Australian indie animation studio Like A Photon Creative opens Dublin studio

Nadine Bates, left, and Kristen Souvlis

Australian indie animation studio Like a Photon Creative (LAPC) has established its first international presence in Dublin, Ireland with the intention of expanding coproduction opportunities and leveraging the growing animation sector.

LAPC founders and co-CEOs Kristen Souvlis and Nadine Bates said that establishing a global base in Ireland would “expand our talent pool, strengthen international collaborations, and provide around-the-clock creative and technical services without overextending our Australian team.”

The first project for the company’s global team will be for the forthcoming Bluey Movie, where LAPC is providing managed IT and pipeline services to Cosmic Dino Studios. The company says the new Irish office strengthens its ability to deliver international productions at speed and scale with the capability to operate a 24-hour global workflow

The animation producer has been growing for over a decade, building a world-class studio in Queensland that produces original and family-focused animated content in partnership with global brands including Crayola, Macmillan and HarperCollins.

The company has delivered more than A$64 million (US$42.2m) in production investment in Australia, created more than 900 jobs for local creatives, and built a theatrical pipeline of both original and IP-based films including The Wishmas Tree, Combat Wombat, The Sloth Lane, The Lost Tiger, ScaryGirl.

LAPC also recently launched Apocalypso in partnership with Jason Behan at Summer Star Creative, a new media monetisation and distribution service designed to equip producers with the strategies needed for global success.

“Like A Photon Creative produces world class content for distribution globally, so it was the next step for us in our evolution to take back some control with how our product makes it into the world. Together we are lending our expertise to content of all formats, including scripted and non-scripted, television and feature films,” Bates and Souvlis said.