Escape Studios are proud to present The VFX Festival! The two-day event will be held at Britain’s largest cinema screen, BFI IMAX, London between 3rd-4th June. You can expect deep dives into award winning productions, inspiring speakers and the latest trends, technologies, and innovations.

You'll love the impressive line-up of industry speakers from some of the world’s leading studios including Industrial Light & Magic, Union VFX, Blue Bolt, Painting Practice, Automatik VFX, Atomhawk, Playground Games, DNEG Animation, Blue Zoo, Climax Games

Featuring talks on the making of acclaimed films, shows and games including Poor Things, The Creator, Napoleon, Doctor Who, Under The Boardwalk and Forza Horizon.

Visit the website to view the detailed agenda and find out about all the exciting talks.

With the BAA winning and Oscar shortlisted 'The Debutante' now available to watch online in full - we spoke to a long-time friend of Skwigly Lizzy Hobbs about her past, present and future creative intentions and what it is to presume creative freedom and independent thinking in the auteur filmmaking landscape.

In what is scheduled to be one of the main events of the 2024 animated feature calendar, Sauvages!, the upcoming stop-motion feature by director Claude Barras (My Life as a Courgette), is due to be released in October this year, and will be part of the Annecy 2024 competition. We took a look behind the scenes

Skwigly report back from Cartoon Movie 2024, featuring exclusive chats witH: Mikkel Brænne Sandemose (The Polar Bear Prince), Marc du Pontavice (Lucy Lost), Patrick Imbert and Johanna Goldschmidt (The Wild Inside). and Tonje Skar Reiersen (Pesta).

Cy started her YouTube channel, Cypopps, nearly four years ago and turned her childhood and adult stories into short animated videos, some of which have focussed on her autistic experiences and have become popular among her fans. Cy shares with us her journey into animation, collaborations with other content creators on the spectrum, and what her audience can expect to see on Cypopps later this year.

• JuanPe Arroyo of The Line, winner of Best Animation in a Commercial for Great British Bake Off’s promotional trailer 2023
• Emma Calder winner of the Cutting Edge Award, for Beware of Trains
• Camilla Deakin of Lupus Films winner of Best Feature, Writers Award and Best Original Music for Kensuke’s Kingdom (dirs Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry) and Best Long Form for Mog’s Christmas (dir. Robin Shaw)
• Iain Gardner winner of Best Long Form for A Bear Called Wojtek
• Tanya J.Scott winner of Best Postgraduate Student Film for her NFTS short The Wolf of Custer