits include James Bond ‘No Time to Die’, ‘Last Night in Soho’, ‘Censor’, ‘Fantastic Beasts 3’ and ‘The King’s Man 3’. Episodic credits include ‘The Witcher, Succession, Small Axe and Discovery of Witches.
www.cinelab.co.uk Telephone: 0044 +1753 501500
Primary Activity: Film Laboratory
Cinesite
Animation Production
Primary Activity: Animation Production
Other Activities: Animation, Animation and VFX, Animation Production, VFX
Company 3
Post Production
Founded in 1997, Company 3 is a comprehensive post-production facility for features, commercials and music videos.
Known for its creative colour artistry, pioneering technology and global reach, Company 3 is trusted to deliver a quality product every time. It is home to one of the largest and most talented pools of colourists and visual effects artists working in post-production today with a client list that includes many of the most respected and talented film and entertainment professionals in the industry.
Company 3 offers solutions-based services ranging from colour correction, Digital Intermediate (DI) and file-based workflows to visual effects and online services. Through its virtual outposts, Company 3 Colourists are available to clients around the world.
Specialities include: Colour grading, Digital intermediate, On-set services, Visual effects, and Beauty.
Primary Activity: Post Production
Other Activities: Digital Intermediate
Entertainment One
Animation Distribution
Primary Activity: Animation Distribution
Lupus Films
Animation Production
Lupus Films is a London-based production company set up in 2002 by Camilla Deakin and Ruth Fielding to produce high quality films and TV series for children and families.
Lupus Films specialise in animation, using a wide range of techniques from traditional hand-drawn to 2D digital and CGI, and also produce live-action drama and factual entertainment. Lupus Films’ work has been broadcast in the UK on the BBC, Channel 4, Five, ITV, Disney, Cartoon Network and S4C and in over 150 territories worldwide. Their stories fly from the screen into games, merchandise, books, commercials, apps and more.
Lupus Films are best known for adapting well-loved picture books that feature some of Britain’s most loved children’s characters, including ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt’, The Snowman (for ‘The Snowman and The Snowdog’), and ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea’. We also take on original scripts and ideas, to create classic stories for the modern age. Lupus Films’ ambition is to tell stories we love, with people they admire. Crafting productions that are beautiful and distinctive, so they last the test of time. Lupus Films believe in creating stories that stay with us – the ones watched by every generation, year after year.
Lupus Films’ productions have won numerous Kidscreen Awards, a CAMEO Award for Best Book to Screen adaptation, and the Best Children’s Televisual Bulldog Award. They have also been nominated for the BAFTA Children’s Award for Animation, British Animation Awards, Broadcast Awards Best Children’s Programme, and the European Animation Awards.
Specialties: Television, Film & TV Production, Media Production, Film, Broadcast, Digital Media, Family Entertainment, Post Production, Producing, Art Direction, Creative Direction, Factual Entertainment, Drama, Preschool Entertainment, Feature Films, CGI, 2D, Live-action, and Commercials
Primary Activity: Animation Production
MPC
VFX
Moving Picture Company (MPC) are a creative studio who craft spectacular visual experiences in any space, on any screen.
MPC have been one of the global leaders in VFX for over 25 years and counting, with industry-leading facilities in London, Vancouver, Montréal, Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam, Bangalore and Mexico City.
Renowned for adding visual wonder and creative expertise to the advertising, film and entertainment industries, some of our most famous projects include blockbuster movies such as Godzilla, the Harry Potter franchise, X-Men, Prometheus and Life of Pi, and famous advertising campaigns for brands such as Samsung, Coca Cola, Sony, Three Mobile and Channel 4.
MPC’s broad range of skill-sets provide a multitude of creative solutions, including concept design, pre-viz, shoot supervision, 2D compositing, 3D/CG effects, animation, motion design, software development, digital & experiential production, colour grading for advertising and any combination of these services.
MPC is the sum of the parts: creative partners and a range of creative solutions harnessed through a dedication to collaboration. It all comes together in our enthusiastic and talented people, working every day to be a part of creating some of the best and most inspirational work in the industry.
Primary Activity: VFX
MPC Film
VFX
Moving Picture Company (MPC) are a creative studio who craft spectacular visual experiences in any space, on any screen.
MPC have been one of the global leaders in VFX for over 25 years and counting, with industry-leading facilities in London, Vancouver, Montréal, Los Angeles, New York, Amsterdam, Bangalore and Mexico City.
Renowned for adding visual wonder and creative expertise to the advertising, film and entertainment industries, some of our most famous projects include blockbuster movies such as Godzilla, the Harry Potter franchise, X-Men, Prometheus and Life of Pi, and famous advertising campaigns for brands such as Samsung, Coca Cola, Sony, Three Mobile and Channel 4.
MPC’s broad range of skill-sets provide a multitude of creative solutions, including concept design, pre-viz, shoot supervision, 2D compositing, 3D/CG effects, animation, motion design, software development, digital & experiential production, colour grading for advertising and any combination of these services.
MPC is the sum of the parts: creative partners and a range of creative solutions harnessed through a dedication to collaboration. It all comes together in our enthusiastic and talented people, working every day to be a part of creating some of the best and most inspirational work in the industry.
MPC Film has sites in: Montreal, London and Bangalore
Primary Activity: VFX
Snafu Pictures
Animation Production
Snafu Pictures are creative production experts with a distinctive approach to animation, visual effects and project development. Using expertise of narrative as well as design for film/tv, games and brands, we combine creative with technology to develop & produce compelling content.
What unifies our work is a passion for character and craft. What sets us apart is a design acuity, production nouse and a network of pioneering multi-disciplinary creative talents.
With a diverse slate of original productions and co-productions as well as supporting a range of clients from production companies to brands and studios, our work spans the entertainment industry.
As a studio, Snafu is interested in developing authored, character-driven projects; where craft both in visual execution and narrative storytelling is at a project’s core.
Project images: https://snafu-pictures.com/work/
Primary Activity: Animation Production
West Digital
Post Production
West Digital is a boutique post house in the heart of West London that’s been providing innovative and creative audio and picture post production for almost 20 years. We love what we do and we base our company culture on honesty, openness and collaboration. We do our best to support the local community and we endeavour to develop and nurture outstanding technical, creative and client facing talent; we are extremely proud of our amazing team. We have a wealth of experience working across factual, documentaries, entertainment, features, commercials and branded content and we pride ourselves on our open and collaborative approach to every project.
Primary Activity: Post Production
Other Activities: Audio Post Production, Colour Grading, Offline Editing, Online Editing, Post Production
