Magic Lab

Magic Lab MAGIC LAB is a picture post-production and VFX studio with offices in Prague, Bratislava and Warsaw. Our involvement often begins during the script phase.

Magiclab is a Prague based post-production and VFX Studio with permanent staff of 60 employees and offices in both Slovakia and Poland. During the past 10 years we have been rapidly growing and have gained reputation for high quality creative visual effects and are known as a highly artistic, and technically reliable full circuit post-production studio in Central Europe. To produce extraordinary w

ork – to add magic to everything we do - we have inter-national team with diverse backgrounds who’s talent we nourish. We listen to filmmaker’s creative goals as well as producer’s budgeting needs and power their ambitions with our technology. Our pipeline is based on ShotGrid and we are using tools like Nuke, Houdini, Maya, Afinity, Unreal and brings breathtaking scenes and characters to life for film and TV. We also run two screening suites with DCI Standard pro-jectors, and we are HDR Dolby certified facility. We endeavor to assist production in each step of the process, from pre-production to post-production. We believe that successful visual effects arise out of planning. We offer the Czech incentives scheme administrated by the Czech Film Fund, which offers filmmakers cash rebates on qualifying Czech and international spend. For more information please be in touch with Michal Krecek [email protected] / Andrea Shaffer [email protected]

Top 20 of Magiclab’s credits during the past 5 years


2022 Operation Fortune (MIRAMAX)
2022 Beautiful Beings (Berlinale Panorama)
2022 Somewhere Over the Chemtrails (Berlinale Panorama)
2021 Wrath of Man (MIRAMAX)
2021 Open your eyes (NETFLIX)
2021 Leave No Traces (Venice Film Festival Biennale Best Film Nominee)
2021 Dear Ones (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Film Nominee)
2020 Messiah (NETFLIX)
2020 Freud (NETFLIX)
2020 Charlatan (A. Holland, Academy Awards nominee foreign film)
2020 Scumbag (No. 1 box office Slovakia)
2020 Je Suis Karl (Berlinale Special Gala)
2019 The Gentlemen (MIRAMAX)
2019 Aladdin (DISNEY)
2019 Pinocchio (Oscar, Bafta nominee)
2019 Daughter (Academy Awards short animated film nominated, Sundance etc.)
2019 A Discovery of the Witches (SKY UK)
2018 Fugue (Semaine de la Critique, Cannes)
2017 A Man of Integrity (Winner Un Certain Regard, Cannes)
2017 Das Verschwinden (ARD top TV series)

After its incredible success at the Emmys, USS Callister: Into Infinity (Black Mirror on Netflix) has even been nominate...
28/04/2026

After its incredible success at the Emmys, USS Callister: Into Infinity (Black Mirror on Netflix) has even been nominated for a BAFTA! 🤩🥳 Many thanks to the British Academy for recognising our work. Congratulations, partners!

And… congratulations, Casian! 😉🫡

And we’ve won it again! Many thanks to the Slovak Film and Television Academy. The Slnko v sieti award for BEST VISUAL E...
10/04/2026

And we’ve won it again! Many thanks to the Slovak Film and Television Academy. The Slnko v sieti award for BEST VISUAL EFFECTS of 2025 went to František Štěpánek, Andrea Shaffer, and Michal Křeček of Magic Lab - pictured here with comp supervisor Lukáš Abrahám - for their work on NEPELA. The film also picked up awards for Best Editing and Best Costumes.

Meanwhile, FATHER by Tereza Nvotová dominated the night, taking home Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Music, and Best Actor in a Leading Role.

And BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD won Best Documentary of the Year!

Huge congratulations, beloved partners, colleagues, and friends!

🥂

With the period biopic Nepela leading the nominations at Slnko v sieti - the Slovak Film and Television Academy Awards -...
08/04/2026

With the period biopic Nepela leading the nominations at Slnko v sieti - the Slovak Film and Television Academy Awards - we’re especially proud of the BEST VISUAL EFFECTS nomination for František Štěpánek, Andrea Shaffer and Michal Křeček.

Though this year’s ceremony won’t be broadcast on Slovak television, our excitement remains undiminished. Tomorrow, April 9, we’ll be there!

🏔️⚡️🎥☀️

Starting today, PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN is streaming on Netflix worldwide - featuring our VFX work! Enjoy your ...
20/03/2026

Starting today, PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN is streaming on Netflix worldwide - featuring our VFX work! Enjoy your weekend!

❤️🤩🍿

The Czech Film and Television Academy handed out its annual awards on Saturday - and we’re proud to be connected with se...
17/03/2026

The Czech Film and Television Academy handed out its annual awards on Saturday - and we’re proud to be connected with several of the winning titles! 🦁✨

SUMMER SCHOOL, 2001 received the Czech Lion for Best Screenplay (Dužan Duong, Lukáš Kokeš, Jan Smutný), while Dũng Nguyễn won Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the film.

