Living Large

2024 / 80 min / Animation, Comedy, Family

Czech Republic / France / Slovakia

Director: Kristina Dufková
Producers: Matej Chlupacek, Marc Faye, Agata Novinski
Co-producers: Magic Lab, Czech television, RTVS

DI, Color Grading, VFX (900 shots)

A 12 year-old boy was bullied for his weight and he tries to turn things around by dieting and attempting to win over the girl of his dreams.

AnnecyContrechamp Jury Award
European Film AwardsEuropean Animated Feature Film
Locarno Film FestivalOfficial Selection
Karlovy Vary International Film FestivalOfficial Selection

The Crow – Trailer

Movies

Action / Crime / Fantasy / 2024

United States

Production: Lionsgate
Director: Rupert Sanders
DoP: Steve Annis

170 VFX shots of mainly projected DMP extensions

Soulmates Eric Draven and Shelly Webster are brutally murdered. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek revenge, traversing the worlds of the living and the dead to put the wrong things right.

Argylle – Trailer

Movies

Action Thriller / 135 min / 2024

United States / United Kingdom

Production: Apple Studios, Marv Films
Director: Matthew Vaughn
DoP: George Richmond

Distributor: APPLE PLUS

VFX (CG and DMP extensions)

A reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she’s writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time.

Operation Fortune – VFX Breakdown

Movies

Action Comedy Thriller / 114min / 2023

MIRAMAX

Director: Guy Ritchie

Special agent Orson Fortune and his team of operatives recruit one of Hollywood’s biggest movie stars to help them on an undercover mission when the sale of a deadly new weapons technology threatens to disrupt the world order.

VFX Supervised by Michal Krecek, MAGIC LAB responsibilities were a diverse range of tasks, including CG extensions of Palace Morocco, digital matte paints on environments and various elements and objects, CG vehicles such as cars and helicopters, CG billionaire yacht including surrounding CG sea, a sequence involving car destruction, CG blood splashes, muzzle flashes, rocket impacts, and awe-inspiring explosions of gigantic satellites complete with simulated destruction and debris.

Messiah – Trailer

Series

Drama / 10×60 min / 2019

USA

Producer: Mark Burnett, Roma Downey, Michael Petroni
Production: Industry Entertainment
Director: James McTeigue, Kate Woords
DoP: Danny Ruhlmann

100 VFX Shots with effects such as FX Tornado

When a man in the Middle East appears to be performing miracles, a rift breaks out over whether he’s the Messiah or a fraud in this suspenseful drama.

Distributor: Netflix

Restore Point – Trailer

Movies

Crime / Drama / Sci-fi / 111 min / 2023

Czech Republic / Slovakia / Poland / Serbia

Producer: Jan Kallista
Director: Robert Hloz
DoP: Filip Marek
Editor: Jaroslaw Kaminski

DI / Color Grading / VFX (CG and DMP projections, heavy retouching work)

Set in Europe during 2038, a female detective investigates the case of a murdered couple where a restoration team is able to bring one of them back to life.

To The North – Trailer

Movies

Drama / 123 min / 2022

Romania / France / Greece / Bulgaria / Czech Republic

VFX heavy retouches and set extensions

Based on a true story. 1996, open sea.
During his shift on a transatlantic ship’s deck, Joel, a religious Filipino sailor, discovers Dumitru, a Romanian stowaway hidden between some containers.
If he is spotted by the Taiwanese officers running the vessel, Dumitru is at risk to be thrown overboard. Joel decides to hide him, as a sign of his gratitude toward God.
Soon, a dangerous cat and mouse game begins. When his crew, his own friends, and even God itself start to turn their backs on him, Joel learns that he has to face his cruel destiny alone.

La Biennale di VeneziaOrizzontiNominee