Passion Paris Studio
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- 2018
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About Passion Paris Studio
Passion Paris Studio is a Paris-based animation and visual effects studio formerly known as Kombbo. Established in 2018, it developed as a specialist CGI and technical production partner for Passion Paris. Its work spans advertising, music videos, game cinematics and immersive storytelling, combining character animation with digital production and visual effects.
The studio’s capabilities cover production from storyboarding, animatics and visual development through modeling, rigging, texturing, animation and compositing. Its visual approaches include stylized and photorealistic CGI, mixed media and hybrid 2D/3D animation. Motion capture, performance retargeting and virtual reality animation extend that work into productions built around captured performances and interactive environments.
Selected production work
As Kombbo, the studio contributed 3D animation and character pipeline work to Doctor Who: The Runaway, an interactive virtual reality experience created with Passion Pictures and BBC VR Hub. For Garena’s Free Fire: “To The Max”, it handled CGI, visual effects and the motion capture pipeline for an animated music video directed by Jack Antoine Charlot and Valère Amirault.
Other work includes animation and post-production for S+C+A+R+R’s The Rest Of My Days and editing and digital animation support for Google Arts & Culture’s mixed-media film Magic Mali. Under its current name, the studio produced Panda Express: Wishes, a 2025 Lunar New Year animated short directed by Slimane Aniss. These projects demonstrate its involvement in both character-driven CGI productions and films combining different animation techniques.
Continuing under a new name
The company formally adopted the name Passion Paris Studio in February 2025. Its standalone Kombbo website was subsequently retired, and its portfolio presentation and recruitment moved to Passion Paris’s shared web presence and corporate channels. The continuing studio operates within the Passion Pictures network, providing creative and technical production for commercial campaigns, game cinematics and animated series.
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Founder and leadership
- The studio was founded by 3D artist and CG director Mehdi Alavi, who served as its founding Managing Director and Président until April 26, 2022.
- Marc Bodin-Joyeux succeeded Alavi as Président in April 2022 and held the position until January 2025.
- Caroline Audebert became Président on January 21, 2025, following her appointment as Managing Director of Passion Paris in October 2024.
Production model and technical development
The report describes a small permanent core supplemented by creative and technical contractors during peak productions, including animators, CG artists, riggers, compositors and line producers. Project teams can scale to 15–50 or more contractors.
During its Kombbo period, the studio developed animation pipelines integrating motion capture, stylized photorealism and real-time CGI. Collaboration with the wider Passion Pictures network includes shared talent, co-production support and pipeline infrastructure.
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Where Passion Paris Studio is based
- Paris, Île-de-France, France
Paris offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: 174 Quai de Jemmapes, 75010 Paris, France Opened: 2024 Current registered headquarters and creative studio since September 11, 2024, co-located with Passion Paris Production SAS. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 61 Rue de Chabrol, 75010 Paris, France Opened: 2018 Closed: 2024 Former founding studio and registered headquarters, vacated when the company relocated in September 2024.
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