We’re so excited to announce another screening of BackSpace and BackSpace Returns! Both films will be screening at this year’s Icona Animation Festival! The festival takes place in Greece November 30 - December 3 and will be featuring some really great films! 

The aim of the Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival ICONA 2023, which is organized by the Department of Audio and Visual Arts of the Ionian University is to present the best from the field of animation from all around the world.

The festival also aims to preserve and help develop the cultural heritage of short animated film, contribute to creation of new films, provide ground for potential international co-productions and encourage dialogue between professionals, filmmakers and the public.

Make sure to check out the Official Festival Site right here:

The latest episode of Tales From Black Manor can be watched right now! 

Alice & The Watch, Official Synopsis:

Gifted with immortality, Alice longs for an end to her boredom. When she stumbles upon Death's pocket watch, her attempt to outwit him leads to a chilling truth: Death always has the last laugh.

Welcome Back to Black Manor

When we finished Tales from Black Manor, we always knew there could be more tales to tell. During the writing process of the first three episodes, the lore of the world continued to grow, as did the family. We began wondering what it would be like to grow up in the House of Black - and while the main characters in Series 1 craved immortality - what if that wasn’t always the case? What if someone didn’t want to live forever? The character of Alice began to emerge and she had a very different opinion than the previous narrators.

Check out the First Look stills below for the upcoming tale: “Alice & The Watch.”

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Our first feature film, The West and the Ruthless is getting a 4K Release! We’re really excited to dive back into the world of Crow’s Landing.

When the film was first released by Sony in 2017, the film was released in HD. In the next few years, 4K releases would become more and more prominent and we’re thrilled to show off The West and the Ruthless in all its glory.

During the initial post-production of The West and the Ruthless, we knew the release was going to be in HD, so we mastered everything in HD. That included the titles, the coloring, the FX and in some cases stock shots that were used for establishing shots.

As we’ve headed back in, we’ve found that a handful of the shots that we purchased aren’t available in 4K and this meant we had to dive back into the edit. There were also a handful of notes that we had always wanted to address if we had the opportunity. This meant restoring scenes that hadn’t been seen since the premiere as well as a few alternate takes. 

We’re excited to make a few of these tweaks and also have the film look better than it ever has before!

The West and the Ruthless 4K Release will be available worldwide this fall and in the US and Canada in 2024. 

Check out the brand new trailer for Tales From Black Manor, Series 2! 

Return to the world of Black Manor, where the House of Black’s relentless pursuit of dark magic and their unwavering loyalty to Death himself come to life in Series 2.

And if you’d like to catch up on Tales From Black Manor, Series 1 - you can watch all 3 Episodes right here:

We’re thrilled to announce that both BackSpace and BackSpace Returns will be playing at the Universal Film Festival this week as a double feature! 

Every year the Universal Film Festival takes place in a different country and a different city. Last year’s festival was held in Germany, where Tales from Black Manor took home the award for Best Horror Film! 

This year’s festival will take place in Kansas City, Missouri. The event kicks off on September 28 with a Red Carpet and the Awards the following evening on September 29.

For more information on the Universal Film Festival make sure to check out their official site here:

Super cool and inspiring magazine and website, Bold Journey, just interviewed us about what keeps us creatively inspired! 

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

“At the start of every year, we make a list of the impossible things we want for the year. These are things we really want to do but don’t know how to do them. They can be for our company, a direction we want to take our lives, or a personal impossible thing we’d like to do. That list goes at the top of our to-do list and we stare at it every day.”

”We let these impossible things percolate inside our heads and think of ways to accomplish them. Over the next 12 months, most of those things that seemed impossible at the start of the year, ended up not being so impossible after all. We slowly chip away at them. And a funny thing happens. Usually 9 times out of 10 we accomplish all those things we thought were impossible.”

You can read the full article on Bold Journey:

We’re excited to announce Tales From Black Manor, Series 2!

The first series introduced us to the world of Black Manor. A family whose lives intertwine with Death himself.

The first series is an anthology of 3 Films, “Legend Has It,” “The Book of Death,” and “How to Live Forever.” Series 2 will also feature several films, exploring new characters and even new time periods of Black Manor. 

The first entry in Series 2, “Alice & The Watch,” will be released just in time for Halloween and kick off the spookiest season of the year. The second entry, “Mister Winter,” will be arriving in November, with the third film of Series 2, “The Land of Death and Dreams,” arriving in December.

We’re over the moon to invite everyone back to the world of Black Manor. 

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October 2023: “Alice & The Watch”

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November 2023: “Mister Winter”

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December: “The Land of Death and Dreams”

Just ahead of the Germany Premiere of BackSpace, the film has been nominated for the Linsh Award! The nominations are for International Films that present the Most Cinematic Vision. 

With so many amazing films screening as part of the festival, its very cool to be nominated! 

BackSpace will be screening twice at the Festival, the first on Sept. 19 and again on Sept. 23.

To learn more, make sure to check out the official site below.

BackSpace will be screening next at a film festival in Germany! The innovative Reels on Wheels, International Shorts on the Road Film Festival, is a fun new fest in Germany and features short films from around the world. 

