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Remote working drives innovation at VFX facilities

The pandemic has led to the development of new working practices, security measures and technology that will continue to benefit us all Faced with...

Meet the Supervisor: David Bowman

Freefolk VFX Supervisor David Bowman on inspiring new tech, what it takes to do his job, and working with his heroes Tell us about the company you...

FLITE uses Unreal from planning and previs through to final pixel

Today, the cast of FLITE, the directorial and writing debut of Framestore Chief Creative Officer Tim Webber is revealed. Alba Baptista (Warrior...

Freefolk internship scheme returns

Futurefolk talent-seeking initiative back for its sixth year Spitalfields based VFX studio Freefolk has launched its sixth annual Futurefolk compe...

Check out this previz work from NVIZ on Shadow and Bone

In Season 1 of the fantasy series Shadow and Bone, we were introduced to Alina Starkhov (Jesse Mei Li), a young cartographer in a war torn land divid...

Union opens first international VFX facility in Montréal

Union is delighted to announce the launch of its first international studio in Montréal, Canada. Headquartered in London, UK, and about to celebr...

Milk to open VFX studio in Ireland

Award-winning VFX Studio Milk is to continue its growth plans by opening a new studio in Dublin with ambitions to become a leading VFX Studio in the ...

FMX announces program for 2023

The FMX 2023 program is online. The conference is showcasing the diversity of its content, which ranges from new shows to sustainability in the enter...

Matilda the Musical – Virtual Cinematography from NVIZ in the Acrobat’s Story

Caution: contains spoilers. High-wires, cages, TNT, and a pool of sharks; those were the main ingredients of the Acrobat’s Story sequence in the...

How women are changing the VFX industry

On International Women’s Day, we asked women in VFX about what is being done to entice more minorities to join the ranks If you want to get an i...

VFX facilities snap up Escapees at The VFX Festival

Events purely for VFX are surprisingly rare. Now its 11th year, The VFX Festival is the only one of its kind in London. The VFX Festival brings to...

Union’s Fantastical VFX for Amazon’s Wheel of Time

Adapted from an original series of 14 high fantasy novels by Robert Jordan, The Wheel of Time is set in a world where magic exists, but only some can...

How MARZ created spooky VFX for Addams family spin-off, Wednesday

Lon Molnar, co-president of Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies, gives us the low down on how they created Thing and the chalk spider for the hit Netflix...

Meet Viridian FX

Viridian FX is a visual effects studio located in York, England. We had a chat with Head of Studio, Ben Louden, about the studio and their recent pro...

Breakdown: how PFX created visual effects for Netflix film Medieval

The feature film Medieval directed by Petr Jakl marks one of the largest and most ambitious projects the Prague-based studio PFX has had the pleasure...