Freefolk

Freefolk Stunning VFX and colour grading from a highly respected team of award winning artists in London.

We are a tight-knit team of creative artists, technicians, producers and problem solvers who use post production as their toolbox. Working closely with clients in the advertising, film, TV and music industries, we provide a full service post production and VFX offering including high-end colour grading, 2D & 3D visual effects, shoot supervision, animation, design, direction and production. Establi

shed in London in 2003 as Finish, we officially became Freefolk in the fall of 2016 to formally signal an exciting new chapter in our story. We embarked on our first step into America with the opening of a New York office and in London we broadened our creative output in acquiring Realise Studio, to include innovative CGI and VFX in Film & TV.

12/01/2026

H/JACK Season 2 starts this Wednesday, January 14 on ! Look out for Freefolk in the credits šŸ‘€ ā 
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In the exciting second season of ā€œHijack,ā€ a Berlin underground train is taken hostage. Commuters face danger as authorities rush to save hundreds of lives. Sam Nelson (Idris Elba) is in the middle of a crisis, where one wrong choice could lead to disaster.ā 
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Produced by 60Forty Films and Idiotlamp Productions, season two of ā€œHijackā€ has Jamie Laurenson, Hakan Kousetta, and Tom Nash as executive producers at 60Forty Films. Kay and Field Smith are also executive producers for Idiotlamp Productions. Field Smith is the lead director for the series. ā 
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Taking stock of what the Freefolk team achieved in 2025! Hereā€™s our ā ā šŸ“ŗ 77 PROJECTS including commercials, TV Episodic...
07/01/2026

Taking stock of what the Freefolk team achieved in 2025! Hereā€™s our ā 
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šŸ“ŗ 77 PROJECTS including commercials, TV Episodic, film, short films, music videos, and social media content. ā A big thank-you to everyone involved!ā 
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šŸŽ± 8th POSITION for Freefolk (formerly Finish) combined in the top 20 Awarded Post Houses in the last 25 years. ā 
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ā˜•ļø 300+ COFFEES SERVED at VFXBrew, our industry get-togethers. ā 
Designed to bring the VFX community together, support, exchange ideas and share experiences. The event has grown and with so much positive feedback - look out for an even better version in 2026. ā 
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šŸŖ„ 400+ FUTUREFOLK APPLICATIONS for our annual internship programme, making 2025 our biggest year yet. Formal training or not, everyone is welcome to apply to Futurefolk. All you need is a showreel. To all future VFX magicians, see you in 2026. ā 
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šŸšļøšŸ  VFX BREAKDOWNS, before and afters, behind the scenes, whatever you call them, you told us how much you love them. We love them too, so have set up a dedicated page on our website and on YouTube. ā 
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ā šŸ“° šŸ‘«āœ… PEOPLE, PICKS, PODCASTS AND PRESS - read all about it. Our news featured in Televisual and more and, we were proud to see many of our projects as or Ad of the Week/Day, and #2 Top 20 film ads for Cadbury by . ā 
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šŸŽ¬ SHOOTS, LOCATIONS, SETS - Our supervisors travelled far and wide for multiple shoots, ensuring the best end results that can possibly be delivered - are delivered! ā 
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šŸ¤ 20+ EVENTS (Ok we kind of lost track) We judged, got nominated for awards such as , took part in, sponsored and attended so many great festivals, awards ceremonies, panel discussions, conferences and maybe a few parties in there šŸ˜. šŸ™ A very big thank you to all the organisers, you canā€™t beat in-person events. ā 
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2026 Letā€™s go! ā 
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Taking stock of what the Freefolk team achieved in 2025! Hereā€™s our ā ā šŸ“ŗ 77 PROJECTS including commercials, TV Episodic...
07/01/2026

