Blender Studio announces "Overgrown," its first open-source feature-length animated film
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Joe Foley
Summary
Blender Studio, the production arm of the Blender Foundation, is planning to produce its first feature-length animated movie titled "Overgrown." Unlike their previous short open movies, this full-length film aims to create a comprehensive open-source resource for animators, sharing the entire production process — including assets, workflows, and behind-the-scenes knowledge — for free. The project builds on the momentum from Blender's use in award-winning films like Flow (which won the 2025 Best Animated Feature Oscar) and aims to lower barriers for young creatives by providing a complete, real-world production pipeline as a learning resource. The article discusses the challenges of time, resources, and the steep learning curve that remain hurdles for aspiring Blender artists, and positions Overgrown as a major step toward democratizing high-end animation production.
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Creative BloqBlender Studio announces "Overgrown," its first open-source feature-length animated filmcreativebloq.comKey quotes
· 3 pulledWhen Flow won its best Animation Oscar in 2025, director Gints Zilbalodis predicted that Blender, the free animation software used to make the movie, would revolutionise filmmaking, allowing young creatives to make exciting films with limited resources.
We've already seen signs of that happening with movies like Backrooms, which began as a Blender animation, but the hurdles of time, resources and a steep learning curve remain.
Overgrown would create an open-source resource for animators.
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