Main Road Post
- Open roles
- 0
- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About Main Road Post
Main Road Post is a Moscow-based visual effects and computer graphics studio founded in 2006 by Arman Yahin and Mikhail Lyosin. Its work spans feature films, television and streaming productions, advertising, game cinematics and special venue media. The studio combines visual effects supervision with digital production, taking sequences from concept development and previsualization through animation, simulation and final compositing.
Its capabilities include photorealistic effects integrated into live-action footage, historical and futuristic environments, creature development, digital doubles and crowd simulation. Production teams build models, textures, shading and character rigs alongside effects involving destruction, fluids, fire and atmospheric volumes. These disciplines support both conspicuous spectacle and detailed digital reconstruction of places and characters.
Film work and development
Early international work included Wanted (2008), for which the studio completed roughly 90 visual effects shots, and The Inhabited Island (2008–2009). A major milestone was Stalingrad (2013), with more than 230 shots combining architectural reconstruction, pyrotechnic simulations and markerless motion capture for crowds. The project helped establish the studio's profile in technically demanding feature production.
Subsequent work ranged from the disaster sequences of Metro to the historical city environments of The Duelist. Science fiction projects brought different challenges: Attraction featured an alien ship crash and urban destruction, while Invasion involved a large water dome simulation. For Sputnik, the studio designed, animated and integrated the film's extraterrestrial organism.
More recent productions include Mira (2022), with meteor disaster sequences and an orbital space station; The Master and Margarita (2024), featuring the digital cat Behemoth; and Guest from the Future (2024), with its futuristic vision of Moscow. Alongside feature filmmaking, the studio has contributed effects to television, military action content and cinematic live-show presentations. Across this portfolio, its work connects environment building, character animation and simulation with the practical demands of integrating computer-generated imagery into filmed material.
More about Main Road Post
Leadership
- Arman Yahin serves as General Director and Executive VFX Supervisor. He is a member of the Visual Effects Society and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
- Mikhail Lyosin serves as Chief Technology Officer and CG Supervisor.
- Julia Huene is a partner and Executive Producer.
Production methods
The studio adopted an Agile-driven production methodology in the mid-2010s to manage large film workloads. Its technical development includes procedural production workflows and custom tools built with SideFX Houdini and Python.
Recognition and industry participation
In 2014, Animation Career Review included Main Road Post among its top 100 most influential animation studios. The studio joined the Russian Animated Film Association in October 2020 as it expanded into original animated intellectual property and commercial animation.
Notable credits
33 creditsOffices
Where Main Road Post is based
- 5th Novopodmoskovny lane, house 6, 4th floor, room 11, Moscow, 125130, Russian FederationMoscow, Russia
Moscow office
HeadquartersOverall headquarters and primary studio, housing production infrastructure, pipeline developers, render farms and executive leadership.
Open roles
Find your next role at Main Road Post