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Axis Studios is a multi award winning animation and VFX studio. Based in the heart of Bristol, Axis Studios VFX arm delivers cutting edge visual effects for high end television, film and natural history.

“As with all our projects, we aim to work very closely with our clients to become integrated into the production to be more than just a VFX partner. We understand the nature of the filmmaking process and have developed a flexible approach to deal with the ebbs and flow of post production requirements. We ensure all projects are managed to the highest degree.

A part of Axis Studios, we’ve built a global reputation for creating commissioned and original entertainment experiences in Film, Television, Games and Theme Parks.  No matter the client, brand, genre or delivery platform, our creative output is distinctive, engaging and entertaining.”

Primary Activity: VFX

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

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Being based in Stoke-on-Trent enables us to deliver high-quality cost-effective animation and visual effects without compromising on industry expertise. Our location allows our team to enjoy the artistic influence that comes from working in such a historically creative city. In 2018 we were thrilled to be listed as one of Creative England”s Top 50 most exciting and innovative companies within the UK; Recently our work has been screened at festivals such as SXSW and FrightFest. Carse & Waterman’s latest work includes: Good Posture directed by Dolly Wells, Once Upon A Time In London directed by Simon Rumley,  Bittersweet Symphony directed by Jamie Adams and TV series Famalam and The Keith and Paddy Picture Show .We’re excited to be currently developing a full length 3D animated feature film as well as a 2D animated TV series.

Services: Graphic design, 2D / 3D character animation, VFX, Compositing, Title sequences, Concept Art, Storyboards, Previz

Clients: McCann, Michelin, NHS, Altitude Entertainment, Unstoppable Films. United Nations. Channel 4, New Look and ITV

Primary Activity: Animation Production

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

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Established in 1991, Cinesite is one of the world’s most highly respected independent digital entertainment studios producing award-winning animation and visual effects for film, broadcast and streaming media platforms.

Cinesite is headquartered in London with studios in Montréal and Vancouver with capacity for over 1,300 artists and filmmakers. Alongside global VFX services, Cinesite’s feature animation division works with IP creators and filmmakers to create high-end animated features based out of Cinesite’s Montréal and Vancouver facilities, continuing to forge new partnerships and collaborations with leading studios and filmmakers to deliver stories that resonate with a global audience.

Cinesite provide complete production solutions from pre-production to production and post-production, including pre-visualisation, visual effects supervision, physical effects, model making and model unit photography, film scanning and laser recording, digital effects, animation and compositing.

Cinesite’s Feature Animation studios collaborate with filmmakers and IP owners to create high-end animated feature films. The company has completed four full length animated features and is currently bringing the world Riverdance, cinema legend Harold Lloyd and The Addams Family to the big screen.

Cinesite’s TV VFX divisions combine experience, skills and pipeline for the specific needs of high-end television programming. Recent TV projects include Lost In Space, American Gods and Black Sails. Cinesite crafts spectacular visuals for some of the world’s biggest films. Recent work includes Mary Poppins Returns, Robin Hood, Ant-Man & the Wasp, Avengers:  Infinity War, Adrift, The Commuter, Mute and Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find them.

Primary Activity: VFX

Other Activities: Animation Production, VFX

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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

Primary Activity: Animation Distribution

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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

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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

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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 Episodic has sites in: London, Bangalore and Berlin.

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Primary Activity: VFX

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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

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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.

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The Editpool is an award-winning film marketing agency that supports the entertainment industry with the creation of trailers, TV & radio spots and promos for Theatrical and Home Entertainment releases.

Since 1988 a highly experienced team of editors, producers and writers have been creating dynamic, exciting teasers, trailers and ads for major studios and leading independents across the world.

After more than 25 years Editpool continue to deliver exceptional and ground-breaking creative for clients, including creation of trailers, TV & radio spots and promos for Theatrical and Home Entertainment releases.

Editpool’s dedicated team of editors, producers and graphic designers are committed to delivering captivating and bespoke creative, contributing to our esteemed global reputation.

Editpool became part of Deluxe in 2007 and has since continued to service some of the biggest film clients in the UK including Warner Bros, eONE, HBO, Lionsgate, Studio Canal and Netflix.

Primary Activity: Offline Editing

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