Concept frame from Levels: a night skyline lit by holographic billboards

We Build Worlds.

VFX studio and film development/production, all under one roof. Orbital Mechanics develops and produces its own scripted genre film and television, and runs a fully-equipped visual effects studio for select clients and projects.

Start a conversation

Levels · Concept frame

Vancouver BC

Visual effects

Recent VFX Projects

(We can't wait to show you what we're working on next.)

Clients include Universal · FOX · Amazon · Hulu · Nat Geo · NBC

Resident Alien
S4 · 10 eps · 2025
House of David
S2 · 5 eps · 2025
Chucky
Final season
Animal Control
S4 · FOX
The Five Star Weekend
Peacock · 2026
Young Washington
In theatres July 3

New reel coming soon.

(but in the meantime, check out some of our previous work here.)

Written and directed in house

Our original projects, with more on the way.

Finished on the same effects pipeline we put at a client's disposal.

Levels is an Orbital Mechanics production; the two shorts were made earlier at Artifex Studios, the team's previous home.

Levels
Feature · 2024
Theatrical November 2024 through RLJE; streaming globally. 93 minutes. Cara Gee · Peter Mooney · Aaron Abrams · David Hewlett · Amanda Tapping.
- Nominated Achievement in Visual Effects — Canadian Screen Awards
- Epic MegaGrant recipient
- Honorable Mention — Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
- Screencraft Sci-Fi finalist · Harold Greenberg Fund · Creative BC
FTL
Short · 2017
The most decorated of the three. Released through DUST and carried on Vimeo and other channels. Ty Olsson · Karin Konoval · Aliyah O'Brien.
25 million+ views
Over 24 million on DUST alone
- Jury Prize, Best Drama — Toronto Shorts International
- Jury Prize, Best Action Short — Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest
- Nominated — Philip K. Dick Festival · FilmQuest · CinEuphoria
Watch on DUST
The Adept
Short · 2015
The first film. Adam Greydon Reid · Jennifer Spence. Screened at Raindance, Sci-Fi London, Seattle Short Film Festival, FilmQuest, First Glance Philadelphia and Miami International Sci-Fi.
- Nominated Best Sci-Fi Short — FilmQuest
- Nominated Best Short Film and Best Director — Tenerife International
Watch on DUST

Selected Awards and Nominations

Nomination
Primetime Emmy
Outstanding Special and Visual Effects — Almost Human
2014
Win
Canadian Screen Award
Best Visual Effects — Continuum. Nominated again in 2014.
2013
Win ×2
Leo Awards
Best Visual Effects in a Feature Length Drama — Impact and Scourge. Three further nominations.
2008–14
Nomination
Gemini Award
Best Visual Effects — Impact
2009
Win ×2
FTL
Jury Prize, Best Drama — Toronto Shorts International · Jury Prize, Best Action Short — Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest
2017
Nomination ×3
FTL
Best International Short — Philip K. Dick Festival · Best Sci-Fi Short — FilmQuest · Best Director in a Short Film — CinEuphoria
2017–19
Nomination ×3
The Adept
Best Sci-Fi Short — FilmQuest · Best Short Film and Best Director — Tenerife International
2015
Nomination
Canadian Screen Award — Levels
Achievement in Visual Effects
2025
Honorable mention
Levels
Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival
2024

Team experience

Storytellers at heart, with a deep set of skills honed on over one hundred films and series.

Jillian Cabernel
Post Production Supervisor
42
Visual effects credits
IMDb
Adam Stern
Director / VFX Supervisor
79
Visual effects credits
IMDb
- Directors Guild of Canada
- Television Academy
- Visual Effects Society
- Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Kimberley Walker
Producer
40
Visual effects credits
IMDb

Orbital Mechanics Inc. is a member of the Canadian Media Producers Association

Join our team · Start a project

We'd love to hear about your project.

info@orbital-mechanics.com