Storyscope is a hyper-focused, talent-driven studio with a long-term vision to be one of Africa's most high-profile content generators. We are inspired by personal and political revolutions that generate once-in-a-lifetime culture shifts, motivated to unlock the potential of both emerging and proven South African talent and nurture a creative space where exciting ideas are given every opportunity to thrive. Storyscope is comfortable working across content genres, cultures and time zones and is passionate about supporting authentic African voices that challenge stereotypes. Between Storyscope’s founding partners – Neil Brandt, Laura Colucci and Thandi Davids – we have developed, produced, commissioned and distributed hundreds of hours of fiction and non-fiction content on broadcast, theatrical and SVOD platforms. Including Amazon, ARTE, Netflix, Al Jazeera, VPRO, MTV, Sundance Channel, BBC, PBS, ZDF, NHK, CGTN, FX, National Geographic Channel and Fox Channels. In 2022, Storyscope launched Netflix’s first True Crime Series in Africa, SENZO: MURDER OF A SOCCER STAR, exploring the quest for finding the truth about the murder of one of South Africa’s most cherished sons, putting a spotlight on the raw emotions that exist in a space where the truth is impossible to find when everyone has something to hide. Storyscope’s South African/Canadian co-produced feature documentary INFLUENCE, a global-trotting political thriller in a time where democracy is up for sale, competed in official competition at Sundance 2020, winning best South African Documentary at Durban International Film Festival in 2020. Storyscope is currently executive producing YAHOO BOY, a vibrant YA thriller with its finger on the pulse of a lost generation, and HALO DAZE, a trip to the dark side of Cape Town where everybody is chasing the sun. We are currently development on THE BLESSED GIRL, Angela Makholwa hit novel, ready for global streaming in 2024 Storyscope is fearless in its approach to taking both its fiction and non-fiction stories to local and global audiences, fully comfortable in that magical space where art, business and digital screens intersect.