Filmworkz

What Filmworkz does

Filmworkz Ltd is a privately held UK software company (registered in England, company number 13466039, headquartered in Holt, Norfolk) that develops Emmy Award-winning DVO (Digital Video Optics) image processing technology for film and video restoration, color grading, finishing, and automated batch workflows. Its product architecture is a platform-plus-modules structure built on the DVO engine — which includes the proprietary PHAME motion estimation algorithm — and is delivered through three primary vehicles: Phoenix Restoration & Color (desktop manual restoration and color finishing), Loki Automation / Loki 2.0 (scalable batch processing with watch folders, user-defined presets, and a REST API for MAM integration), and Loki Render (standalone render offload). DVO Tools are additionally distributed as OFX plugins inside DaVinci Resolve, Mistika Boutique, and Scratch, and as individual plugins inside Adobe Premiere Pro; modular DVO Add-on Packs (Film, Video, Convert) extend functionality within Phoenix and Loki. Since 2026, the legacy Nucoda grading product has been fully integrated into Phoenix.

The company makes money primarily through subscription licenses (Phoenix tiers from $239-$599/month or $2,599-$6,499/year; Loki add-on packs; Loki Render at $149/month or $1,639/year) with selected perpetual licenses available on request. Pricing spans long-tail individual/educational entry points (e.g., DVO Brickwall plugin at $39/month) up through enterprise deployments for major broadcasters, studios, archives, and post-production houses. Its go-to-market is hybrid: direct enterprise field sales for large customers, self-serve e-commerce through filmworkz.com for SMBs and individuals, a Global Partner Network for regional coverage, and marketplace distribution through OFX hosts and Adobe. Juno, an AI chatbot assistant launched in 2025 at junoknows.ai, provides 24/7 pre- and post-sales support.

Filmworkz serves four primary vertical segments — broadcasters, film studios, film archives, and post-production facilities — with secondary segments in independent restoration artists and educational institutions. The customer base includes HBO, CBS, NBCUniversal, BBC, ITV, Sky, Warner Bros. Discovery, Walt Disney Studios, Pixar, Paramount, Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, IMAX, BFI, the US National Archives, the George Eastman Museum, NHK, YLE, SVT, NDR, Britbox, the Criterion Channel, Technicolor, Goldcrest Post, and others across more than 30 disclosed enterprise logos worldwide. Geographic footprint spans the UK, USA, Japan, Australia, China, and Singapore.

Name

Filmworkz

Legal name

Filmworkz Ltd

Website

https://filmworkz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2020

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Filmworkz is a UK-based software company that sells Emmy Award-winning DVO image-processing technology for film and video restoration, color grading, and automated batch workflows, delivered through its Phoenix, Loki, and DVO plugin platforms to broadcasters, studios, archives, and post-production facilities worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Post-Production Software

NAICS

Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing (33431)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Color Management & Imaging for VFX (ACES, HDR, Plates/DI Interop) (MPAHABAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Finishing & Delivery for VFX (DI Conform Support, QC, IMF/DCP VFX Deliverables) (MPADAHAL), VFX Review, QC & Delivery (Client Review, Conform, Final Outputs) (MPAHABAL), Rotoscoping, Cleanup & Paint (Animation Support) (MPAHACAK)

Keywords

• Film restoration software
• Video enhancement tools
• Image processing technology
• Workflow automation platform
• Color grading software

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Software Subscriptions: Monthly and annual subscription plans for Phoenix, Loki, and DVO Tools. Subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each period. Flexible options from individual artists to enterprise deployments.
2. Perpetual Licenses: One-time perpetual license purchases available for selected products, particularly for enterprise customers who prefer upfront licensing over recurring subscriptions.
3. DVO Performance Pack Add-ons: Additional DVO tool packs sold as upgrades to existing Phoenix or Loki licenses, available in Film, Video, and Convert packs with monthly or yearly billing.
4. Loki Render Subscriptions: Separate subscription for Loki Render functionality, priced at $149/month or $1,639/year, requires active Phoenix license.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Filmworkz develops Emmy Award-winning DVO (Digital Video Optics) image processing technology and delivers it through the Phoenix Restoration & Color platform for manual film/video restoration and color grading, the Loki Automation platform for scalable batch processing and workflow automation, and DVO plugin packs for OFX hosts (DaVinci Resolve, Mistika Boutique, Scratch) and Adobe Premiere Pro. The technology automates the repair of dust, scratches, noise, instability and common digitisation/compression problems in moving images.

