Paperivene

Paperivene was an independent Finnish animation studio founded in 2015 in Naantali by animator and animation director Marcos Corrêa and Finnish author and journalist Paula Hotti. It developed animation and storytelling projects for film, television, publishing and interactive media, with a particular focus on preschool audiences and original characters.

The studio worked as a boutique animation production and visual development house. Its capabilities covered 2D and 3D animation, character animation, visual effects, character and background design, concept art and world building. Story development, scriptwriting, storyboarding and episodic planning supported its work on original series and other narrative formats. Its interactive work extended into digital storytelling, mobile applications and immersive experiences.

Original projects

Paperivene's development slate brought together television concepts and stories intended for several media formats:

• Pene was conceived as a 52-episode preschool investigative animated series, following a nine-year-old inventor girl through mystery stories.
• Zed, also known as Alphabots, was a character-driven science-fiction comedy project developed for animation.
• Finding Moo Friends, also presented as MOO, explored a shared story across a children's book, short film and virtual reality experience.
• Nyla was an animated feature project written and directed by Corrêa, with visual development and character design by the studio.

These projects illustrate the studio's interest in connecting character design and narrative development across screen-based entertainment, children's literature and interactive experiences. They are documented as development projects rather than evidence of completed releases.

Commercial activity slowed after 2018, and the studio's online presence subsequently lapsed. Paperivene was formally deregistered from the Finnish Trade Register on November 22, 2021, following proceedings over unfiled annual financial statements.