BFC Berliner Film Companie Productions GmbH has retained Boston-based Angstrom Microsystems as prime service provider for its upcoming slate of animated feature films, it was announced today by Rainer Soehnlein, Chief Executive Officer of BFC Berliner Film Companie Group, and Lalit Jain, Chief Executive Officer, Angstrom Microsystems.
Angstrom Microsystems is the prime service provider for a wide range of companies, including Industrial Light and Magic and Rhythm and Hues. Angstrom partners with AMD™ to provide its Hollywood clients with the highest density ultra-unique solutions and expertise.
For BFC, Angstrom will provide a turnkey solution that includes 250 QuadraBlade servers (1000 AMD Opteron™ processors), 40TB of storage, all workstations, networking and expertise in designing a data center for full animation rendering while supporting the large IT infrastructure for its full-length animated features.
“We’re delighted to be partnered with BFC in this new arrangement,” commented Mr. Jain. “BFC has a reputation for quality and innovation and our services will provide significant support for their creative process.”
“Entering the league of industry leaders like Pixar™ and ILM™ is both exciting and a little bit daunting,” said BFC CEO Rainer Soehnlein. “It’s an honor, but it’s also an obligation to live up to a high standard of art and craft. We’re prepared to meet that standard, and we know we can count on Angstrom to help us achieve our goals. We hope that we can count on finding creative partners throughout the entertainment industry who want to achieve the highest quality in CGI animation and special effects without having to make the investment necessary for a proprietary system.”
Angstrom Microsystems (www.angstrom.com) specializes in the design and manufacturing of Opteron processor-based blade servers and workstations. Its current clients include, Digital Domain™, Pixar Animation Studios (Finding Nemo), National Institutes of Health and Matsushita (Japan). Angstrom has earned a reputation for quality, service, and engineering innovation in the server space. Its high performance AMD Opteron and AMD processor-based blade servers lead the industry in quality, price and performance.
BFC Berliner Film Companie GmbH was formed in 2002 to develop and produce animation for television and feature films. Working with America’s top creators, producers, and directors, BFC has established a unique American-style production company in the heart of cosmopolitan Berlin, along with a office in Los Angeles to maintain a constant presence in the center of the U.S. entertainment industry. BFC is affiliated with Dresdner Allianz Group, one of the leading financial powerhouses in the world.