WHERE
INDIE
STORIES
GET MADE
Frame Union is a production collective for animators, filmmakers, and storytellers who don't wait for permission. We produce original work, support member projects, and give indie creators access to the systems, community, and resources to actually finish what they start.
What We Are
Not a Studio.
A Collective.
Frame Union exists for the creators who are doing it on their own terms. The animator grinding on a passion project at midnight. The filmmaker with no budget and a big idea. The documentary maker chasing a story no one else will touch.
We're a production house that makes original work, a union that protects independent creators, and a community center where people building their own version of cinema can actually find each other.
6
Active Projects
140+
Member Creators
12
Cities Represented
Production House
We produce original animation, documentary, and narrative film — from concept to release.
Creative Union
Contract templates, rate cards, legal resources, and freelance protections for indie creators.
Community Hub
A real community for amateur, semi-pro, and indie filmmakers and animators to collaborate and grow.
Stratum Connected
Post your project and automatically access crew, equipment, skills, and funding through Stratum systems.
In Production
Company Projects
VEGA: Among Stars
A Coming-of-Age Space Opera Animation
In a universe that has never been her friend, a girl named Vega must forge her own constellation — finding family in the forgotten, and defying the powers that want her gone.
UNMASKED
A Documentary About the World We Pretend Not to See
The world is not falling apart — it's revealing itself. UNMASKED is a documentary that peels back the smoke and mirrors of the age of AI, robotics, and algorithmic power to show: this was always here.
THREADS
A Film and Study on Sex, Love, Identity, and the Coming Age of Artificial Intimacy
We've always needed connection. Now for the first time, connection can be manufactured. THREADS asks: what is love when the machine can love you back?
From the Community
Member Projects
SALTWATER
Three generations of a fishing family. One season to save everything. A corporation that doesn't negotiate.
BRIGHT STATIC
Eight songs. Eight animated worlds. One thread connecting them all — the moment before everything changes.
Have a Project? Post It Here.
Frame Union member projects get a public page on this site plus automatic access to Stratum systems — post your production and instantly connect to crew, equipment, skills, and funding resources.
Community Center
A place for indie creators to find collaborators, share work, get feedback, and not feel alone in the grind. Events, collabs, critiques — all of it.
Explore CommunityThe Union
Contracts, rate cards, legal templates, and collective bargaining resources for indie creators. Know your worth. Protect your work.
Access the UnionResources
Tutorials, grant databases, equipment rental access, funding guides, distribution resources — everything you need to actually finish what you start.
Browse ResourcesPost Your Project.
Get Everything You Need.
When you post a film or animation project through Frame Union, it automatically syncs to Stratum — the platform connecting 10,000+ creatives, crew, equipment owners, and funding networks. Find your DP, your gaffer, your sound designer, your composer, your producer — all in one system.
Find Crew & Talent
Cinematographers, animators, editors, composers, voice actors, PAs
Access Equipment
Cameras, lighting, sound, grip — rental from the Stratum Marketplace
Connect to Funding
Investors, grants, co-productions, and crowdfunding support
The Story Doesn't
Tell Itself.
Frame Union is built for the creator who keeps going. Join the collective, post your project, find your people, and make the thing.
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