We are a studio specializing in animation , where artistry meets innovative tech.

With expertise in designing production tools and workflows, we push the boundaries of visual storytelling, consistently delivering award-winning, ambitious projects that connect with audiences and communities worldwide.

EVERYONE DIES — STORIES SURVIVE

E.D. FILMS is an artist-driven animation studio based in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal — Canada.

Our art + tech directors, animators, producers, programmers, illustrators, and creative technologists are experts in creating custom illustrated animation content for cinematic and immersive films, VR/XR experiences, video games, physical installations, and domes.

We develop artistic + technical solutions to connect with any audience

Illustrated bluejay sitting on a branch of a red and orange leaved maple tree

THREE TREES

OUR ACHIEVEMENT

Customizing a game engine pipeline to create a short film in the style of an illustrated children’s book

TARGET MARKET

Global, family audience for theatres, festivals, museums, broadcasters and distributors

Large immersive projection surfaces in the Indigenous Peoples Experience space at Fort Edmonton

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES EXPERIENCE

OUR ACHIEVEMENT

Rendering Indigenous culture in unique immersive spaces using innovative techniques and animated illustrations

TARGET MARKET

10 million+ visitors over 15 years

PLANETARIUM DOME

OUR ACHIEVEMENT

Developing techniques to capture the life of natural environments using painterly animation in a full dome experience

TARGET MARKET

20 million+ visitors per year

Paper puppet girl siitting at a table looking down

RETOUR À HAIRY HILL

OUR ACHIEVEMENT

Capturing the feeling of a classic stop-motion film by developing custom tools and techniques to facilitate a small team using a scaleble CG pipeline

TARGET MARKET

Global, family audience for theatres, festivals, museums, broadcasters, and distributors

WE BELIEVE YOUR STORIES CAN BE TIMELESS.
WE CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE THAT GOAL

Because of our commitment to exploring, developing, producing, and testing new techniques, custom tools, processes and pipelines, we can bring unique characters and distinctive worlds to life.

  • Character Design
    Concept Art
    Research + Inspiration
    Storyboarding
    World Building

  • Theatre, screen, VR, XR or video game we have the expertise to realize your unique visual style into a scalable production pipeline.

  • As technical artists and coders we thrive on finding more effective ways to realize complex projects by using new technologies and custom tools.

  • 2D, 3D and Hybrid Animation
    Film, VR, XR, Dome
    Compositing + Colour Grading
    Rendering
    Full Integration

NOT SURE WHERE YOUR PROJECT NEEDS FIT?

TECHNOLOGY

STORY

TOOLS

ANIMATION

INNOVATION

DEVELOPMENT

CRAFT

CUSTOMIZATION

POST-PRODUCTION

CHARACTER

TECHNOLOGY — STORY — TOOLS — ANIMATION — INNOVATION — DEVELOPMENT — CRAFT — CUSTOMIZATION — POST-PRODUCTION — CHARACTER —

SOME OF OUR CLIENTS