REELS ON WHEELS is an unconventional and independent take on Germany's cinema culture in the 21st century and a passionate attempt to re-connect people to cinema as one of the most power- and wonderful art forms we have.

Really excited to have BackSpace playing as part of the inaugural year for this festival! The event takes place September 16 in Hanover Germany.

To learn more, make sure to check out the official site below.

The Web Series Awards were this last week where both BackSpace and BackSpace Returns screened in competition. We couldn’t be happier to announce that we won Best Direction at the Awards! 

We’re really over the moon and sent off a fun acceptance speech from B-Team, one of the film’s robots. 

Huge thank you to everyone at The Web Series Awards! 

If you haven’t already seen BackSpace and BackSpace Returns, you can can watch them both on the site here or over on Dust. AND be on the lookout for BackSpace Forever! The next - and final film - in the BackSpace Trilogy!

The very cool magazine and website, Canvas Rebel, interviewed us and the article just went live this morning. We were asked about what inspires us, staying creative, and taking vacations :)

Here’s an excerpt from the article:

We believe a super rewarding thing about being a creative is the fact you get to play in different worlds! One of our favorite things is to create worlds that don’t exist in real life or no longer exist since they are long gone or only exist in memory. It’s exciting to figure out what the terrain looks like in your world, what kind of characters live there, how do they interact, what kind of clothes do they wear, how do they get around? Sometimes it takes some back and forth but when you create (or discover) a world that speaks to you, there is absolutely nothing like it!

Read the full article on Canvas Rebel:

BackSpace and BackSpace Returns will both be screening at the Series Web Awards this week! The Awards and Film Festival take place August 23 - 24. The event will take place in Lima, Peru! The event is two unique days of audiovisual, video games, podcasts, web series, and digital animation from around the world. 

BackSpace has been included and will be screened for an international jury voting on the best works from around the world for Web Series. 

Really excited to be apart of such a cool festival.

For more information, make sure to check out the official site:

We’ve just completed having the Shorts Collection translated into 8 different languages as well as captions. Along with Around the World in 80 Days, Haunting of the White Sparrow, and Jack the Ripper, you can now watch The Umbrella Factory, One Shot, and Little Red Riding Hood in 8 different languages including: English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian.  

You can check out the films right here:

After translating BackSpace, BackSpace Returns, and the Tales from Black Manor series into 8 Different Languages, it was great to hear about the shorts being viewed around the world! 

We’ve now decided to translate our original shorts collection as well! We’ve just finished the first 3 films in this collection. You can now watch Around the World in 80 Days, Haunting of the White Sparrow, and Jack the Ripper in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian. 

You can check out the films right here:

BackSpace has been playing at different film festivals around the world this summer and we have one more to announce! 

Our sci-fi film will be heading to Denver Colorado next and screening at the Digerati Festival (previously the Supernova Digital Animation Festival). Here’s the official statement from the Festival:

“We showcase works that embrace experimentation and break free from traditional conventions, venturing into uncharted territories of storytelling and aesthetics. The artists and filmmakers we feature embody the spirit of exploration, pushing boundaries of what is possible and redefining the very nature of artistic creation.”

The festival takes place September 14-17.

For more information, make sure to check out the official site here:

Along with BackSpace and BackSpace Returns, you can now watch our dark fantasy, horror series, Tales from Black Manor in eight different languages as well. We’ve seen lots of comments for this series that people want to share with friends around the world - well, now you can! 

Depending on where you watch the series, it is now available in the following languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian.

You can also watch all 3 episodes right here:

Tales From Black Manor, Episode 1: “Legend Has It”

Tales from Black Manor, Episode 2: “The Book of Death”

Tales from Black Manor, Episode 3: “How to Live Forever”

BackSpace Returns, the sequel to our sci-fi film BackSpace, can also be watched now in 8 different languages. So, if you’re looking to continue the adventure with Hunter and Mono or share this with friends around the world, now you can! 

Here’s the updated languages that are now available with captions or subtitles: English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian.

And if you want to watch it again right here on the site, now you can!

BackSpace, our award winning sci-fi film, can now be watched in 8 different languages! One of the comments that we see frequently is that fans of the film want to share it around the world. You can now watch BackSpace with captions or subtitles in the following languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, and Russian.

And if you want to watch it again, right here, you can!

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Really excited to announce that we’re now in production on our third film in our BackSpace Series! The third film is titled BackSpace Forever and completes the BackSpace Trilogy. 

We grew up with trilogies. There was the Star Wars Trilogy, The Indiana Jones Trilogy, and the the Back to the Future Trilogy that really meant a lot to us. We were trained to think in 3s. What followed were even more trilogies such as Alien, Jurassic Park, the Matrix, and the Lord of the Rings. Many of these have even more sequels now - but early on there was always 3. 

When we began work on the first sequel, BackSpace Returns, we began to envision a possible trilogy of adventures for Hunter and Mono exploring the far ends of the Universe and the distant reaches of BackSpace.

So, we’re really excited to announce this third film in the BackSpace trilogy - until we make that fourth movie that changes the rules.