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LAB Studios

Original films, series, and digital entertainment

AGENDA

THE JOURNEY
ONE STUDIO. MULTIPLE FORMATS. GLOBAL AMBITION.

THE STUDIO

JAMAICA → EVERYWHERE

Based 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.

01

Digital-first

Building a direct relationship with audiences through consistent online releases, learning quickly from each title and growing a loyal viewer base.

02

Features

A slate of larger-scale projects designed for broader distribution and long-term IP value.

BASED IN JAMAICA. BUILDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR GLOBAL AUDIENCES.

THE FOUNDER

LEADERSHIP
Kimala Bennett, Founder and CEO of The LAB, Executive Producer of LAB Studios

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 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, YPO Jamaica Chapter chair, and the author of Starting A Business in Jamaica. Her current focus is building LAB Studios into a globally relevant entertainment business.

NEARLY TWO DECADES AT THE INTERSECTION OF CREATIVITY & COMMERCE

THE SLATE

ALREADY EXECUTING

We are already
executing.

SEVEN ORIGINAL PROPERTIES. MULTIPLE FORMATS. ONE GROWING STUDIO.

AUDIENCE PROOF

SURPRISE! I LOVE YOU

DIGITAL ORIGINAL ON YOUTUBE

Surprise! I Love You

A Jamaican story found a global audience.

950K YouTube views · in 9 days
Sept 20 – Sept 29, 2026
187.6K Watch hours
+11K New subscribers
150+ Countries &
territories
11K Likes
1.3K Comments
10,892 Shares
1.5M+
views across platforms trailer, clips & supporting content Instagram TikTok
Top
YouTube
markets
United States · Jamaica · Canada · South Africa · Nigeria · United Kingdom
ONE FILM. A RAPIDLY GROWING GLOBAL AUDIENCE.

YOUTUBE PERFORMANCE REPORT

MARCH — SEPTEMBER 2026

One release changed
the scale of the channel.

Surprise! I Love You didn’t just perform for one film. It grew the LAB Studios audience, bringing in thousands of new subscribers and driving higher overall channel activity.

1.8M Channel views
423K Watch hours
+15.1K New subscribers
3,928 Subscribers before release
+15.6K New subscribers · selected period
+297% Channel audience growth
VALUE OF THE BREAKOUT BEYOND A SINGLE TITLE

CATALOGUE

AFTER THE BREAKOUT

Then the catalogue
started to compound.

Following Surprise! I Love You, viewers began watching earlier LAB titles at significantly higher rates.

Happily Ever Awkward official movie poster
DIGITAL ORIGINAL · MARCH

Happily Ever Awkward

539K TOTAL VIEWS
217K watch hours +3.2K subscribers 6K likes · 603 comments ~19.5× lift in daily views · ~359 → ~7,000
Jenna-in-Law official poster
SERIES PILOT · APRIL

Jenna-in-Law

55K TOTAL VIEWS
11.5K watch hours +418 subscribers 981 likes · 125 comments ~36.7× lift in daily views · ~60 → ~2,200
EVERY RELEASE BUILDS ON THE LAST

IP ACROSS FORMATS

VERTICAL MICRO-DRAMA

THE MARRIAGE CLAUSE

Now streaming on Mansa

Building IP
across formats.

Completed 34-episode vertical micro-drama.
Distributed on Mansa.

34EPISODES DISTRIBUTED ON MANSA

DISTRIBUTION PARTNER

The Marriage Clause poster artwork
Woman in a green dress in a scene from The Marriage Clause
BUILDING IP FOR HOW AUDIENCES WATCH NOW

FEATURES

FROM DIGITAL ORIGINALS TO FEATURES

From digital originals
to features.

Love Offside movie poster

Love Offside

Completed romance drama
Official Selection, Narrative Feature, American Black Film Festival 2025 Best Feature Film, Oak Park Black Film Festival 2025 London Breeze Film Festival
Christmas in the Tropics official movie poster

Christmas in
the Tropics

Completed holiday romance
JAMAICAN-PRODUCED STORIES DESIGNED TO TRAVEL ACROSS PLATFORMS AND MARKETS

THE ENGINE

REPEATABLE OUTPUT

A content engine built for repeatable output.

LAB Studios is building a repeatable entertainment engine by combining IP development, financing, and production infrastructure. Through a digital-first model, we build community, learn from audience behavior, and continuously inform the next release.

  1. Develop
    + IP

    Original concepts

    Writers · Adaptations · Talent

  2. Finance

    LAB Film Vehicle

    Dedicated capital

  3. Produce

    LAB Studios

    Production teams

  4. Market
    + build audience

    Agency · Media · Digital

    Creators · Audience intelligence

  5. Learn
    + repeat

    Performance signals

    Inform the next release

Dedicated capital

LAB Film Vehicle

Established infrastructure

Production · Agency · Media · Digital · Creators

Growing ecosystem

Jamaica investing in film and screen production

ONE ENGINE. MULTIPLE FORMATS. CONTINUOUS OUTPUT.

WHAT COMES NEXT

GROWING THE CATALOGUE

The Pipeline

A CONSISTENT PIPELINE OF STORIES. A GROWING AUDIENCE WITH EVERY RELEASE.

Thank you