LAVAlabs Moving Images

LAVAlabs Moving Images is a German visual effects, animation and creative technology studio founded in Düsseldorf in 2011. It works across feature films, episodic television, streaming productions and advertising, combining digital image creation with production supervision and post-production. Its German studio network supports projects for national and international markets.

The studio’s work spans live-action visual effects, animated productions and real-time media. For film and television, its capabilities include compositing, digital environments, historical reconstructions, set extensions, crowd simulation and effects animation. Its animation practice covers both 2D and 3D work, including character animation and the creation of digital assets.

From visual development to finishing

LAVAlabs supports projects from early concepts through final delivery. Pre-production services include concept art, visual development, previsualization and on-set VFX supervision. Asset production encompasses modeling, texturing, rigging, creature grooming and animation, supported by an internal motion capture facility. Post-production services extend to color grading, premium finishing and digital mastering.

Its portfolio includes visual effects for Kleo, Inside, The Assessment, September 5, Woodwalkers and Nine Perfect Strangers Season 2. Animation contributions include Stitch Head and Butterfly Tale. For Oktoberfest: Beer & Blood, the studio combined digital crowds with reconstructed historical environments depicting turn-of-the-century Munich. These projects illustrate its work across contemporary drama, period settings and animated storytelling.

Real-time and experiential work

Alongside screen production, LAVAlabs develops interactive installations and real-time environments for trade fairs, events, museums and showrooms. Its capabilities include augmented, virtual and extended reality, photogrammetry, LiDAR scanning and digital twins. Unreal Engine supports its virtual production and real-time visualization work, including planning for LED stages.

An in-house research and development unit connects these production capabilities with applied media research. Through collaborations with academic institutions, the studio explores AI-supported previsualization and systems for planning and operating virtual production environments.