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Nova Film Technology

VFX & Post-Production
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Founded
2012
Employees
201-500
Offices
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About Nova Film Technology

Nova Film Technology is a Chinese visual effects, CGI animation and virtual production company founded in 2012. Known commercially as Nova Film, it combines creative production with research and development, serving feature films, television and streaming dramas, advertising, cultural tourism and interactive digital experiences. Its production and research activities span Beijing and Wuxi.

The studio offers services across the production cycle, from concept art, character design and previsualization to technical VFX planning and on-set data acquisition. Its scanning capabilities cover props, sets, vehicles, full human bodies and facial expressions, providing digital assets for subsequent modeling, animation and visual effects work. Motion capture and facial performance tracking also form part of its production offering.

Visual effects and finishing

Nova Film's post-production capabilities include CGI modeling, creature and fur simulation, photorealistic environment compositing and stereoscopic 3D finishing. It also provides color grading and digital cinema mastering, connecting effects production with delivery requirements. Its work encompasses both animated features and live-action productions, with credits including Monkey King: Hero is Back, Railroad Tigers, Xuanzang and The Crossing.

For television and streaming, the studio has contributed visual effects to productions including Till the End of the Moon, Luoyang, The Blue Whisper and The Rise of Phoenixes. These projects sit alongside its feature-film work and broader digital production services.

Virtual production and interactive work

In 2021, the company established a Virtual Ecosystem Division, extending its activities into LED in-camera visual effects, digital humans and augmented reality installations. Its virtual production services combine LED stage shooting, real-time Unreal Engine rendering and camera tracking. Beyond screen production, it develops interactive platforms and spatial digital installations for commercial and cultural applications.

The company's ownership history includes a majority investment by Jiangsu Strawbear Film in 2020, followed by a management-controlled repurchase agreement in November 2021. Nova Film continues operating as a distinct studio, combining film and television effects production with its expanding virtual production and interactive activities.

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Founders and leadership

  • Mi Chunlin (米春林) is identified as founder, chairman and CEO.
  • Co-founders include Li Liang (李亮) and Fan Lin (范琳). The supplied corporate account identifies their roles as senior VFX producer and business development director, respectively.

Research and production technology

The company established a dedicated technology R&D center in August 2012. Its proprietary tools include the In-house Fur System for CG animals and the Digital Character System for digital character reproduction. Its acquisition technology also includes panoramic dynamic lighting capture. By 2015, its facilities included screening rooms, Filmaster grading suites and DaVinci Resolve color environments.

Collaboration and education

The Nova Boundless venture was formed in November 2015 with producers E. Bennett Walsh and Yennie Hao to adapt international production pipelines for Chinese visual effects features. The report also documents curriculum partnerships with Shanghai Film Art Academy involving film and television directing and AIGC.

Digital performance development

Beyond commissioned effects work, the company launched the RUR performance brand and ANTI-EMO digital idol brand and developed NovaCube interactive display hardware.

Notable credits

21 credits
  • Railroad Tigers
  • Monkey King: Hero is Back
  • Monkey King Reborn
  • Love O2O
  • A Chinese Odyssey Part Three
  • Xuanzang
  • The Crossing
  • The Ark of Mr. Chow
  • Thousand Years of Mogao
  • Till the End of the Moon
  • Luoyang
  • The Blue Whisper
  • Song of the Moon
  • A League of Nobleman
  • Novoland: Eagle Flag
  • The Legend of Zu
  • The Legend of Zu 2
  • The Rise of Phoenixes
  • Nothing But Thirty
  • The Love Lasts Two Minds
  • The Journey of Flower (Cannes preview)

Offices

Where Nova Film Technology is based

2 locations

  • Wuxi Registered Headquarters & Digital Production Base

    Headquarters
    Building A3, No. 2009 Lihu Avenue, Binhu District, Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, ChinaWuxi, Jiangsu, China
    About this office

    Registered corporate headquarters and digital production base within Wuxi National Digital Film Industrial Park, supporting scanning, asset modeling and municipal digital IP development.

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  • Beijing offices

    Beijing, China
    About this office

    **Beijing Studio & R&D Center** Status: active Address: Room 102, Building A21, Qinglv Science and Technology Innovation Park, Huaxiang, Fengtai District, Beijing, China Email: info@novafilm.com.cn Phone: +86 (010) 5709-7666 / +86 13070124581 Primary creative, production and R&D hub; described as the operational headquarters. --- **Office** Status: inactive / historical Address: 3rd Floor, Building 6, Central Area, Beiwu Innovation Park, Haidian District, Beijing Former Beijing premises, superseded by the Fengtai location. The report supplies no closure year.

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