The Hive Studio
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A global animation studio, developing and producing award-winning films, series and commercial content.
Known for the Oscar® Nominated short film Letter to a Pig. Founded in 2010, The Hive Studio is a world-renowned animation studio specializing in the development and production of animated series, short films, and commercial content. With four Mediterranean branches and a team of 40 artists led by Oscar®-nominated producer Amit Russell Gicelter, the studio is known for visually diverse, technically
Meet our new film in production, Herzl is Depressed 🧔🏻♂️
Directed by Ido Shapira, this is a short film about Theodor Herzl, a frustrated playwright trapped in a failing marriage, who sinks into a sequence of dreams, fantasies, and nightmares, from which a future state will be born.
It is co-produced by The Hive Studio and SWICZ Animation,
and supported by קרן מקור לסרטי קולנוע וטלוויזיה, פיס בתרבות and Stadt Wien.
Amit Gicelter Benjamin Swiczinsky
[Shot animation by Shalev Ben Elya, clean-up by YotamTweg-art]
11/05/2026
70+ people
11 countries
18 months
10 episodes
110 minutes of animation
∞ love and soul
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Season 1 of The Normal Mfer
is officially done and online! 😮💨
Sharing a few of the reactions from the final episode - we couldn’t ask for a better response.
Catch all 10 episodes at the link in the comments,
and keep your ears open for Season 2 🤞
Alex Orrelle Amit Gicelter Charlie Curtis-Beard Aglaya Shmidt
06/05/2026
A few years ago, our connection to Greece was mostly personal - we just loved being there🍹
Over time, that changed.
Through festivals and collaborations, we kept coming back, and gradually, it became part of how we work too.
Along the way, we found:
➡ A growing, supportive animation community
➡ Strong incentives (up to 40% cash rebate)
➡ A flexible and evolving production environment
But more than anything, it was the people that made it stick.
Today, we’re working more closely within the local ecosystem, including through our Athens studio, building projects together with local partners.
Hit the link in comments to read more about our experience (and the practical side).
23/04/2026
Very excited to finally share OSKA! ✨
Our new 4-country co-production is a short film by Mark Sperber (Netflix, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks), based on his great-uncle Oskar Knoblauch’s memoir of surviving the Holocaust, "A Boy’s Story, A Man’s Memory."
It tells the story of a young boy’s first heartbreak, as he loses his friend to hate.
Currently in pre-production, Oska is a co-production between Carolyn Bates, The Hive Studio, The Hidden Institute and Fly Moustache
MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
קרן רבינוביץ לאמנויות - The Rabinovich Foundation
20/04/2026
Presenting GLITTER, a new film in production at The Hive Studio ✨
On his first day as an art teacher, Eitan’s still-life lesson spirals into a full-on glitter battle. Frustrated, he dives into the children’s drawings, only to discover their unexpected beauty.
Directed by Gilad Pfeffer
Amit Gicelter קרן רבינוביץ לאמנויות - The Rabinovich Foundation קרן מקור לסרטי קולנוע וטלוויזיה המיזם למדיה בירושלים
15/02/2026
Announcing an exciting new collaboration with Chronicle Studios on two of our series: Vampair and The Normal Mfer!
Oscar-Nominated Animation Studio The Hive Taps AI Media Tech Co. Chronicle Studios for YouTube Partnership | Animation Magazine The Hive Studio has teamed with AI media tech firm Chronicle Studios to manage YouTube channels for 'The Vampair' and 'The Normal MFer.'
08/12/2025
This is Arlequino, one half of the main duo of Arlequino & Pierrot, our new production.
He’s cheerful, bright-hearted, bursting with optimism and hopeless romance.
We’ve been working closely with Navy Bird's original designs to shape Arlequino into a character we can animate for the film.
In the images, you can follow the steps from Navy’s early sketches to our final version (turnaround, lip sync, and finished character).
Go to the project’s Kickstarter page to discover more and support the project:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142860875/arlequino-and-pierrot-animated-short-film
It’s live! Arlequino & Pierrot on Kickstarter - based on the graphic novel byNavy Bird,
who was killed in a terror attack last year.
Join the campaign to help bring her story to life - Link in comments ⬇️
Liora Bronshtein Amit Gicelter Nadav Embon Anan Gibson Yuval Almog Adi Lavon Raz Sonnenfeld Hadar Har-tzvi Yonatan Hayon Ni**od Havilio Rom Mandel
Help us bring a beautiful love story back to life.
We are creating a short animated film based on Arlequino & Pierrot by Navy Bird, an incredibly talented artist whose life was tragically taken in a terror attack last year. This project is our way of honoring her voice and her art.
The video you see here is a little taste of the film’s animatic.
To fund the film, we're launching a Kickstarter campaign on December 1st, and we’d love your support.
Hit the link in our bio to get notified when it goes live.
Butterfly Kiss was selected for Vimeo Staff Pick!
To watch the film, follow the link in comments.
Zohar Dv Amit Gicelter Fabian Driehorst Fabian&Fred
MOIN Filmförderung קרן גשר לקולנוע רב תרבותי - Gesher Multicultural Film Fund
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