Series of meetings matching young filmmakers with studious looking for new talents. This is a chance for young creators in the industry to establish professional contacts, present their achievements, and learn about the employee selection systems in the film studios and the requirements process in case of applying for a job position. It also is an excellent opportunity for filmmakers to start cooperation on new projects, and for studios to find talent.
How to recrute?
To submit for the portfolio review, you have to fill in the registration form below. Please, pay attention to the information in brackets.
Participants selected for the portfolio rewiev will receive an e-mail invitation.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30th November, 2021
SELECTION RESULTS: 5th December, 2021
About Strange Beast:
It is a full-service animation production studio based in London. Our work is led by our talented roster of directors, each bringing their own unique style and distinctive tone of voice. Our recent work includes a collaboration with Netflix's The Headspace Guide to Sleep and Headspace Guide to Meditation where we produced 2 of the 8 episodes across the two series, Typically a positive celebration of periods and Inches Cider, a multimedia campaign. We are proud to be part of the PASSION group – an independent production company formed in 1987.
For more information visit Strange Beast website
The recruiter Becky Perryman’s BIO:
She is Strange Beasts Emerging Talent Producer and the founder of ‘The Greenhouse’, an emerging talent roaster that nurtures rising stars in the animation industry and feeds directly into Strange Beast and sister company Passion Animation. Her work consistently entails seeking new talent and working daily with colleges and schools across Europe to provide artists with a steppingstone into the industry. Additionally, Becky delivers opportunities for young students and strives to fund three graduate films every year, under Passion’s and Strange Beast’s initiative ‘The Passion Prize’. Along with talent development, Becky is an accomplished producer and has produced projects for clients such Facebook, Adidas, Gymshark, Bodyform, BBC, Netflix, Cheerio’s and many more.
About Passion Animation:
It is an Academy Award-winning independent production studio that creates and tells incredible stories. Home to a unique combination of the world’s leading animation and documentary filmmaking talent, Passion is committed to telling great stories with heart and soul. Regardless of length, genre or style, we believe in finding the perfect medium to suit the story. What matters to us is that our stories are told with rigour, integrity and of course, passion. The Passion family includes our sister studio in France, Passion Paris and Strange Beast. Passion has been behind some of the most well-known animated commercials and shorts, creating the iconic Aleksandr the Meerkat and the original virtual band Gorillaz. Recent animated campaigns include a hugely popular series of Christmas films for banking group Erste, epic trailers for blockbuster game Apex Legends and a hilarious but hard-hitting stop motion story for charity Global Women.
For more information visit Passion Animation website
The recruiter Erika Forzy's BIO:
More informations about recruiter will be available soon.
About Beast Animation:
It is founded in 2004 by Ben Tesseur and Steven De Beul, as an executive company specializing in stop motion animation. With the establishment of Beast Productions in 2007, however, Beast becomes an independent producer on the market. Since then, Beast Animation has been creating and producing high-end stop motion films for cinema, television and web.Beast Animation produced award-winning shorts such as Oh Willy..., directed by Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, their medium-length film This Magnificent Cake, and the shortfilm Bloomstreet 11 by Nienke Deutz. Beast also worked on many series, such as: Dimitri, season 1 and 2, directed by Agnès Lecreux and co-produced by Beast Animation, the series Rusty, season 1 and 2, directed by Ben Tesseur and Steven De Beul and George & Paul, directed by Joost van den Bosch and Erik Verkerk and the most recent series Mister Paper, directed by Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul.
For more information visit Beast Animation website
The recruiter Dorien Schetz's BIO:
Not long after finishing a thesis in communication sciences on Stop Motion Animation and doing an internship as set- & props-building on Oh Willy by Emma De Swaef & Marc Roels, Dorien could start working in 2012 as a production assistant at Beast Animation. Since then, she worked together with Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul on all Beast Animation productions, starting as production assistant, later evolving to studio manager, line producer & first assistant. Her speciality is the planning of the animation of various stop motion productions. By Emma De Swaef & Marc Roels & The Smile by Erik van Schaaik. She also worked on many series such as: Dimitri, season 1 and 2, directed by Agnès Lecreux and co- produced by Beast Animation, the series Rusty, season 1 and 2, directed by Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul George & Paul, directed by Joost van den Bosch & Erik Verkerk and the most recent series Mister Paper, directed by Ben Tesseur & Steven De Beul.
Who they are looking for?
Strange Beast and Passion Animation looking for stop motion directors.
Beast Animation looking for stop motion animation, puppet builders, set builders, props maker and all who want to work in a stop motion studio.
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