The Boy Who Collected Sound feature film

STORY Inc. Asia is proud to be producing the feature film The Boy Who Collected Sound along with 67 Pictures. "Unable to speak since birth, a shy young man must help his dying mother reconcile with her estranged family. Moving from the confines of their small council flat, the journey brings him into the untamed landscape of a remote island community". The Boy Who Collected Sound has been described as The King’s Speech meets The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Screenplay by Steven Benedict & Conor Murphy and story by James Fair. Key crew include production manager David Byrne, executive producer James Phelan, producers Conor Murphy and Niall Phelan, and director Steven Benedict. The Boy Who Collected Sound will be shot on location in London, UK and Faroe Islands, Denmark in Autumn 2017.

Noughts and Exes documentary

Story Inc. Asia has long been huge fans of Hong Kong's most talented band Noughts and Exes so we were delighted to ask to produce their album launch concert and a documentary as co-production with Laundromatte. The documentary is slated to premiere at the Hong Kong International Film Festival. The band's last record A Fine Line was voted a Top Ten Album for China by Time Out Magazine and they were voted TIME Magazine's number two Asian bands to watch. Noughts and Exes's Indie folk pop sound has by lead by its multicultural line up from Hong Kong, Canada, Britain and Australia and is finding a place in the hearts of a growing number of fans. Key crew includes cameramen: Dean Head, Derrick Fong, Luke Casey, Jason Riddell, John Elphinstone, Nick Dearman, and Simon Fuller; co-producers and co-directors Joshua Wong and Niall Phelan.

Return to Rajasthan documentary

A recent DNA study proves what many European gypsies have long known, that they are descendant from Gypsies in Rajasthan, India. In response the Gypsy Sound Revolution a super group founded by Gipsy Kings former drummer Ced Leonardi and Gipsy Kings family members George Reyes and Mario Reyes who are joined by the Spanish flamenco legend Antonio Carmona - as well as other European gypsies. Return to Rajasthan follows this amazing musical and cultural journey as they negotiate the common land and wide gulfs between them from the studio in Los Angeles; to Gipsy Kings' home in Camargue, France; the Gypsy Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, Germany; and migration gateway in Istanbul, Turkey before travelling to their ancestral home in Jodhpur, India to work with local artists to record an album fusing traditional Rumba with Indian Alap or 'Bomboleo meets Bollywood'. This will be showcased at the Rajasthan International Folk Festival (RIFF) - the world's largest and most experimental. Return to Rajasthan has been developed by Hedway Inc and Story Inc. Asia. Gypsy Sound Revolution is management by Red Light Management.

Hong Kong - Asian Film Financing Forum

Story Inc. Asia is honoured to have been chosen by Create Hong Kong as one of the SMEs to participant in their CreateSmart Initiative facilitating growth of creative industries at Hong Kong - Asian Film Financing Forum (HAF). As one of the most important film-financing platform in Asia, HAF brings filmmakers with upcoming projects from Asia and beyond to Hong Kong for co-production ventures with top financiers, producers, bankers, distributors and buyers. Attended by more than 1,000 filmmakers and financiers from at least 39 countries and regions, around 30 projects are selected annually to participate in the three-day event. HAF is held concurrently with Hong Kong International Film and TV Market (FILMART) organised by the Hong Kong International Film Festival Society (HKIFFS), the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Hong Kong Motion Picture Industry Association (MPIA), and funded by Create Hong Kong and Film Development Fund.

Film Finance Forum East at TIFF

Story Inc. Asia is honoured to be chosen to speak at on film development in Asia at the Film Finance Forum East at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). The forum selects financiers, producers, agents, distributors, and marketeers to discuss key strategies for the independent film business model. Representing producers in Asia Laura is joined by such industry notables as: agent Mark Ankner, WME Entertainment distributor Jeffrey Chan, Bona Film Group, collector Maarten Melchior, Fintage. The Film Finance Forum is presented by Winston Baker in association with Variety. For more information see Film Finance Forum East.


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