Product overview

Filmworkz is a software company offering a platform-plus-modules architecture for film restoration, video enhancement, and workflow automation. The product portfolio is built on DVO Tools — Emmy Award-winning image processing technology — which powers two complementary platforms: Phoenix Restoration & Color (professional manual restoration, colour grading and finishing) and Loki Automation / Loki 2.0 (scalable batch processing and workflow automation). DVO Tools are also delivered as OFX plugins for DaVinci Resolve, Mistika Boutique, and Scratch, and as individual Adobe Premiere Pro plugins. Add-on DVO Packs (Film, Video, Convert) extend functionality within Phoenix and Loki. Since 2026, Nucoda has been fully integrated into Phoenix Restoration & Color. The company also offers an AI assistant, Juno, for 24/7 support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Phoenix Restoration & Color: Professional film & video restoration and grading software with built-in Color Finishing
• Loki Automation
• DVO Tools
• Loki Render
• DVO OFX Plugins
• Adobe DVO Plugins

Products and services

• Phoenix Restoration & Color Filmworkz's flagship manual restoration and grading software platform combining advanced DVO image processing tools with professional colour workflows in a single application. Supports film, video, and mixed-media restoration and finishing for broadcasters, studios, archives, and post-production facilities.
• Loki Automation / Loki 2.0 Scalable workflow automation and batch processing platform for restoration, enhancement, standards conversion, upscaling and delivery. Features watch folders, user-defined DVO presets, a preview window, variable export settings, and a REST API for MAM integration.
• Loki Render Render offload tool that works with Phoenix to free up workstations by processing jobs on a remote machine on the same network. Priced at $149/month or $1,639/year, requires an active Phoenix license.
• DVO Tools Emmy Award-winning suite of advanced image processing tools for automated correction, restoration and enhancement of moving images. The technology foundation powering Phoenix, Loki, OFX plugins, and Adobe plugins. Automates repair of dust, scratches, noise, instability, and common digitisation/compression problems.
• OFX DVO Plugins A specially selected pack of OFX plugins enabling Emmy award-winning DVO image processing tools on OFX host platforms including DaVinci Resolve 16+, Mistika Boutique V8.8+, and Scratch V9.2+ on Windows, Mac, and Linux.
• Adobe DVO Plugins Individual DVO plugins adapted for Adobe Premiere Pro on Windows and Mac, including DVO Brickwall, DVO Chroma, DVO Clarity, DVO Decompress, DVO Grain GT, DVO Pixel, DVO Regrain RGB, DVO Sharpen, and DVO Velvet.

Quantifiable outcome

• Removes approximately 90% of visible dust and scratch imperfections without introducing artifacts
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers32 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

AI capability6 records

Feature8 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Blackmagic Design: Developer of DaVinci Resolve, the dominant color grading and finishing NLE. Resolve increasingly ships native restoration, noise reduction and dust handling features that functionally overlap with Filmworkz's Phoenix and DVO Tools, making it the primary incumbent competing for the same restoration-grade customers.
• Adobe: Owner of Premiere Pro, After Effects and Creative Cloud, into which Filmworkz distributes individual Adobe DVO plugins. Adobe's broader subscription suite and embedded AI features (Firefly, Sensei) compete for the same colorist, editor and post-production budget.
• Autodesk (Flame): Owner of Flame, a high-end finishing and VFX system used in premium post-production for compositing, color and conform. Competes for the same enterprise post-production budget at major studios and VFX houses that also deploy Filmworkz Phoenix.

Direct peers

• Colorfront: Hungarian developer of color grading and HDR mastering solutions (Colorfront On-Set Dailies, Colorfront Express, Colorfront Studio) used by major studios and streaming platforms. Directly comparable as a specialist color/imaging software vendor serving the same Hollywood and broadcaster restoration and finishing workflows.
• SGO (Mistika): Developer of Mistika Boutique and Mistika Technology, finishing and color grading systems used by high-end post facilities. Mistika Boutique is one of the OFX hosts into which Filmworkz distributes its DVO Performance Pack, making SGO a direct partner-competitor.
• Assimilate: Developer of Scratch, an end-to-end dailies, conform, color and finishing platform widely used in feature post-production. Scratch is one of the OFX hosts integrating Filmworkz DVO tools and competes head-to-head for restoration and finishing workloads at post houses.
• Marquise Technologies: Developer of MIST and Génio color/finishing and archival restoration solutions deployed at major broadcasters, archives and post-production facilities in Europe. Directly comparable niche specialist serving film/broadcast restoration workflows similar to Filmworkz Phoenix and Loki.
• MTI (Coral / DRS Nova): Long-standing developer of film restoration and color grading systems historically competing in the same specialist restoration niche as Digital Vision / Nucoda (now Filmworkz). Serves archives and post-production facilities with automated restoration pipelines comparable to Filmworkz's DVO/Loki stack.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@wearefilmworkz
• Xx.com/wearefilmworkz
• Facebookfacebook.com/wearefilmworkz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/filmworkz

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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