Bangkok-based The Monk Studios’ newest unique challenge, The Adventures of Tumbi, has been chosen as a finalist on the upcoming Annecy Competition and Market (Mifa) Campus 2023 and shall be shared on the pageant in June. The challenge is a co-production between The Monk Studios and Unbox Industries, a number one toy design and producer headquartered in Hong Kong.
Based in 2006 by 30-year CGI trade veteran Juck Somsaman, the studio now boasts a big group of skilled artists and affords a spread of manufacturing providers from script to display, with artistic groups worldwide. Its artistic associates embrace Toy Story animator Mark Oftedal and, most lately, whereas engaged on Want Dragon (2021), veteran animation characteristic producer Aron Warner.
The corporate’s credit embrace animation and VFX initiatives equivalent to Prime Video’s Carnival Row (2023), and early shorts, equivalent to Escape of the Gingerbread Man (2011), 9 (2014), and Mariam and Buddies (2022). Extra lately, the studio’s first unique children animated collection Sea of Love (2022), was produced in partnership with Netflix. As well as, it’s at present in co-production with Aquamen Leisure manufacturing on the characteristic The Chosen, slated for summer season launch in China by China Movie Teams.
Monk Studio shall be attending the next occasions:
- Annecy: June 12-17, 2023
- SIGGRAPH USA: August 6-10, 2023
- MIPCOM, France: October 16-19, 2023
- VIEW CONFERENCE ITALY: October 16-21, 2023
- AFM, Santa Monica: October 31 – November 5, 2023
- SIGGRAPH Asia, Sydney: December 12-15, 2023
Supply: Monk Studios
Debbie Diamond Sarto is information editor at Animation World Community.
