Everyone Dies.
Stories Survive.
E.D. Films
Ed Films is an animation studio where art meets innovation. By developing their own tools and production methods, they push the boundaries of visual storytelling.
Ed Films is an animation studio that blurs the boundaries between craft and technology. Founded by Daniel Gies and Emily Paige, it pushes the boundaries of visual storytelling by developing its own tools and production methods, bringing to life worlds that combine poetry and innovation.
The atypical backgrounds of its founders fuel this singularity. A self-taught Ontario native, Daniel Gies developed his own approach to animation on the bangs of traditional schools, before setting up his studio in Montreal. At his side, Emily Paige, from a cultural production background, brings the rigor and organization needed to transform this vision into concrete projects. Together, they have built a studio where experimentation and mastery are balanced to give birth to singular and timeless narratives.
Archita Ghosh, Daniel Gies and Émilie Paige at their Montreal studio.
Interview with Daniel conducted by our collaborator and friend Rafael Katigbak.
Standing in Grass - Animated illustration with E.D. Films tools.
From our first meeting, it was clear that their studio was more than a workshop: it was a living narrative, woven from memories, objects and fragments of stories.
What really sets E.d. Films is not just what they do, but how they live each project: with a rare intensity, total integrity and a way of being that's felt in every detail.
Test on n-cloth paper of the basic texture and animation of the raven mother. E.D. Films
E.d. Films imposes a singular rule on itself: never repeat the same style, so that each project becomes a new visual exploration.
Faced with the limitations of standard software, E.d. Films has chosen to invent its own tools, transforming constraint into an engine of creativity.
The identity overhaul project began with a simple question: where does this enigmatic name E.D. come from? Daniel confided it to us almost as a matter of course: "Everyone Dies, don't they?" This disarming sentence marked the starting point of our strategy.
Everybody Dies - Stories Survive. We had just found a common resonance, capable of carrying the studio into the future.
To this truth - Everybody Dies - we replied: Stories Survive. In this formula, we had found a common resonance, capable of carrying the studio into the future.
For while death is inevitable, stories escape oblivion. They are transmitted from generation to generation, carried by objects, memories and cultures. They become the lasting trace of our passage, the only eternity within our reach.
The final identity of E.D. Films, carried by a yellow color that contrasts with Daniel's singular universe.
Excerpt from Return to Hairy Hill, an E.D. Films short inspired by Daniel Gies' family history.
Excerpt from Giant Bear, which turns an Inuit legend into a gripping tale.
For their business cards, nothing goes to waste: used posters, game boxes and various printed materials are recycled into new media.
Corporate applications retain this artisanal, human touch by reusing existing elements: colored envelopes, folders or other media simply marked with stickers and stamps.
Today, E.D. Films has established itself as an auteur studio, more than just an animation producer. It's a living workshop where craft and digital meet to create timeless stories. Its films, immersive experiences and creative tools, developed for and with the international community of animators, bear witness to this mission. It's more than a studio: it's a living workshop where stories become immortal.
Photo : E.D. Films
Client
Archita Ghosh, Daniel Gies and Émilie Paige
Strategic audit
Delphine Poux
Design and copywriting
Rafael Katigbak
