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Angela Poschet joins ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ as Animation Producer

The film will employ a mix of live-action and stop-motion animation to tell the story of one of the most intimate moments in Abraham Lincoln’s life, following his relationship with his recently deceased 11-year old son. The story is based on a screenplay by George Saunders and his Booker Prize-winning novel Lincoln in the Bardo and will be directed by Duke Johnson, who is well known in the animation industry for „Anomalisa“. In the movie, Tom Hanks will portray a live-action version

A christmas postcard in the style of Paul Klee showing a film team shooting the Christkind in front of a Christmas tree

Rixfilm X-Mas Card Machine

Who else feels the same way? Every year, the question arises of which Christmas card to send. Our answer to this question is the Rixfilm X-Mas Card Machine powered by Google Gemini.

New: Our AI-Chatbot GREEEN IT

GREEEN IT is our AI-powered chatbot for all topics around green animation and green production. We trained the chatbot with reliable sources and it has answers to many, but not all, questions about sustainable production. A tip: chat with GREEEN IT, ask questions and challenge him/her/it! In the language of your choice. Go to www.green-animation.com/greeen-it

LED and Stop Motion

We recently calculated whether and when LED lighting is economically viable compared to tungsten lights. You can find the results in this PDF.

New: Green Consulting

Angela Poschet has successfully completed her training as a Green Consultant Film and TV with a certificate from the Munich Chamber of Industry and Commerce. She can now “officially” advise film productions that have to or want to prove that their projects are ecologically sustainable. Rixfilm is currently working on a range of services specifically for the animated film sector.

Rixfilm joins the SME Climate HUB

We have joined the SME Climate Hub, a platform for small and medium-sized companies committed to sustainability and climate protection. This includes a voluntary commitment to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

Stop Motion Picnic in Annecy

What a fabulous event! Around 250 Stop Motion - Professionals joint the very first Nonstop-Stop Motion-Picnic in Annecy, initiated by Eixfilm's Angela Poschet together with Melanie Coombs, Stopmotionsphere,Momakin und Animarkt-

“D” by Dilan Aktay

"D", the new short film by Turkish director Dilan Aktay, is about to start shooting. This film is about a little girl who wants to go to school. But poverty, war and destruction make that impossible. The film is being shot in the earthquake zone of the Mardin region. The project is supported by the Alumni Fund of the Tarabya Cultural Academy, producer is Tuncay Kulaoglu. Rixfilm has consulted during the screen wirting process and is in charge of post-production.

From Kinshasa to Ísafjarðarbíó

The journey of the “Second of the World” continues. At the weekend our short film was screened at the Pigeon International Film Festival high in the north in Ísafjarðarbíó, Iceland. And this week we're off to Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo for the Festival International de Cinéma. This means that the only continent missing is Oceania.