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HUNGARIAN CG STUDIOS
The Rising Stars of Hungarian Animation by Sofia Li Crasti With its winning combination of technical expertise and artistic talent, Hungary is steadily growing as a driving force of the animation industry on a global scale – with Hungarian CG Studios delivering world-class productions shaping the future of digital storytelling. Over the latest years, Hungary has been progressively earning recognition for its captivating animation. The explosive creativity and outstanding talent of Hungarian animation studios are playing a pivotal role, giving birth to award-winning productions stealing the spotlight in international festivals. DIGIC has been at the forefront of 3D animation and VFX for years now. Since its establishment, DIGIC has created highly acclaimed commercials, trailers, and cinematics for major well-known video games, like Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, League of Legends, The Witcher, Final Fantasy, and more. The 3D animation studio includes four business lines. Digic Pictures produces 3D animated content mainly for the gaming industry, featuring high-quality, lifelike-detailed
characters and cinematic storytelling. Digic Services provides the source materials for digital filmmaking – motion capture and 3D/4D photo scans. Digic Studios works on real-time engine-based projects on ingame cinematics, 3D animation, and XR productions. Digic Productions is responsible for DIGIC’s expansion into long form content – feature film and TV series development – building co-production and financial relationships. Their current portfolio includes 5 original IPs and active codevelopment partnerships, providing diverse, dynamic stories that cater to a wide range of audiences. Puppetworks Animation Studio is an internationally acclaimed CG animation studio based in Budapest. Founded in 2009,