Frantic Films Corporation is a Canadian award-winning branded content and live action production company based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It employs over 30 people primarily in Winnipeg. Frantic Films is also known for producing live action reality shows and documentaries, many concerned with Canadian history.

In November 2007, the visual effects and software divisions located in Winnipeg, Vancouver, BC and Los Angeles were sold to the Prime Focus Group, and are in the process of integrating into the Prime Focus Group of companies.

The Branded Content division, Frantic Branded Content specializes in creating original integrated entertainment for traditional and emerging media platforms. In 2009, Frantic Branded Content partnered with ad agency TAXI and commercial production company Soft Citizen, to produce the branded entertainment television property 'Commercial Break'.

Frantic Films Software (renamed Prime Focus VFX Technology), produces a range of applications and plug-ins for both in-house and commercial use. Frantic Software's current suite of software includes: Deadline Network Management System, Krakatoa Volumetric Particle Renderer, Awake Suite of Tools for Eyeon Fusion 5, Amaretto rendering plugin for NVIDIA Gelato, and the Flood fluid dynamics suite. The Flood software is a full suite of advanced in-house fluid simulation software including a fluid dynamics simulator, a particle-based slash simulator, and a procedural ocean surface generator. Since its introduction in 2004, Flood was said to be one of the top three fluid simulation tools in the world.

In early 2009, Frantic Films swallowed Red Apple Entertainment whole, enabling rights over Red Apple's entire syndication catalogue and mode of production.

Live action (past and current)

• Breakbound
• Devil's Brigade
• Guinea Pig
• Music Rising
• Retail
• Til Debt Do Us Part

Visual effects and Previsualization

• Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) – visual effects
• Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium (2007) – visual effects
• Superman Returns (2006) – visual effects, software development
• X-Men III: The Last Stand (2006) – previsualziation
• Poseidon (2006) – previsualization
• The Chumscrubber (2005) – visual effects
• Cursed (2005) – visual effects
• Stay (2005) – visual effects
• Resident Evil: Apocalypse (2004) – visual effects
• Catwoman (2004) – previsualziation, visual effects
• Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (2004) – visual effects
• The Core (2003) – visual effects
• Paycheck (2003) – visual effects
• X2 - X-Men United (2003) – previsualziation, visual effects
• The Italian Job (2003) – previsualization, visual effects
• Swordfish (2001) – visual effects
• Alien Resurrection (1997) – visual effects contributed to DVD release

External links

• Frantic Films - Official website
• [312511] - Frantic Branded Content website
• Frantic Films Software

References

1. NRC-IRAP - Innovation leaders - 2004 - Frantic Films, Winnipeg

• Commercial Break News Release