Hungarian CG Studios: The Rising Stars of Hungarian Animation

DIGIC has been at the forefront of 3D animation and VFX for years now. Since its establishment, DIGIC has created highly acclaimed commercials, trailers, and cinematics for major well-known video games, like Assassin’s Creed, Call of Duty, League of Legends, The Witcher, Final Fantasy, and more. The 3D animation studio includes four business lines.

Digic Pictures produces 3D animated content mainly for the gaming industry, featuring high-quality, lifelike-detailed characters and cinematic storytelling. Digic Services provides the source materials for digital filmmaking – motion capture and 3D/4D photo scans. Digic Studios works on real-time engine-based projects on ingame cinematics, 3D animation, and XR productions. Digic Productions is responsible for DIGIC’s expansion into long form content – feature film and TV series development – building co-production and financial relationships. Their current portfolio includes 5 original IPs and active co-development partnerships, providing diverse, dynamic stories that cater to a wide range of audiences.

Puppetworks Animation Studio is an internationally acclaimed CG animation studio based in Budapest. Founded in 2009, Puppetworks quickly grew into a vibrant international hub, attracting talent from across the globe to create visually captivating and emotionally resonant animated content.

Their impressive portfolio – including collaborations with industry giants as Ubisoft, Microsoft, Square Enix, Warner Bros., and THQ Nordic – highlights the studio’s ability to manage ambitious projects with creativity, technical precision, and outstanding quality.

After co-producing the acclaimed animation-documentary hybrid Another Day of Life (2018) and collaborating on Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV (2016), Puppetworks recently partnered with Psyop on Apex Legends cinematics and is currently working on new projects set in the beloved Warhammer universe.

Moreover, the studio is expanding into original content creations. While their newest preschool series, Floki, captures hearts with gentle storytelling, emotional depth, and a beautifully poetic narrative, Puppetworks is advancing the preproduction of original IP projects, including the family feature The Tale of Momonga, the art-driven The Hand That Feeds, and the thought-provoking short film Human Error.

With over 15 years of experience, Ionart Studios, an award-winning animation and VFX studio based in Budapest, showcases at Annecy 2025 its expansive portfolio, spanning feature films, shorts, music videos, commercials, and series.

Recent highlights include visual effects for Now or Never and Semmelweis, directed by Oscar-nominated Lajos Koltai. Among feature films currently under development, Ninja Cats combines Ionart signature style with 19th and 20th century Japanese art, enriched with modern influences. Pocats, a preschool series based on Judit Berg’s bestselling books, is set for debut in 2026, distributed by Germany’s Toon2Tango. The watercolor-style 3D series follows magical toy cats who help children navigate challenges.

Moreover, Ionart is expanding its international footprint through co-productions and strategic partnerships across animation and live-action –including ongoing collaborations with SurrealArts and Checkpoint VFX.

NFI Filmlab is Hungary’s oldest film laboratory, blending heritage film restoration, analog and digital post-production, and VFX. Leveraging over 60 years of experience, deep technical expertise, and historical value, the NFI Filmlab is the force behind outstanding recent projects, such as Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos for film scanning and grading, Maria by Pablo Larrain, and The Brutalist by Brady Corbet. In the Animation field, NFI Filmlab remains a central hub for both legacy and new animation workflows. The laboratory handled the restoration of classic Hungarian features like Johnny Corncob, as well as recent successes, such as Viktória Traub’s short animated film Shoes and Hooves. Exploring themes of identity, connection, and self-acceptance, the feature was selected for the Crystal Competition at Annecy 2024. NFI Filmlab handled post-production, and Lajos Polecsák, head of NFI Filmlab’s VFX Studio, served as compositor and editor of the film.