A new Screen Scotland initiative to promote Scottish post production and VFX studios has delivered its first major project.
The PGF Project Post pilot funding initiative was set up in response to the downturn in post production following the SAG-AFTRA strikes in 2023. The aim was to attract work on large-scale film and television productions to Scotland.
The headline win is HBO Max’s The Penguin, set within Batman’s Gotham. Work on the show was carried out by Glasgow-based production company FixFX.
“It is a real privilege to have had our FixFX team working on such a high-profile show as The Penguin. It’s the perfect showcase for the kind of specialist beauty work that FixFX is gaining a reputation for,” said Colin Kennedy, CEO at FixFX.
“We worked alongside HBO’s Oscar-winning make up team to help them refine their amazing work. With their guidance we help bring the character of Oswald Cobblepot – the Penguin – to life. This opportunity was secured with Screen Scotland’s support via PGF Project Post fund.”
David Smith, Director of Screen Scotland added:
“Scotland’s studios and locations have been busy across the last few years with the physical production of hit films and shows. Big productions like Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein or Douglas Mackinnon’s Good Omen’s 2 now regularly come to Scotland to work with our renowned crew, and access Scotland’s studios and locations.
“The post-production work on big film or TV projects can happen anywhere in the world, it’s not tied to any specific location and very specialised. With PGF Project Post we’ve worked with Colin and the team at Fix, as well as other Scottish facilities for the first time to win post-production work on films and series that didn’t physically shoot here in Scotland.
“It is really encouraging that just in this pilot phase of the fund we’ve managed to attract projects of the scale and ambition of The Penguin to work in Scotland, enabling us to showcase Scottish post-production/VFX talent globally on a critically acclaimed series.”
