Flying Cat Productions
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- Founded
- 2024
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About Flying Cat Productions
Flying Cat Productions is a Vancouver-based independent film company creating original work across development, physical production and post-production. Founded by filmmakers Ayilya Thampuran and Mikel Estrada, the boutique studio works across narrative fiction, documentary, short-form pilots and animated film while also publishing the independent film magazine Focal Point.
Its production work combines development, screenwriting, location filming, directing, cinematography, editorial and delivery planning. The studio also coordinates sound mixing, visual-effects workflows, render-pipeline management, festival strategy and community screenings for independent projects.
Selected work
- Victoria Ka Raja (Victoria's King) — a 23-minute documentary directed and shot by Thampuran, following Badshah (Kai Rae Khushi), Canada’s first Indian/Bollywood drag king.
- Hypnos Lullaby: Where Dreams Come to Die — a dystopian science-fiction thriller pilot written and directed by Estrada, with extensive visual effects.
- The Matchmaker — a romantic-comedy short inspired by the Red String of Fate, written and directed by Estrada and photographed by Thampuran.
- Chandrakaal (Moon Cycle) — a five-minute animated short selected for the 38th Vancouver Queer Film Festival.
- Or Your Money Back, End of an Era and Spectrum — additional short-form productions on the studio’s slate.
Independent production and publishing
Flying Cat Productions develops projects from early creative development through physical production and post-production, drawing on freelance department heads, crew and cast as projects require. Its work spans documentary storytelling, narrative filmmaking and animation, with a focus on independently produced screen work.
The studio also publishes Focal Point, a print and digital magazine for the British Columbia independent-film community. The publication features behind-the-scenes perspectives, interviews and filmmaking craft, extending the company’s activity beyond production into editorial curation and film-community engagement.
More about Flying Cat Productions
Founders and production practice
- Ayilya Thampuran is a director, cinematographer and editor with journalism training from the University of British Columbia. She serves as editor-in-chief of Focal Point.
- Mikel Alberto Estrada Piñera is a producer, writer, director and visual-effects coordinator who studied Animation Engineering at Universidad Panamericana and Visual Effects at Kwantlen Polytechnic University. He has also served on the Youth Jury for the Vancouver Latin American Film Festival.
Technical approach
The studio coordinates physical and virtual post-production pipelines from Vancouver using Ftrack, Autodesk Maya and Arnold. For high-end digital finishing, it engages external render farms and VFX partner Pinari Productions for work including visual-effects supervision, 3D assets, lighting, compositing and render-pipeline execution.
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Where Flying Cat Productions is based
- Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Vancouver office
HeadquartersPhysical headquarters and operating base for development, production and post-production.
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