The Hive Studio

18/05/2026

Meet our new film in production, Herzl is Depressed 🧔🏻‍♂️

Directed by Ido Shapira, this is a short film about Theodor Herzl, a frustrated playwright trapped in a failing marriage, who sinks into a sequence of dreams, fantasies, and nightmares, from which a future state will be born.

It is co-produced by The Hive Studio and SWICZ Animation,
and supported by קרן מקור לסרטי קולנוע וטלוויזיה, פיס בתרבות and Stadt Wien.

Amit Gicelter Benjamin Swiczinsky

[Shot animation by Shalev Ben Elya, clean-up by YotamTweg-art]

11/05/2026

70+ people
11 countries
18 months
10 episodes
110 minutes of animation
∞ love and soul
⬇
Season 1 of The Normal Mfer
is officially done and online! 😮‍💨

Sharing a few of the reactions from the final episode - we couldn’t ask for a better response.

Catch all 10 episodes at the link in the comments,
and keep your ears open for Season 2 🤞

Alex Orrelle Amit Gicelter Charlie Curtis-Beard Aglaya Shmidt

06/05/2026

A few years ago, our connection to Greece was mostly personal - we just loved being there🍹

Over time, that changed.

Through festivals and collaborations, we kept coming back, and gradually, it became part of how we work too.

Along the way, we found:
➡ A growing, supportive animation community
➡ Strong incentives (up to 40% cash rebate)
➡ A flexible and evolving production environment

But more than anything, it was the people that made it stick.

Today, we’re working more closely within the local ecosystem, including through our Athens studio, building projects together with local partners.

Hit the link in comments to read more about our experience (and the practical side).

23/04/2026

Very excited to finally share OSKA! ✨

Our new 4-country co-production is a short film by Mark Sperber (Netflix, Sony Pictures, DreamWorks), based on his great-uncle Oskar Knoblauch’s memoir of surviving the Holocaust, "A Boy’s Story, A Man’s Memory."
It tells the story of a young boy’s first heartbreak, as he loses his friend to hate.

Currently in pre-production, Oska is a co-production between Carolyn Bates, The Hive Studio, The Hidden Institute and Fly Moustache

MDM Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung
קרן רבינוביץ לאמנויות - The Rabinovich Foundation

20/04/2026

Presenting GLITTER, a new film in production at The Hive Studio ✨🫟

On his first day as an art teacher, Eitan’s still-life lesson spirals into a full-on glitter battle. Frustrated, he dives into the children’s drawings, only to discover their unexpected beauty.

Directed by Gilad Pfeffer

Amit Gicelter קרן רבינוביץ לאמנויות - The Rabinovich Foundation קרן מקור לסרטי קולנוע וטלוויזיה המיזם למדיה בירושלים

15/02/2026

Announcing an exciting new collaboration with Chronicle Studios on two of our series: Vampair and The Normal Mfer!

The Hive Studio has teamed with AI media tech firm Chronicle Studios to manage YouTube channels for 'The Vampair' and 'The Normal MFer.'

08/12/2025

This is Arlequino, one half of the main duo of Arlequino & Pierrot, our new production.
He’s cheerful, bright-hearted, bursting with optimism and hopeless romance.

We’ve been working closely with Navy Bird's original designs to shape Arlequino into a character we can animate for the film.

In the images, you can follow the steps from Navy’s early sketches to our final version (turnaround, lip sync, and finished character).

Go to the project’s Kickstarter page to discover more and support the project:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/142860875/arlequino-and-pierrot-animated-short-film

01/12/2025

It’s live! Arlequino & Pierrot on Kickstarter - based on the graphic novel byNavy Bird,
who was killed in a terror attack last year.

Join the campaign to help bring her story to life - Link in comments ⬇️

Liora Bronshtein Amit Gicelter Nadav Embon Anan Gibson Yuval Almog Adi Lavon Raz Sonnenfeld Hadar Har-tzvi Yonatan Hayon Ni**od Havilio Rom Mandel

18/11/2025

Help us bring a beautiful love story back to life.

We are creating a short animated film based on Arlequino & Pierrot by Navy Bird, an incredibly talented artist whose life was tragically taken in a terror attack last year. This project is our way of honoring her voice and her art.

The video you see here is a little taste of the film’s animatic.

To fund the film, we're launching a Kickstarter campaign on December 1st, and we’d love your support.
Hit the link in our bio to get notified when it goes live.

09/11/2025

Butterfly Kiss was selected for Vimeo Staff Pick!

To watch the film, follow the link in comments.

Zohar Dv Amit Gicelter Fabian Driehorst Fabian&Fred
MOIN Filmförderung קרן גשר לקולנוע רב תרבותי - Gesher Multicultural Film Fund