On animation Studios, and MediaanMontreal -based facility, which worked on times like Moon: The guardian of the moonand Small princeand Playmobil: The movieAnd Miracle: beetle tales and cat noirClosing.
The company announced the news on the LinkedIn page on Monday, saying that the closure was due to the changes in the animation industry.
“It is sad to say goodbye to an incredible, talented and skilled team like us. We will miss the joy and excitement of creating wonderful films alongside these wonderful people and partners,” Read the animation statement.
The closure was received by dismay by the animation scene in Quebec and the former collaborators, but not completely unexpected.
Both the animation sectors and VFX in Quebec Province in Canada have moved from the mutation to the statue in recent months after the provincial government decided to appoint 65 % on tax credits for international film studios when companies operating in the French -speaking region mainly employ mainly.
The local administration says that the tax credit, which was presented in 1998, has become very expensive for joining. Keybeek animation and VFX professionals pressed to stay on tax credits in place, and they warned that reducing them would determine local companies, but their calls were not used.
In the background, the most tight Canadian restrictions on the employment of temporary foreign workers (TFW) struck both sectors.
On the animation studios originally created by ATON SOUMACHE and Dimitri Rassam within their entertainment banner to implement animation on features Small prince and Playmobil: The movie.
Entertainment was obtained by Mediawan in 2017, while the former productive partners have since gone their separate path.
Soumache is now an honorary head of Mediawan Kids & Family in addition to a participant head with Joann SFAR of the Magic Association owned by the media. Rassam is produced under the slogan of Chapter 2 which is also in Mediawan Fold.
It was contacted on the deadline, Mediawan confirmed the closure and the development of the animation production strategy to move forward.
Mediawan Kids & Family Cinéma (formerly ONYX Films) and Miraculous Corp Development of the formation of animated films in their France -based studios, and you will now cooperate with partners’ studios around the world for animation movies, and their choice on A and said in the statement. The basis of the project, according to the project, is based on financing and location Talent associated with all production.
Miraculous Corp is a joint project between the product and composer Jérémy Zag, the driving force behind The beetle and Cat Noir The concession, co-founder of the founder of Mediawan Pierre-Antoine Captuon.
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