Filmic

Bending Spoons laid off the entire staff of Filmic, affecting 22 employees, after acquiring the company in July. The layoffs occurred in November as part of integrating Filmic's product into the Bending Spoons platform, with development continuing under a new team.

In November, Bending Spoons, the Italy-based app developer and parent company, laid off the entire 22-person team at Filmic (stylized as FiLMiC), including its founder and CEO. This represents 100% of the dedicated staff for the mobile video and photo app developer, which was acquired in September 2022. The layoffs were part of Bending Spoons' move to fully integrate the Filmic product into its own platform, shifting development and operations in-house. The company stated that a new dedicated internal team now possesses the necessary knowledge to continue the product's development. This drastic action occurred just over a year after the acquisition, which was initially framed as providing support to grow Filmic's apps.