Digital-first
Building a direct relationship with audiences through consistent online releases, learning quickly from each title and growing a loyal viewer base.
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PRODUCED FROM JAMAICABUILT FOR AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE
Global stories Produced from Jamaica Built for audiences everywhere
Original films, series, and digital entertainment
STORYTELLING WITH GLOBAL AMBITION
AGENDA
THE JOURNEYONE STUDIO. MULTIPLE FORMATS. GLOBAL AMBITION.
THE STUDIO
JAMAICA → EVERYWHEREBased in Jamaica.
Built for global audiences.
LAB Studios is a film and television studio based in Jamaica and the entertainment division of The LAB, a publicly listed creative company with nearly two decades of experience in advertising, media, and production.
We develop, produce, and commercialize original films, series, and digital-first entertainment for global audiences.
Premium features
A slate of larger-scale projects designed for broader distribution and long-term IP value.
Audience momentum. Ownable entertainment IP.
BASED IN JAMAICA. BUILDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCES.
THE FOUNDER
LEADERSHIP
From building brands
to building entertainment IP.
Kimala Bennett is an award-winning Jamaican entrepreneur and creative industry leader who has spent nearly two decades building businesses at the intersection of creativity and commerce. Starting with 20,000 JMD and a laptop, she founded The LAB and led its evolution into the first advertising agency and production company listed on the Junior Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Today, she is leading The LAB’s expansion into entertainment as executive producer across LAB Studios’ slate of original films and series. Her approach combines storytelling with audience insight, marketing expertise, and commercial discipline to build entertainment IP with global potential. She is an Anthony N. Sabga Caribbean Awards for Excellence Laureate in Entrepreneurship, a YPO chapter chair, and the author of Starting A Business in Jamaica. Her current focus is building LAB Studios into a globally relevant entertainment business based in Jamaica.
NEARLY TWO DECADES AT THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVITY & COMMERCE
THE SLATE
ALREADY EXECUTINGWe are already
executing.
Seven original properties. Multiple formats. One growing studio.
Surprise!
I Love You
Watch on YouTube
Happily Ever
Awkward
Watch on YouTube
Jenna-in-Law
Watch on YouTube
The Marriage
Clause
LAB Studios on YouTube
Love Offside
LAB Studios on YouTube
Christmas in
the Tropics
LAB Studios on YouTube
SEVEN ORIGINAL PROPERTIES. MULTIPLE FORMATS. ONE GROWING STUDIO.
AUDIENCE PROOF
SURPRISE! I LOVE YOUDIGITAL ORIGINAL ON YOUTUBE
Surprise! I Love You
A Jamaican story found a global audience.
920K
Views in the first 7 days
165.1K
Watch hours
first 7 days
first 7 days
+11K
New subscribers
first 7 days
first 7 days
150+
Countries &
territories
territories
10,892
Shares
first 7 days
first 7 days
One film. A rapidly growing global audience.
YouTube
ONE FILM. A RAPIDLY GROWING GLOBAL AUDIENCE.
CATALOGUE
AFTER THE BREAKOUTOne release changed
the scale of the channel.
After Surprise! I Love You, new viewers discovered the catalogue. Every release builds on the last.
DIGITAL ORIGINAL
Happily Ever Awkward
528K TOTAL VIEWS
214K watch hours
3,200 subscribers
SERIES
Jenna-in-Law
52K TOTAL VIEWS
11K watch hours
399 subscribers
EVERY RELEASE BUILDS ON THE LAST
IP ACROSS FORMATS
VERTICAL MICRO-DRAMATHE MARRIAGE CLAUSE
Building IP
across formats.
Completed 34-episode vertical micro-drama.
Distributed on Mansa, a vertical streaming platform for movies, TV, and series.
34EPISODES
DISTRIBUTED ON MANSA
DISTRIBUTED ON MANSA
DISTRIBUTION PARTNER
Mansa is built for vertical viewing: swipe-through episodes, original series, and the format audiences already live in.
BUILDING IP FOR HOW AUDIENCES WATCH NOW
PREMIUM FEATURES
FROM DIGITAL ORIGINALS TO FEATURESFrom digital originals
to premium features.
Jamaican-produced stories designed to travel across platforms and markets.
JAMAICAN-PRODUCED STORIES DESIGNED TO TRAVEL ACROSS PLATFORMS AND MARKETS
WHAT COMES NEXT
LAB STUDIOS SLATEWe’re building
a slate.
Feature films and series from the LAB Studios slate.
A growing audience with every release.
Love Offside
LAB Studios ↗
Spices of Christmas
LAB Studios ↗
Hidden Match
LAB Studios ↗
The Name I Gave You
LAB Studios ↗
Unconditional
LAB Studios ↗
SEEN
LAB Studios ↗
FROM THE SLATE
From completed titles to post-production, development, and series. Stories built for audiences everywhere.
@LABStudiosOriginals ↗A CONSISTENT PIPELINE OF STORIES. A GROWING AUDIENCE WITH EVERY RELEASE.
THE OPPORTUNITY
PARTNERSHIPBuilding a global entertainment business from Jamaica.
We believe Jamaica and the wider Caribbean can build and own globally relevant entertainment IP.
Original stories, production capability, a growing direct relationship with audiences, and nearly two decades of marketing expertise.
We’ve proven we can make the stories. We’re proving we can build the audience. Now we’re building the partnerships to scale.
PARTNER LANES
Distribution
Co-production
Financing
Strategic partners
PRODUCED FROM JAMAICABUILT FOR AUDIENCES EVERYWHERE
Thank you
Global stories. Produced from Jamaica.
Built for audiences everywhere.
LET’S BUILD WHAT’S NEXT