Deal enhances local capabilities and opens Australian shop for CIS

CIS Visual Effects Group announced today that it has acquired the assets of Postmodern Sydney. CIS, based in Hollywood (USA) and Vancouver, Canada, is an award-winning brand in the international visual-effects industry.
Postmodern, established in 2001, is a fast growing design and visual effects
business servicing high-end feature, commercial and television clients in
Australia and throughout Asia. Recent projects for Postmodern include VFX
for the Proyas/Summit Entertainment feature, “Knowing,” and the Spierig
Brothers/Lionsgate feature “Daybreakers”. Recent commercial projects include
McDonald’s “McHappy Day” for DDB Sydney and Macquarie Bank’s “Out of the
Box” for Leo Burnett.

Andrew Robinson, Managing Director of Postmodern Sydney said, “We’re at a
point in our business growth where we’ve got some amazing work under our
belt but for some time we’ve been looking for a strong partner to help us
spread our wings. For us that meant finding someone with great creative and
technical credentials along with global recognition,” he added.

“The CIS guys reached out to us late last year to talk about joining forces
with them on an Australian shop,” explains Robinson. “We hit it off
immediately with Don and his team, and their understanding of the Australian
market. We look forward to bringing CIS technologies and capabilities into
our creative pipeline for film studios, commercial production companies and
television networks in addition to the independent feature market,” added
Robinson.

Don Fly, President and General Manager of CIS, said, “We have been impressed
with the quality of visual effects work coming out of Australia for many
years. The depth of Australian creative talent and strong governmental
support for the industry make entering the Sydney market very attractive.
The Postmodern team has done some great work. They are a design led boutique
company with a lot of talent and energy. We’re all very excited about
working with them,” adds Fly.

The business will continue to operate as Postmodern from its existing
premises with all key personnel remaining in-place. Plans are underway to
build a new purpose-built Sydney facility later this year to house an
expanded CIS-Postmodern operation.

For more information: www.postmodern.com.au; www.cisvfxgroup.com.