A London-based animation studio connected to Leonardo DiCaprio’s production company has been served with a court order to liquidate.
GFM Animation specializes in creating animated features and television series designed for international family audiences.
Records indicate the company was established approximately nine years ago and expanded its operations to include financing, distribution and sales services alongside its production work.
Legal documentation shows HM Revenue and Customs filed a petition to wind up the company on January 22, with the High Court issuing the order on September 9.
A liquidator has been assigned under the Insolvency Act 1986 to manage the dissolution process.
The studio previously partnered with DiCaprio’s production company on the 2023 animated release Ozi: Voice of the Forest.
The film depicts an orphaned orangutan who gains recognition as an online personality while working to highlight deforestation and environmental destruction.
The company also contributed to the production of 10 Lives, an animated feature centered on a feline approaching the end of its ninth and final existence, offered an opportunity to seek redemption and begin anew.
The voice ensemble for this project featured Zayn Malik, Bill Nighy, and Mo Gilligan.
Financial records filed with Companies House in 2024 disclosed that the company employed eight individuals at that time.
The studio’s official website is no longer accessible, and activity on its professional networking profile ceased approximately ten months prior, with its most recent post promoting the production Stitch Head.