Pixie Chess

Chess Never Changes

Chess Never Changes

2026

Full credits

Creative Direction: Dark Igloo Art Director: Dave Franzese Production & Animation Company: WIZZ Directors: CRCR Studio Art Direction: Paul Lacolley, Jérémy Pires Producers: Claire Madigan, Amanda Stubbs Production Coordinator: Sara Burgio Assistant director: Anne Pulce 3D Director and Supervisor: Hugo Garnier Storyboard: Benjamin Delabays 3D Previs and Layout, rigging: Pierrick Picaut, Ruben Cohen Colorscript: Sebastien Iglesias Backgrounds/Matte Painting Supervisor: Sebastien Iglesias Backgrounds/Matte Painting: Sebastien Iglesias, Luc Courtois 3d Environments: Thomas Lagana, Maxime Gerardin Character and Props Modeling/Texturing: Swann Valenza, Thomas Lagana Character Animation: Ruben Cohen, David Thomas 2D FX: animation Lucas Ponzio, Mehdi Tebbakh CFX: Hugo Garnier Lighting and Compositing supervisor: Lucas Germain Lighting and Compositing: Lucas Germain, Francois Mancone, Eléonore Rolewski Talent Manager: Julie Bellemare Technical Director: Hadrien Farre Pipeline Developer: Guilhem Compain, Lucas Germain (consultant) Music & SFX: Antfood IT: Nicolas Biardeau, Emmanuel Zangzang

A high-fantasy launch film for Pixie Chess, reimagining online chess as a theatrical world of magical pieces and high-stakes play. CRCR combines tactile 3D, matte-painted environments and 2D FX.

Client

Pixie Chess

Directors

CRCR

Production

Wizz