KULESHOV FILMS LTD

What KULESHOV FILMS LTD does

Kuleshov Films Ltd is a UK-registered private limited video production company (Company Number 14829979, founded 2023, headquartered in Preston but operating as a globally distributed team) that sells story-driven video editing and filming services to two segments: individual travellers/adventurers and brands/corporate clients. Its core offering is built around three tiered monthly subscription plans for personal travel footage (Travel Journal $350/month, Storyteller $899/month, Director's Cut $1,990/month), where subscribers submit raw GoPro/drone/camera footage and receive a finished cinematic film of 5, 10 or 20 minutes respectively, inclusive of licensed music, colour correction, map animations, and a 60-minute creative planning call at the top tier. A parallel B2B retainer programme (Starter, Expand, Retain, and Custom tiers starting at £1,200/month) delivers ongoing editing, social clips, photography, and thumbnails to brands on a recurring basis, complemented by one-off filming and editing projects, weddings, charity films, and a low-priced digital guide (LOST TRAVELS Filming Guide).

The business runs on industry-standard creative tooling — Final Cut Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Adobe Premiere Pro — with no proprietary algorithms, automation engines, or disclosed technology IP; value is delivered through manual editorial craft, licensed music curation, and sound/colour design. The revenue model is a hybrid of recurring subscriptions (both consumer and B2B), one-off project fees for weddings, expeditions and corporate work, and one-time digital product licences and gift vouchers. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via the company website (consultation-gated subscription application, online shop, contact forms) supplemented by content marketing (Insights blog), an Instagram channel (@lostoffcourse), and paid social advertising using client footage as creative. Customers are largely small/micro businesses and individuals, with named work spanning Pencils for Kids (NGO), Prime Cut (SMB F&B), Form Fitness Yangon, Kazakhstan International School, Bigouden, Alpine-Exposure, Bulat Alimov's North Pole expedition, and a Portugal wedding — the firm does not currently disclose revenue, headcount, or funding and operates as a founder-led, distributed small team.

Name

KULESHOV FILMS LTD

Legal name

KULESHOV FILMS LTD

Website

https://kuleshovfilms.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kuleshov Films Ltd is a UK-registered video production company that edits travellers' raw footage into cinematic films via tiered monthly subscriptions ($350-$1,990) and serves brands with ongoing monthly video retainers (from £1,200), alongside one-off filming, weddings, and a digital filming guide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Video Production Services

NAICS

Motion Picture and Video Production (512110)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYMPADADAM

Travel & Adventure Documentaries

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Film & Video Production/Distribution/Documentary & Nonfiction Production

SECONDARYMPADADAA

Feature-Length Documentaries

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Film & Video Production/Distribution/Documentary & Nonfiction Production

Keywords

• Video editing services
• Travel filmmaking
• Corporate video production
• Video post-production
• Brand video content

Headquarters

HQ city

Preston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Travel Video Editing Subscriptions: Three tiered monthly subscription plans for individual travellers and adventurers (Travel Journal, Storyteller, Director's Cut) where customers submit raw footage monthly and receive a finished cinematic travel film. Billed monthly via subscription. Recurring revenue model with tiered pricing from $350 to $1,990 per month.
2. Brand Video Production Retainers: Monthly retainer packages for businesses and brands needing ongoing video editing and production (Starter, Expand, Retain, Custom tiers). Retainers include ongoing collaboration, content planning, editing, social media clips, thumbnails, and photography. Starting at £1,200 per month, billed monthly. Recurring revenue.
3. Digital Products: Sale of digital guides and resources (e.g. Lost Travels Filming Guide – 6 Practical Steps). One-time purchase model at $1.00 (sale price) from original $7.99. Additional digital vouchers and gift certificates available.
4. One-off Video Editing Projects: Custom project-based video editing services for individual travellers, corporate clients, and events (weddings, charity films, promotional videos). One-time fees, with deposit upfront and balance upon completion. Payment methods include PayPal, wire transfer, and major credit/debit cards.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Kuleshov Films converts raw travel, adventure, and corporate footage into cinematic, story-driven films through three tiered monthly subscriptions (Travel Journal, Travel Storyteller, Director's Cut) and parallel monthly brand video production retainers (Starter, Expand, Retain, Custom). It also delivers one-off editing projects, on-location filming services, a digital filming guide, and gift vouchers, operating on a handcrafted, no-template editing model with licensed music, sound design, colour grading, and map animations bundled in.

