--- title: Blender Studio Takes Open-Source Filmmaking To Feature... description: Blender Studio has announced 'Overgrown', its first feature-length animated film, co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson and Rik Schutte. Set in a post-human,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-takes-open-source-filmmaking-to-feature-length-x7zc5mkpi twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Blender Studio Takes Open-Source Filmmaking To Feature Length | daily.dev og:description: Blender Studio has announced 'Overgrown', its first feature-length animated film, co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson and Rik Schutte. Set in a post-human,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-takes-open-source-filmmaking-to-feature-length-x7zc5mkpi og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/x7Zc5mKPi.png og:image:alt: Blender Studio Takes Open-Source Filmmaking To Feature Length og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Blender Studio Takes Open-Source Filmmaking To Feature Length **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 3 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Blender Studio has announced 'Overgrown', its first feature-length animated film, co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson and Rik Schutte. Set in a post-human, robo-apocalyptic world reclaimed by nature, the project aims to build an open-source 'feature playbook' — a collection of tools and documentation for creating large-scale productions with Blender. The goal is to empower independent filmmakers and small teams without relying on cloud services or generative AI. To fund the project, Blender Studio needs to reach 7,000 subscribers by September to secure minimum financial support for taking the film to market. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is Overgrown, the feature film Blender Studio is producing? Overgrown is Blender Studio's first feature-length animated film, co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson and Rik Schutte, set in a post-human, robo-apocalyptic world reclaimed by nature. Beyond the film itself, the project aims to produce a 'feature playbook' of open-source tools and documentation for building large-scale animated productions with Blender, emphasizing local, artist-centric workflows over cloud services or generative AI. _daily.dev surfaces updates like this for developers tracking open-source creative tooling built on Blender._ ### How many subscribers does Blender Studio need to fund the Overgrown feature film? Blender Studio needs to reach 7,000 subscribers by the beginning of September to secure the minimum financial support required to take Overgrown to the film market and begin searching for buyers and distributors. Subscriptions to the platform directly fund the production and the open-source tooling that comes out of it. _Follow funding milestones like this on daily.dev if you back open-source creative software sustainability._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Blender Studio Reveals Its Ambitious OVERGROWN Feature Film Teaser](https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-reveals-its-ambitious-overgrown-feature-film-teaser-hbz3wlowx) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Blender Studio Opens OVERGROWN’s Free Behind-the-Scenes Archive](https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-opens-overgrown-s-free-behind-the-scenes-archive-pkpxw6b9x) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Small Teams, Ambitious Projects — Blender Developers Blog](https://daily.dev/posts/small-teams-ambitious-projects-blender-developers-blog-1oe9degv1) · Blender · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [New Blender Studio's Open Movie Enters Final Production Stage](https://daily.dev/posts/new-blender-studio-s-open-movie-enters-final-production-stage-dhctnayff) · 80 LEVEL · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#blender](https://daily.dev/tags/blender) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-takes-open-source-filmmaking-to-feature-length-x7zc5mkpi) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Blender Studio Takes Open-Source Filmmaking To Feature Length","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-takes-open-source-filmmaking-to-feature-length-x7zc5mkpi","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/blender-studio-takes-open-source-filmmaking-to-feature-length-x7zc5mkpi"},"datePublished":"2026-07-08T10:58:13.833Z","dateModified":"2026-09-13T21:52:42.256Z","description":"Blender Studio has announced 'Overgrown', its first feature-length animated film, co-directed by Hjalti Hjálmarsson and Rik Schutte. 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