About
A studio built the size of the work.
Kawa Production started with a simple observation: brands were paying agency prices for account managers, and freelancer prices for inconsistency. The work itself — the thing on screen — was getting whatever budget was left.
So we built the opposite. Two founders, worldwide by design, working from Dubai, Toronto and Kyiv with brands anywhere. Real production first; AI where it genuinely helps. When you hire Kawa, you talk to the people holding the camera and cutting the edit. Decisions happen in hours. Budget goes on the screen.
We stay small on purpose. Small means senior craft on every project, honest scope, and no one between you and the work.
The founders
Ibrahim Mukhtar
Co-founder — Strategy & Production
Ibrahim runs the studio's other half: strategy, operations, production days and every client relationship. He's the person who answers your message, scopes your project honestly, and makes sure the shoot that was promised is the shoot that happens. Direct by nature — you'll always know where your project stands.
Olesia Shymchuk
Co-founder — Creative Director
Olesia decides what the frame looks like — and whether it's good enough to leave the studio. A fashion and beauty specialist, she leads every shoot, every edit and every AI visual with the same rule: it has to look like it cost more than it did. If it's on a Kawa screen, it passed her eye first.
What we hold to
Direct access
No account managers, no layers. You work with the founders, start to finish.
Craft over volume
We'd rather ship five Reels people finish than fifteen they scroll past.
Honest scope
If you don't need it, we'll say so — even when it costs us the bigger invoice.
Worldwide by design
Remote-first, three time zones, brands on four continents. Geography is a detail.