Taking stock of what the Freefolk team achieved in 2025! Hereā€™s our ā 
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šŸ“ŗ 77 PROJECTS including commercials, TV Episodic, film, short films, music videos, and social media content. ā A big thank-you to everyone involved!ā 
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šŸŽ± 8th POSITION for Freefolk (formerly Finish) combined in the top 20 Awarded Post Houses in the last 25 years. ā 
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ā˜•ļø 300+ COFFEES SERVED at VFXBrew, our industry get-togethers. ā 
Designed to bring the VFX community together, support, exchange ideas and share experiences. The event has grown and with so much positive feedback - look out for an even better version in 2026. ā 
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šŸŖ„ 400+ FUTUREFOLK APPLICATIONS for our annual internship programme, making 2025 our biggest year yet. Formal training or not, everyone is welcome to apply to Futurefolk. All you need is a showreel. To all future VFX magicians, see you in 2026. ā 
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šŸšļøšŸ  VFX BREAKDOWNS, before and afters, behind the scenes, whatever you call them, you told us how much you love them. We love them too, so have set up a dedicated page on our website and on YouTube. ā 
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ā šŸ“° šŸ‘«āœ… PEOPLE, PICKS, PODCASTS AND PRESS - read all about it. Our news featured in Televisual and more and, we were proud to see many of our projects as or Ad of the Week/Day, and #2 Top 20 film ads for Cadbury by . ā 
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šŸŽ¬ SHOOTS, LOCATIONS, SETS - Our supervisors travelled far and wide for multiple shoots, ensuring the best end results that can possibly be delivered - are delivered! ā 
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šŸ¤ 20+ EVENTS (Ok we kind of lost track) We judged, got nominated for awards such as , took part in, sponsored and attended so many great festivals, awards ceremonies, panel discussions, conferences and maybe a few parties in there šŸ˜. šŸ™ A very big thank you to all the organisers, you canā€™t beat in-person events. ā 
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2026 Letā€™s go! ā 
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17/11/2025

Lego Friends Beach. ā See how we transform the real world into an animated LEGO realm. A little girl is playing with her LEGO mini figures on a beach, when suddenly they burst into life-size versions, and LEGO sets crash into the world around her after a colossal, magical explosion.ā 
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We used Houdiniā€™s fluid FX to create realistic water movements around the sailboat. Building the boat travel shot from multiple plates and camera moves was a fun challenge. We created separate plates for the island approach, the girl, and a CG camera to animate the boat and characters freely.ā 
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We rigged characters to move like real LEGO sets, adding subtle movements and facial expressions to bring emotion to their performances. Balancing the grading of the LEGO sets with the beach environment was delicate, but we maintained the authentic LEGO brick colours.ā 
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Throughout the process, we referenced the real LEGO set, lit in neutral light in the suite. These techniques enhanced the visual impact of the LEGO elements without compromising their authenticity.ā 
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Production company: KINETIC POPCORNā 
Producer: David Obadiahā 
Director: ā 
DOP: ā 
Sound Design/mix: Gez Llyodā 
Editor: ā 
Thai Service company: ā 
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VFX & Colour by ā 
Creative Director - ā 
Lead Flame / After Effects - ā 
Colourist - ā 
VFX Producer - Laura Rickettsā 
VFX Production Assistant - ā 
3D Lead - Matt Fisher ā 
3D Artists - .3d, Jansen McCord.ā 
FX - .ky , Fadjr Mehiris ā 
Lead Compositor - Leo Meggleā 
Compositors - .steenhuis ā 
Animator - Ting Liu ā 
Grade Assistant -

šŸ¹ Cheryl Payne, Freefolkā€™s Head of Production, had the pleasure of presenting the Best Colourist award to winner Sharon...
04/11/2025

šŸ¹ Cheryl Payne, Freefolkā€™s Head of Production, had the pleasure of presenting the Best Colourist award to winner Sharon Chung during the eveningā€™s ceremonyā .ā 
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Freefolk proudly sponsored this category, and we are excited for Sharon to have snapped up the award.ā 
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What a great night! We were delighted to contribute to the celebration of emerging talent.ā 
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Congratulations Sharon! ā 
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13/10/2025

