Illogic Studios, the Montpellier-based CG outfit founded by the Academy Award-nominated animators behind Garden Party, has unveiled an early look at its first animated feature film, Scavengers. The 3D-animated adventure dives into the complex midden of consumer culture as it follows the journey of a lazy rat and a resourceful frog trying to maintain their luxurious paradise: a megalopolis of trash.
“We want to give this project a wacky and quirky touch. Each of the human objects present in the environment is used by the animals in a surprising and inventive way. The challenge is to bring poetry and a surprising look to these discarded items. It is a challenge which, if successful, has the potential to create a singular world.”
— Illogic Studios associates Victor Caire, Théophile Dufresne, Gabriel Grapperon & Lucas Navarro
The project debuted at the 2023 Annecy Film Festival, where it was selected at the MIFA Pitch session attended by major distributors and producing companies. The film is under development and the studio is still looking for partners.
The studio is a collective of French directors founded in 2016 following the production of their Oscar nominated short film Garden Party. They have since produced numerous projects, often featuring realistically rendered animals. In 2018, they opened Illogic Studios in Montpellier, which has established itself in commercial production as well as feature and series development.
