Labo
From Record To Play
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- Founded
- 2006
- Employees
- 51-200
- Offices
- 1
About Labo
Labo is a Mexico City audiovisual post-production studio combining digital picture and sound finishing, a photochemical film laboratory, localization, theatrical distribution mastering, and archival preservation. Its work spans feature films, episodic television, streaming productions, advertising, and video games, with services extending from on-set material handling to delivery and long-term preservation.
Established as Labodigital in 2006, the business developed digital post-production capabilities alongside the film laboratory heritage of Labofilms, founded in 1971. It added a dubbing and audio division in 2013 and consolidated its operations under the Labo public brand around 2017–2018. This history connects contemporary digital finishing with continued support for physical motion-picture film.
Picture and sound
Labo's picture workflows cover on-set data management, dailies, editorial conform, online finishing, and visual-effects pull and review supervision. Color grading and mastering support theatrical, broadcast, and streaming delivery, including digital source masters, IMF packages, and platform quality control. These capabilities allow projects to move from production material through finishing and preparation of delivery assets within an integrated service offering.
Sound services include dialogue editing, sound design, ADR, Foley, and mixing for theatrical, television, and online releases. Its localization work encompasses Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese, with translation, voice casting, dubbing, subtitling, audio description, and video game voice recording. Dubbing productions can involve both ANDA-affiliated and independent voice actors.
Film and preservation
The film laboratory processes 16mm and 35mm color negatives, including push, pull, and silver-retain treatments. It also offers color and black-and-white positive release printing, film scanning, physical cleaning and repair, and digital image restoration. These services support both new productions working on film and the recovery of existing materials.
For distribution and preservation, Labo provides digital cinema packaging, KDM key generation, theatrical distribution logistics, and digital archiving. Its preservation activities connect physical film handling with digital restoration and storage workflows, serving production companies as well as film archives.
More about Labo
Leadership and development
- Charles Barthe is identified as CEO and President. He partnered with Labofilms to establish the digital business.
- Eduardo Giaccardi co-founded the LaboPrime dubbing division with Barthe and relinquished his ownership shares in late 2016, leaving Barthe as sole executive director.
Technology and industry recognition
- Picture grading uses DaVinci Resolve. Long-term preservation offerings include Piql technology and LTO migration.
- In 2018, Labo became one of the first post-production facilities in Mexico to secure Netflix Preferred Vendor certification.
Archive collaboration
- Its restoration practice includes collaboration with Filmoteca UNAM on complete digital reconstruction of historical film material, connecting laboratory and digital restoration capabilities with a national film archive.
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Where Labo is based
- Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City offices
HeadquartersAbout this office
**Office** Status: active Headquarters Address: Av. División del Norte 3203, Colonia El Rosedal, Alcaldía Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04330, Mexico Phone: +52 (55) 5549-0099 Corporate domicile and primary production facility. The report also notes an alternative postal-code reference of 04100. --- **Office** Status: active Address: Centenario 208, Colonia Del Carmen, Alcaldía Coyoacán, Ciudad de México, C.P. 04100, Mexico Phone: +52 (55) 5549-0099 Secondary production and dubbing suites within Labo's Mexico City operations.
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