Check out our NEW WORK directed by ā  at for the new ā€œFor The Life Youā€™re Afterā€ campaign. ā 
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šŸš†Our talented team carried out VFX on a large number of shots, including a full CGI train, devising clever tools to enable changes and camera tracking across tricky shots. Thank you to Antidote for getting us onboard! ā 
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Colour grading by Marty McMullan at Freefolk. ā 
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Director - Nono Ayusoā 
Antidote Founder/ EP - Andrew FreedmanĀ ā 
Producers - Adria PaituviĀ , Paula StewartĀ ā 
Service Company - Boogie FilmsĀ ā 
Service Producer - Michal CejnarĀ ā 
DOP - Anna Franquesa SolanoĀ ā 
Production Designer - Julija Fricsone-GavrissĀ ā 
1st AD - Tomas Pavlackyā 
Editor - Alvaro del ValĀ .delvalā 
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ā Agency - TBWA\Irelandā 
Owner/Creative Post Producer - Jennifer Connolly - Pencopostā  ā 
Head of Integrated Production - Onagh Carolan ā 
Creative Director - Bairbre McGlade ā 
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Creative Director - Jason Watts ā ā 
VFX Supervisor - Rob Sheridan ā ā 
VFX Supervisor CGā  - Matt Fisherā 
Lead Flameā  - Andy Coppingā  ā 
Executive Producerā  - Laura Rickettsā  ā 
Producerā  - Regan Perry ā 
Colouristā  - ā 
FXā  Peter Dravecky, Fadjir Mehirisā 
CG Generalistā  - Reece Weldon .3d, Jansen Mccordā 
Look Dev/Modellingā  - Yazeed Rajiā 
Junior Look Dev/Modellingā  - Leon Houseā 
Compositorā  - Leo Meggle, .steenhuis, ā 
Junior Compositorā  - Sophia Harrington ā 
Grade Assist - Edward Webb ā ā 
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Music: Denis KiltyĀ ā 
Sound Recording: Mark RichardsĀ 

02/10/2025

ā˜•ļø šŸŒ… Getting the VFX Brew community together again this week was a joy. Itā€™s great to see so many familiar faces, and some shiny new ones too. A sign that you all appreciate the opportunity to get together to connect in person, exchange ideas and laughs! ā šŸ˜
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šŸ‘‹Give us a wave in the comments if youā€™d like to join us at the next one. šŸ‘‡ā 
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šŸ’ Thank you to for the lovely flowers. ā 
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09/09/2025

šŸ‘‹ Say hello to our Futurefolk interns for 2025. After a record number of talented applicants we are thrilled to introduce our two interns Sophia and Leon.

Sophia Harrington (2D) is a big fan of the Coen brothers films and says to work on one would be a dream come true. Whilst their films aren't VFX heavy "I really appreciate when VFX is used invisibly to help set a scene into a specific time and place or contribute towards building a more heightened or stylised world ā€“ such as those in the Coensā€™ films"

Leon House (3D) is going into his third year at University and is an aspiring CG generalist/ lighting artist "although I think my ultimate goal is to end up working in visual development"

Our interns gain real world experience of working in a VFX studio alongside award winning professionals. ā 
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Stay tuned to see their progress, we hope it inspires you to apply next year.ā 
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Futurefolk will be open again in 2026 so check out our previous posts with tips of getting into internships.

The benefits of a company name change in the last 25 years? You get to appear in the Top 20 Overall Awarded Winners lis...
02/09/2025

The benefits of a company name change in the last 25 years? You get to appear in the Top 20 Overall Awarded Winners list twice! But, how did we actually rank?ā 
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Finish became Freefolk in 2016 as we embarked on expansion and diversified into film & TV. We are the same 100% independently owned creative VFX company today as weā€™ve always been.ā 
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This brings us in at 20. ā 
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Nestled in between our esteemed peers over at and šŸ‘‹ ā 
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Celebrating 15 years, we are a team of Emmy Award winning creative artists, technicians, producers and problem solvers who use post production as their toolbox. Working closely with clients in the advertising, film, TV and music industries, we provide a full service post production and VFX offering including high-end colour grading, 2D & 3D visual effects, shoot supervision, animation, design, direction and production. Established in London in 2003 as Finish, we officially became Freefolk in the fall of 2016 to formally signal an exciting new chapter in our story embarking on our first step into America with the opening of a New York office. Our New York office can be located at 520 Broadway, 9th Floor NY 10012