Support the post
Production is fully funded and scheduled. Post-production funding is being sought.
The position, plainly
Status as of 4 September 2026Funded and scheduled
Production: the motion-capture shoot of November 7–9, 2026. Dialogue on OptiTrack, stunts on Vicon and Giant, faces on MetaHuman Animator, VCAM against locked layouts.
Not yet funded
Post-production, November 2026 to March 2027: edit to Director's Cut; mocap solve, cleanup and retargeting; animation polish; FX; lighting, Movie Render Queue and comp; score; sound design and Atmos mix; colour grade and DCP master; festival submissions; public release of the tools.
No figures are published here.Write to us and we will talk specifics.
What is already true
Pre-production is at 72%, milestone-weighted, as of 4 September 2026.
- Final script.
- Full crew attached, every head of department.
- Capture stages booked: OptiTrack, Vicon, Giant.
- Pipeline designed: Perforce, folder structure, ledgers.
- The majority of the asset build done: characters, props, environments.
- Three of four leads cast.
- Epic MegaGrants application submitted, 4 September 2026.
What a partner gets
Three things · no tiersCredit
A credit on the film.
The case study
Access to the production case study: folder structure, naming conventions and the ledger system.
The release
Association with the public release of the MCP skills, the board pipeline and the workflow documentation in Q2 2027.
The window
Post-production runs from November 2026 to March 2027, with the festival circuit and the public tool release following.
- Nov 7–9, 2026Motion capture — dialogue and stunts
- Dec 15, 2026Director's Cut
- Dec 2026–Feb 2027Animation, FX, lighting, render, comp
- Mar 15, 2027Score and Atmos mix complete
- Mar 31, 2027DCP mastered
- Apr 2027 →Festival circuit
- Q2 2027Public release of MCP skills, board pipeline, workflow documentation
Beyond the short
This film is festival-bound, and it is a proof of concept: a pipeline and financing proof for a feature-length Princess of Athirapally, in the same world, on the same pipeline, at feature scale.
It is also intended as the flagship reference production for MCP-operated Unreal Engine 5: agentic skills, built with Vega Entertainment, that operate the engine directly. The MCP skill set, the board pipeline, the workflow documentation and a full production case study are released to the community on completion, target Q2 2027.
Write to us
One email reaches the production.
- Sibi NaayagamWriter · Director · Editor · VFX Supervisor
- Alessia CruciProducer
- David HemphillProducer
Astralforge Creative LLC · Full team and cast