# Like a Photon Creative Hands Sola Media Seven-Film Slate, Starting With Irish Co-Production Familiar > Like a Photon Creative has lined up seven animated features with Sola Media handling international sales, starting. - Published: 2026-11-06T04:11:01+00:00 - Section: Partnerships - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-11-06/like-a-photon-creative-sola-media-slate - Source: [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/pout-pout-fish-studio-photon-031059561.html) ## Key takeaways - Like a Photon Creative has lined up seven new animated features and given Sola Media international distribution rights on the full slate. - The first title, Familiar, is a treaty co-production with Ireland's Elephant Goldfish, with production expected to start in March 2027. - The companies say the lineup could create as many as 1,000 jobs in Australia and Ireland. [Like](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000kk6m/like-a-photon-creative) a Photon Creative has lined up seven new animated features and handed international distribution rights on the full slate to Sola Media, the studio announced ahead of the American Film Market. [Yahoo](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/movies/articles/pout-pout-fish-studio-photon-031059561.html) published the announcement on November 6, 2026. ## Familiar Leads the Seven-Film Slate Production finance for the slate comes from Elevate Production Finance and [Alceon](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000cxdr/alceon-group) Entertainment Partners. Maslow Entertainment has picked up Australia and New Zealand distribution on the features. According to the companies, the lineup could create as many as 1,000 jobs in Australia and Ireland. Like a Photon Creative CEO Kristen Souvlis will attend the American Film Market. The first title is Familiar, an original developed in-house that will be made as a treaty co-production with Irish company Elephant Goldfish. Production on the film is expected to start in March 2027. Familiar is set at Ironclaw Academy, a school where the animal companions of sorcerers, known as familiars, go through a demanding and frequently messy training regime. Its central character is Josie, a feisty young cat. "Families keep coming back to our films, and we're focused on making projects that deserve that trust, with strong stories and broad appeal. 'Familiar' is the first of seven new features in our growing pipeline. Sola Media has a proven track record with our work, and together we see real opportunity to take Australian and European content to international audiences," Souvlis said. Alongside each of the seven features, the studio will make short-form direct-to-consumer material built from footage that won't appear in the films themselves. That content will be bundled with the movies and rolled out across a range of online and social platforms. Sola Media managing director Solveig Langeland said mixing humor and heart has always sat at the center of the studio's storytelling, backed by its skill at bringing characters to life through strong voice casts. "We are proud of the successes we have achieved together and excited to embark on the next chapter of our partnership. With their expansion into co-productions with Ireland, Like a Photon is taking another exciting step forward," she said. Separately, Like a Photon Creative has teamed with [Screen Queensland](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00093kc/screen-queensland) on the Escalate: Feature Focus Writers Initiative. Under the scheme, six screenwriters based in Queensland will each write a script for a possible 3D animated feature, working from concepts supplied by the studio. Writers' rooms kick off in February 2027. Queensland's Crisafulli Government has confirmed a two-year funding commitment of $50 million to Screen Queensland, aimed at securing a pipeline of locally produced screen projects, Mirage News reported on August 22, 2026. ## Like a Photon Creative's Irish Expansion Like a Photon Creative opened a Dublin office in 2025 to strengthen delivery of international productions, its first geographic expansion outside Australia ten years after founding, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records list Sola Media as the international sales agent representing the studio's animated features; Sola Media boarded The Lost Tiger and introduced it to buyers at the European Film Market and also presented The Sloth Lane at the American Film Market. ## The Neverending Pillow Fort Due Early 2027 Sola Media will also oversee international distribution for the studio's next release, The Neverending Pillow Fort, the first feature from Crayola Studios, produced with MIMO Studios. Allison Brownmoore directs the film, which is due in early 2027. Elizabeth Cullen and Sofia Rose voice best friends Maggie and Abby, with Guy Pearce, David Tennant, Teresa Palmer and Marsai Martin also in the cast. ## Companies in this story - [Like A Photon Creative company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000kk6m/like-a-photon-creative) · website: http://www.likeaphoton.com - [Screen Queensland company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/00093kc/screen-queensland) · website: https://screenqueensland.com.au - [Alceon Group company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/000cxdr/alceon-group) · website: https://www.alceon.com.au --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt