"We create, produce, build & sell. Everything in-house."

IHC Studio was founded in October 2012 in Curitiba by Lucas Estevan Soares. The original idea was for IHC to be a film school. That's where the name came from: the studio would be home, a place where films get made and where you learn to make them. The school never materialized, but the name stuck.

IHC grew from the catalog of LS Filmes, Lucas's previous production company, with more than a dozen shorts filmed across 27 countries. The intention was to keep producing independent cinema in Curitiba. But demand brought everything together: clients wanted screenwriting, directing, producing, branding, visual identity, photography, website, marketing. And IHC delivered. Without realizing, it was becoming a venture studio.

Rhaissa Gonçalves joined as producer in 2014 and became co-founder the following year. Between 2014 and 2018, Lucas and Rhaissa literally lived inside the studio. IHC was home. In 2018, they opened a second headquarters in Miami. In 2021, they launched their own distribution company.

Over the years, IHC has produced work for global brands (Dolby, Tinder, Knight Foundation, Citroën, Adobe, Volvo Penta, ELECOM) and public institutions (Miami DDA, Invest Parana, EMATER, Copel). More than 200 projects delivered across 30 countries.

In 2023, we released Neon Heart (Coração de Neon) — the first Brazilian film mixed in Dolby Atmos 9.1. Entirely self-funded. Premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022, screened in 150+ theaters. Called "a great example of the new Brazilian popular cinema" by Cannes critics.

Today, IHC operates as a Creative Venture Studio across four fronts: film, music, technology, and in-house creative ventures. Two headquarters (Curitiba and Miami), small team, big intent. Lucas directs. Rhaissa produces. And the studio keeps creating, producing, building, and selling. Everything in-house.

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