Product overview

KULESHOV FILMS LTD is a UK-registered video production company (Company Number: 14829979) offering a portfolio of video editing and filmmaking services primarily focused on travel and adventure content. The core offering consists of three tiered monthly subscription plans for travel video editing: Tier 1 – Travel Journal (US$350/month, up to 5 minutes), Tier 2 – Travel Storyteller (US$899/month, up to 10 minutes), and Tier 3 – Director's Cut (US$1,990/month, up to 20 minutes). These subscription tiers are complemented by a Video Production Retainer Service for brands and corporate clients (with Starter, Expand, Retain, and Custom tiers starting at £1,200/month), one-off project-based editing services, a digital Filming Guide product (LOST TRAVELS), and digital gift vouchers. The company also provides filming services, sound design, and covers diverse video types including travel films, brand campaigns, weddings, charity documentaries, corporate content, and extreme sports/editing projects.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Tier 1 – Travel Journal Video Editing Subscription A basic monthly video editing subscription producing up to 5 minutes of final runtime with simple chronological cuts, light audio cleanup, basic titles, and one revision round. Aimed at short trips, weekend getaways, and casual adventures that need a clean record rather than cinematic grading or complex storytelling.
• Tier 2 – Travel Storyteller Video Editing Subscription A mid-tier monthly video editing subscription producing up to 10 minutes of final runtime with story-driven editing, gentle colour correction, licensed music tracks, simple transitions, and two revision rounds. Targeted at week-long trips, road journeys, and multi-day adventures that require stronger narrative structure.
• Tier 3 – Director's Cut Video Editing Subscription

Quantifiable outcome

• Three distinct films crafted from the same North Pole expedition footage, each with a unique emotional approach
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• Poseidon ExpeditionsminorOthersPoseidon Expeditions is an Arctic expedition company operating the nuclear icebreaker 50 Let Pobedy. Kuleshov Films served as the editing partner for a client's North Pole expedition, combining the client's personal footage with Poseidon Expeditions' expedition footage to produce a trilogy of Arctic films.
• Alpine-Exposure (Danh Tran)minorOthersAlpine-Exposure, run by Danh Tran, facilitated the Sail & Ski Norway Lyngen Alps trip. Kuleshov Films provided video post-production editing for the client's resulting travel film. Alpine-Exposure coordinated the adventure logistics; Kuleshov Films handled the editing.
• Pencils for Kids, Inc.minorOthersKuleshov Films collaborated with Pencils for Kids, a charity operating K-college programs in Myanmar, Bali, and Laos, to produce a documentary-style film for their 10th anniversary celebration in Yangon. Kuleshov Films donated production services for this charity film.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Storykit: Automated video creation SaaS producing branded short-form content from existing assets. Comparable because it addresses the same brand video subscription / recurring editing use case for SMBs and content teams.
• Animoto: Drag-and-drop subscription video creation tool for marketing and social content. Comparable because it occupies the same 'turn raw footage into a finished video' subscription niche that Kuleshov serves.
• Magisto (Vimeo Create): Subscription-based video editing platform (now part of Vimeo) that turns raw footage into edited videos automatically. Comparable because it offers subscription editing services targeting similar SMB and prosumer use cases as Kuleshov's tiered subscriptions.
• Promo.com: Subscription SaaS for creating branded video content with templates, music licensing and social clips. Comparable because it targets the same brand-marketing video output Kuleshov delivers through its retainer service.
• GoPro Quik: Subscription editing app purpose-built for GoPro and action-camera footage from travel and adventure activities. Comparable because it directly targets Kuleshov's primary customer segment — travellers with raw action-cam footage.

Broad incumbents

• Red Bull Media House: In-house adventure and travel content production studio producing high-end films around extreme sports and expeditions. Comparable for the adventure/expedition travel-film niche that Kuleshov serves at SMB scale.
• Adobe (Premiere Pro + Frame.io): Industry-standard professional editing suite and cloud collaboration platform used by virtually all video production houses. Comparable because Kuleshov's own stack is built on these tools, and Frame.io enables subscription-based editing services at scale.

Emerging players

• CapCut: Free, AI-enhanced video editor from ByteDance widely used by travel and lifestyle creators. Comparable as a low-cost substitute that compresses the value proposition of premium editing subscriptions.
• VEED.io: Browser-based subscription video editor with strong social-clip and captioning features. Comparable as a lower-cost alternative editing subscription serving the same creator and SMB base.
• InVideo: AI-assisted subscription video creation platform targeting marketers and creators. Comparable as a tech-enabled substitute for handcrafted editing at lower price points.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Instagraminstagram.com/lostoffcourse
• Facebookfacebook.com/KULESHOVFILMS

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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