BETTER GO MAD IN THE WILD won the crystal Czech Lion for Best Documentary Film, and also took home awards for Best Cinematography (Dušan Husár, Miro Remo) and Best Editing (Maté Csuport, Šimon Hájek).

And there’s more - Martin Pohl received the Film Fans’ Award for his comedy NA PLECH (DO THE MÆTH).

Huge congratulations to all the winners - we’re proud to have been part of these journeys!

It’s been a week since POBERTA / LITTLE THIEF by Ondřej Hudeček hit Czech cinemas - and it's been rocking ever since!Thi...
12/03/2026

It’s been a week since POBERTA / LITTLE THIEF by Ondřej Hudeček hit Czech cinemas - and it's been rocking ever since!

This summer heist comedy is funny, witty, and refreshingly bold.
Just like us.

We love it.
And we co-produced it.

Producer: Michal Křeček
DI Production Manager: Dagmar Petrů
Color Grading: Braňo Daniš
DI Supervisor: Jiří Novák
QC Supervisor: Peter Palarik
2D Compositor: Jan Vont

nutprodukce / nutprodukcia / Česká televize / 365 Productions

distributed by: BONTONFILM

🟢 We’ve been proud partners of the 42nd edition of FAMUFEST - an annual showcase of FAMU students’ films! Our Viktor Plc...
11/03/2026

🟢 We’ve been proud partners of the 42nd edition of FAMUFEST - an annual showcase of FAMU students’ films! Our Viktor Plch had the honour of presenting the award for Best Directing. Congratulations, master Vojtěch Novotný - we can’t wait to welcome your feature debut to our labs soon! 💚

We can’t do anything at the Olympics 🏋🏻 - but we do have two wonderful films at the Berlinale! 📽️ROYA by Mahnaz Mohammad...
14/02/2026

We can’t do anything at the Olympics 🏋🏻 - but we do have two wonderful films at the Berlinale! 📽️

ROYA by Mahnaz Mohammadi, produced by Media Nest (CZ), PakFilm (GE) and co-produced by AMOUR FOU Luxembourg (LU), screens in Panorama,

and

ATLAS OF THE UNIVERSE by Paul Negoescu, produced by deFilm (RO), Screening Emotions (BG) and Avanpost Media, screens in Generation Kplus!

Warmest congratulations, partners! 🎉

We had to keep this secret for a long time. Not anymore.Happy New Year to us - we couldn’t be happier! 😍It was an absolu...
29/12/2025

We had to keep this secret for a long time. Not anymore.
Happy New Year to us - we couldn’t be happier! 😍

It was an absolute honor to collaborate with legendary VFX Supervisor Theo Demiris and VFX Producer Lisa Renney


Magiclab team:
VFX Producer Andrea Shaffer
VFX Supervisor Michal Křeček
Compositing Supervisor Josefína Jiráňová
DMP Supervisor Jan Kůrka
FX Supervisor Břetislav Kašpar
QC Supervisor Peter Palárik
I/O Supervisor Igor Kadeev
VFX Production Manager Dagmar Petrů


PEAKY BLINDERS: THE IMMORTAL MAN
Coming soon

Netflix

23/12/2025
26/11/2025

🎉 Camerimage Festival 2025’s GOLDEN FROG in the Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition went to ADAM SUZIN for FATHER, directed by Tereza Nvotová! 🥳

These annual cinematography awards are among the most prestigious in the world, and we’re extremely happy for Adam and proud of our color grader Braňo Daniš, who worked with him here in Prague. Bravo to the entire team, bravo!

🎥🏅🐸

🎬 We’re proud to have worked on Nepela - a powerful biopic about Olympic figure-skating legend Ondrej Nepela, set agains...
31/10/2025

🎬 We’re proud to have worked on Nepela - a powerful biopic about Olympic figure-skating legend Ondrej Nepela, set against the backdrop of communist Czechoslovakia. 🇸🇰🇨🇿⛸️

Produced by Punkchart Films (SK) and In Film (CZ), the film entered domestic cinemas on Thursday. Our VFX team is thrilled to have helped bring Nepela’s story and era to life! ✨

VFX Producer: Andrea Shaffer
VFX Supervisor: František Štěpánek
Compositing Supervisor: Lukáš Abrahám
DMP Supervisor: Jan Kůrka
CG Supervisor: Břetislav Kašpar
VFX Production Manager: Inna Levian
DI Supervisor: Jiří Novák
DI Production Manager: Dagmar Petrů

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