In an LBB company profile, Features Lead April Summers sits down with founder Lester Platt and head of narrative Nick Barr to talk about why STLL is building a studio that moves freely between brand work and feature films, and why it's doing it from Austin.

Lester describes how a move from New York to raise a family turned into the creative community that became STLL Studios in 2022, and how the discipline of commercial production (fast decisions, tight margins, no wasted time) carries straight into independent features like Each Other's Country and Odie.

Nick makes the case for Austin as one of the most authentic places in America to make films, and for a new wave of indie features that look far bigger than their budgets.