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16 January 2025

Milk appoints Roo Knight-Jones as Business Development Director

Roo will lead and grow the business development team across the Group’s studios in London and Europe.

15 January 2025

Escape Studios announces Escapeverse Live

Escape Studios has announced a new virtual event, Escapeverse Live, which will take place online between 24-27 February 2025.

9 January 2025

Digital Orchard celebrate milestone: over 10 million feet of film scanned

Over 10 million feet of motion picture film has been scanned at the company's location at Kodak in Pinewood Studios.

Registration opens for largest edition of the Media Production and Technology Show

The UK's authoritative event for the broadcast media, production and technology industry returns to Olympia London from 14-15 May.

1 January 2025

UK visual effects tax relief uplift comes into effect on New Year’s Day

From today (1 January 2025), an increased rate of tax relief is now available for visual effects expenditure in the UK.

30 December 2024

Neil Hatton, CEO of UK Screen Alliance, awarded an MBE in New Year Honours

UK Screen Alliance and Animation UK are delighted to congratulate our CEO Neil Hatton on being awarded an MBE in the King’s New Year Honours list.

13 December 2024

Absolute welcomes Executive Producer Kayleigh Dugdale to team

Dugdale will work across all of Absolute’s departments, including Sound, Edit, CG, VFX and Colour, in addition to developing the production team.

Union adds grandeur to The Regime

Union’s newly established Montréal facility delivered the majority of the 700 VFX shots on the show, collaborating with a smaller team at Union HQ in London.

Spotlight on…Lux Aeterna: History and innovation

This month, we interviewed Rob Hifle, Co-Founder of Lux Aeterna.

9 December 2024

Lux Aeterna delivers insights on GenAI and ethics in VFX for World VFX Day

Lux Aeterna, in collaboration with UK Screen Alliance, has explored the ethical and intellectual property challenges of generative AI in visual effects.

5 December 2024

FRAMELESS announces immersive experience with the National Portrait Gallery

Working with Cinesite, FRAMELESS’ content production partner, the stories behind the famous faces in the Gallery’s portraits will be brought to life like never before.

29 November 2024

Napoleon: Light’s peek into VFX and realism

The LIGHT team shares their VFX breakdown on Ridley Scott's Napoleon.

25 November 2024

Speakers for Schools: Helping young people find their path into the creative industries

Laura Morris, Business Development Manager at Speakers for Schools, shares her thoughts on how to cultivate and nurture talent, and facilitate industry growth.

20 November 2024

Barney Jordan joins Company 3 London as Senior Finishing Editor

With its latest appointment, Company 3 is poised to continue its legacy of delivering exceptional post-production services to clients worldwide.

Harbor expands with dedicated dailies facility at Shepperton Studios

The facility will provide state-of-the-art dailies capabilities, including an HDR grading and screening room engineered to support the exceptional creative output and leading technical standards.

18 November 2024

Absolute unveils box office Colour line-up

Absolute, part of the ENVY Group, have revealed the arrival of three world-class talents to its Colour division.

12 November 2024

Vine FX brings the action for Paris Has Fallen

The Cambridge-based VFX studio delivered over 1,350 shots including environment extensions, driving shots, and action sequences.

4 November 2024

Government-funded Houdini bootcamps to upskill VFX and animation teams

Studios can brief Mastered - a specialist training centre - on what they need, for who, and the Houdini team there will propose a bespoke curriculum.

Cinesite expands XR capabilities with Adipat Virdi as Executive Director

Cinesite has announced the appointment of Adipat Virdi as Executive Director, XR (Global).

30 October 2024

UK VFX tax credit uplift will start on Jan 1st

During the 2024 Autumn Budget Statement, the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced an increased tax incentive for spending on visual effects in the UK.