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It is with sadness that we learned of the death of Fred Abrial, composer and sound director, who contributed to several of our short films.

The cult character Sonic returns in a new story brought to the big screen! For more than thirty years, the famous blue-furred hedgehog has been thrilling us with his adventures and supersonic powers. The move to the movies offers fans a new vision of the famous saga.

On January 29th, the verdict of the VES AWARDS ceremony was announced, for which the film Eye for Eye was selected. Four of the directors, as well as Yann Pannetier – teacher and section head – travelled to Los Angeles to participate in the festival and meet with numerous studios.

In the list of powers that humans dream of possessing, the power to talk to animals is often mentioned. This fantasy has often been subject to various adaptations. Among them, there is that of “The Extravagant Doctor Dolittle”, a book written by Hugh Lofting. For this new version of the story, the famous actor Robert Downey Jr. slips into the character’s skin and thus gives life to this whimsical hero who has the particularity of being able to communicate with animals.

Discover the short films of our students in the CG animation and FX cycle, selected and rewarded through many world festivals during january.

After a very successful first edition in 2018, La Plateforme and NEF Animation organised the second edition of ExtrAnimation, the meeting point for the wide variety of animated films in the Loire region, on 12-13-14 December at “Le Cinématographe – Nantes” and “Le Lieu Unique”.

ESMA’s CG Animation Cinema and FX Master Degree is recognized as an RNCP Level 7 – “CG Director Designer and Special Effects”!

As part of its partnership with the 3 Continents Festival, two groups of 4th year students of CG Animation Cinema and FX from ESMA Nantes gave a lecture to primary school students to make them aware of the world of CG animation.

The film Œil pour Œil has been selected in the category “Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project” at the VES Awards! It is the only French student project to have been chosen from this list and the first ESMA film to participate.

The most watched short film on our youtube channel is unveiled! On the first step of the podium, here is Jungle Jail! This film alone, which was released twelve years ago, has had more than 86 million views!

With more than 34 million views, the film Indice 50 has become one of the top 2 most viewed films on our Youtube channel. The directors are working on the project!

With more than 18 million views, the EMI short film is the third most viewed film on our Youtube channel. The directors are working on the project!