Established in 1988 by five animators - Stefan Fjeldmark, Karsten Killerich, Jørgen Lerdam, Hans Perk, and Anders Mastrup, A. Film
(also known as A. Film Production, A. Film Production A/S, A. Film A/S, A. Film ApS and A. Film I/S) is a full-service animation studio located in Copenhagen, Denmark. They're probably best known for their work on the film Help! I'm a Fish. But have also contributed animation for other films, including a few of Don Bluth's later releases.
A more comprehensive list of A. Film's film credits can be found here. The company also has a blog.
Shows and films worked on by A. Film:
- The 3 Wise Men (with the Estonia unit, Jade Animation, Uli Meyer Studios, Yowza! Animation, Tridente Animation, Cartoon Saloon, Monigoles Animación, Acció, Fanciful Arts Animation, Enarmonia, Green Movie, Stranemani Dibus Animados, Perucca Films, Telson-Daiquiri, Riji Films, Cartoonia, VanHop! Animación and 2D3D Animations)
- All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (with Wang Film Productions, Thai Wang Film, Phoenix Animation Studios, Red Rover Studios, Bibo Films, Stardust Pictures, Catflap Animation, Franck and Franck, Scowling Wolf and Screen Animation Ireland)
- Asterix Conquers America (with Milímetros, Karen Johnson Productions and Kroyer Films)
- Asterix and the Vikings (with the Estonia unit, the Latvia unit, Hong Guang, Neomis Animation, Lightstar Studios, 2D3D Animations, Acció, Tridente Animation, Enarmonia, Animagic, MotionWorks, Jingjok Animation, Tricky Lines, Animoto and Syncmagic)
- Balto (with Franck and Franck)
- Bibi Blocksberg (with Wang Film)
- Checkered Ninja
- Die Abrafaxe - Unter schwarzer Flagge (with Moro Studios, Canuck Creations, TerraGlyph, Hosem Animation Studio, Hahn Film Vietnam, Hahn Film Saigon, Esin Desen, HBB and Monigoles Animación)
- Eight Crazy Nights (with Warner Bros. Animation, Bardel Entertainment, Y.R. Studio, Spaff Animation, Anvil Animation, Tama Productions, Golden Bell, Yowza! and Marina Motion Animation)
- El Cid: The Legend (with Wang Film, Hanho Heung-Up, Canuck Creations and others)
- FernGully: The Last Rainforest (with Wang Film, Rough Draft Studios, Hanho Heung-Up, Saerom, Character Builders, Kroyer Films, Karen Johnson Productions, Available Light Productions, Luk Film, Time Art Studios, Siam Mammoth Animation, The Baer Animation Company, Lumeni Productions, Electric Filmworks, Pacific Title, The Chandler Group and Sidley-Wright & Associates)
- Felidae (with Wang Film, Natterjack Animation, Hahn Shin Corporation, Dagda Film Limited, Azadart, Animationsstudio Ludewig, TFC Trickompany Filmproduktion and Mediasoft)
- The Flight Before Christmas
- Little Brother, Big Trouble: A Christmas Adventure
- Help! I'm a Fish
- Jester Till (with Munich Animation, Time Lapse Studios, Spider Eye, De Familie Janssen, Acció, MotionWorks, Animagic, Fanciful Arts Animation, TEVA and Night Flight)
- Journey to Saturn
- Jungledyret Hugo
- Luis and the Aliens (with Fabrique D'Images)
- Mumble Bumble (with Philippine Animation Studio Inc.)
- Once Upon a Forest (additional animation with Wang Film, Jaime Diaz Productions, Phoenix Animation Studios, Matias Marcos Animation, The Hollywood Cartoon Company and Perpetual Motion Pictures)
- The Pebble and the Penguin (additional animation)
- The Pink Panther (1993 series; additional pre-production materials for season 1; with Bardel Entertainment, Jaime Diaz Productions, Phoenix Animation Studios, Milimetros, Funbag Animation and NOA Animation)
- Quest for Camelot (with Heart of Texas, Yowza! and Canuck Creations)
- The Red Turtle (with Dreamwall and Keeskemétfilm)
- Thumbelina (additional key clean-up, character clean-up and in-between services with Lápiz Azul Animación, Moro Studios, Phoenix Animation and Tony Collingwood Productions)
- Tarzan II (storyboards)
- Titeuf: Le Film (with Moonscoop, Toon City, Snipple Animation, Colorland Animation, Bang On Animation, Neomis, Pointprod S.A., Animagic, Luxanimation, Walking the Dog, Guy Movie, Nos Son Mix, Jingjok Animation, Straightjacket Media, Roughhouse Animation and Gie Santos Animation)
- A Troll in Central Park (additional in-between services with Lápiz Azul and Moro Studios)
- The Ugly Duckling and Me
- Valhalla (animated adaptation of the comic of the same name, 1986)
Tropes associated with A. Film:
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All Animation Is Disney: As typical for most 2D studios. However, they are frequently also mistaken for Don Bluth films as they use very similar aesthetics; in fact they did animate a few of Bluth's 90's movies. Coincidentally, their blog actually documents the production of Disney's older films, posting things like animator breakdown sheets and surviving drawings. - Shifted to CGI: Most of their original features were 2D in the 90's, while from 2004 onwards they have mostly made CGI works. However, they are still commissioned for the animation of 2D pictures, a notable recent example being The Red Turtle.
