Storyscope seeks to unlock the freshest energy of creative Africa to develop original ideas for the local and global content markets. Comfortable working across content genres, cultures, and time zones, Storyscope is drawn to narratives exploring personal and political revolutions and is highly motivated to unleash the potential of emerging and established African storytellers and nurture a creative space where the most compelling ideas are given every opportunity to thrive.

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Storyscope’s founding partner, Neil Brandt, has developed, produced, commissioned, and distributed hundreds of hours of fiction and nonfiction content on broadcast, theatrical, and SVOD platforms, including ARTE, Netflix, Al Jazeera, VPRO, MTV, Sundance Channel, BBC, PBS, ZDF, NHK, CGTN, and FX.

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Feature documentaries are at the core of our DNA. Storyscope’s most recent, a Canadian/South African co-production, Influence, directed by Richard Poplak and Diana Neille, is a global-trotting political thriller in a time when democracy is up for sale. The film competed in official competition at Sundance 2020 and is currently on the global festival circuit, winning best South African Documentary at Durban International Film Festival 2020 and going on to screen at over 50 festivals worldwide. The film is currently screening on Arte (France), CBC (Canada), eTV (South Africa) and iTunes (US).

 

Storyscope's five-part Netflix docu-series SENZO: Murder of a Soccer Star, about the murder of  South African Soccer Legend Senzo Meyiwa, won the 2023 Saftas for best documentary series. Directed by Sara Blecer, the series premiered on Netflix in April 2022. 

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Further recent non-fiction films include The March of the White Elephants (2015), Whispering Truth to Power (2018), Ga Da Lomba (2019), An Islanders Lens (2020), I’Mary (2021) and The Ghosts of Gadaffi (2021). Whispering Truth to Power won the Special Jury Prize at Hot Docs.