Santiago-based Believe Studios opens up to the Australian + New Zealand market via Honeymill

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Santiago-based Believe Studios opens up to the Australian + New Zealand market via Honeymill

“Oliver & Max” / Client: Avidia Bank / Agency: Zozimus (Boston, U.S)

Production collective, Honeymill has joined forces with award-winning animation studio, BELIEVE, for representation in Australia & New Zealand.

 

Santiago-based, BELIEVE is one of the top creative production studios in Latin America, with a 10-year proven track record specialising in character-driven 2D and 3D narrative animation.

Founded by Cristóbal Pérez-Gazitúa (MD) and Marcelo Stephani (EP), the studio is backed by a 40-seat team of experienced production staff and some of the most talented artists in the region, including creative directors, animators, technical directors, VFX artists, illustrators and designers.

Recent clients have included Avidia Bank, (Boston, U.S), Tums (Grey New York), Lipton, (Santiago, Chile), Beefeater Gin, (Shanghai, China), Nissan (Dubai)

Describing the studio’s work, Pérez-Gazitúa says: “We come from animation and take a great deal of pride in having established our studio as a go to partner for high-end character animation. We love story and visual development, and we view every creative project as a communication challenge that requires a creative solution.”

Santiago-based Believe Studios opens up to the Australian + New Zealand market via Honeymill

“Urban Spy” / Client: Pernod Ricard / Agency: PlusMinus (Shanghai, China)

BELIEVE Studios has established itself as a major figure in the animation world having been appointed by Hasbro, U.S as direct vendors producing animation jobs for well-known characters like Mr. Monopoly, My Little Pony, Marvel Toys, among others. In addition, the studio has most recently been selected as the official animation company for Tony the Tiger by Kellogs in all Latin America.

Says Paul Bennell, founder and creative director, Honeymill: “Our approach maximises efficiencies by leveraging an exclusive team of internationally acclaimed creators from across our broad network of South American production partners. BELIEVE’s family of artists is consistently producing such compelling, high-quality work across different styles and time zones. Were’ super excited at the opportunity to collaborate with the BELIEVE team in this market!”

The partnership will bolster Honeymill’s growing roster which already includes a diverse selection of outstanding directorial talent including Laposta, Bleed VFX, Molistudio, Big Studio, Can Can Club, Rudo, Dante Zaballa, and Superstudio.

BELIEVE’s showreel can be viewed here.

For commercial enquiries, please contact Paul Bennell – paul@thehoneymill.com