A network of film‑industry specialists built for advertising production
- 10+Years of film VFX experience
- 1000+Film & TV shots delivered
- 70+Specialists in the network
- 200+Projects delivered
The district model Specialists, not overhead.
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Specialised districts
Each district is a small, senior team focused on one craft: compositing, CGI, real-time or AI. We combine only the ones your project needs.
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One District Manager
Your dedicated head of production and single point of contact. No middlemen, no hand-offs: one person accountable for schedule, cost and quality from brief to delivery.
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Right-sized teams
From a couple of artists on a quick turnaround to several districts working together on a full campaign. For agencies we work white-label, under your name and under NDA.
Built remote. Built to last.
District Zero was born during the pandemic, when remote work proved great talent doesn't need a shared office, and the VFX industry's race to the bottom was burning artists out.
Our answer is coopetition: specialists who grow together instead of undercutting each other.
- Cultivate talent, don't burn it out
- Share knowledge
- Build for the long run
Gerardo Schiavone Tech-creative director
Gerardo has spent 10+ years in VFX on major film productions and has delivered 1000+ shots for film and TV.
He sits between the art and the engineering: he designs the tools and pipelines that let small, senior teams produce at studio scale. District Zero is that approach, put to work for agencies and brands.
In the press. On AI and filmmaking.
Intelligenza Artificiale Unplugged: fare un film con la IA con Gerardo SchiavoneArtificial Intelligence Unplugged: making a film with AI, with Gerardo SchiavoneCan you make an animated film with AI alone? Gerardo on where today's AI tools hit their limits, and how they become a real tool for imaging professionals.Watch on YouTube - Cinema e IA, il film Alien Holidays realizzato in AigascopeCinema and AI: the film Alien Holidays, made in AigascopeItaly's national news agency on Aigascope, the AI-assisted rotoscope animation technique created by Gerardo, and the feature film it was developed for.Read on ANSA
The team 70+ specialists across Malta, Italy & Croatia
Gerardo SchiavoneFounder
Nicola PiredduCreative Director
Otto BrandoCG Supervisor
Maurizio MarseguerraTech Lead
Lorenzo ArgentieriPipeline TD
Giorgio Bolognesi2D Supervisor
Alessandro CarèContent Manager
ReddyAI Generalist
Matteo DesimoneInnovation Advisor
Francesco LatiniTalent Development
Fabio MalfaVFX Artist
Carlo AllevaKey Digital Artist
Davide TipaldiVFX Generalist
Stefano MarlettaMarketing Specialist
Steve MarinoExecutive Creative
RexyAI teammate
Aigascope R&D The tools behind our speed
Aigascope began as a startup idea: an AI-assisted rotoscoping and animation pipeline designed to make film production up to 10x more efficient.
Along the way it became something more useful to us: the in-house toolkit our artists use every day. It keeps evolving with every production, and it is a big part of how small teams deliver at studio scale.
- Human-firstArtists direct, AI assists. Every creative decision stays with a person.
- Private by defaultYour footage and data stay private, handled to the security standards we work to on film productions.
Inside the toolkit
AI-assisted rotoscoping
Fast first-pass mattes that artists refine, instead of drawing every shape from scratch.
Automation
Repetitive, error-prone tasks scripted away, so artist time goes into the shot.
Pipeline & asset tools
Consistent naming, versioning and hand-offs across a distributed team.
Production tracking
Shots, reviews and deadlines in one view, so every project stays organised.
Meet Rexy
Our restless AI teammate, and the T-rex in our logo. Rexy doesn't sleep, doesn't take coffee breaks and keeps asking the only question that matters in R&D: "can we automate that?"
- Malta
- Italy
- Croatia
One network on Central European Time, collaborating remotely with agencies and brands wherever they are.
Become a district. Partner with our network.
Studio, specialised team or senior freelancer in VFX, CGI, real-time or AI? Join our federation as a partner district and work on advertising productions alongside other districts, with one District Manager running each project. Tell us what you do best.