About
The Story Oasis Film, Sports, and Media Fund develops, produces, acquires, and distributes compelling content. We are uniquely positioned to thrive thanks to our secure domestic and global distribution through our sister companies. Film Bite, our vertical filmmaking production and distribution company, taps into the $10B, soon to be $18B global vertical market.
The Ryz Sports Network, our juggernaut, is the world’s fastest-growing sports network, available on every major FAST (free ad-supported television) streaming platform in the United States, including Samsung TV+, Amazon, Roku, Google, LG, VIZIO, Fubo, DIRECTV, and more. Ryz’s signal reaches over 720 million active user accounts across all of our distribution platforms, a number that will swell to nearly 800 million by Q4 of 2026.
The
Lonely Seal Company Group owns
Lonely Seal Releasing, a 20+-year-old international film distribution and sales company that attends significant global film and content markets to acquire and sell product. These include the Cannes Film Festival/Market, Berlin, NATPE, Hong Kong, AFM, and Tokyo, among others. Additionally, the
Lonely Seal International Film, Screenplay, and Music Festival has been named a multiple-time “Top 100 Best-Reviewed” festival. Thus, investors can rest assured that the fund’s content will be distributed, eliminating the largest hurdle any filmed, streamed, or broadcast product faces. Vertical filmmaking projects will be distributed through Film Bite; sports content will be on the Ryz Sports Network; and all content will be available to the Lonely Seal Company Group for international sales and/or for showcasing at our top-rated film festival.
Story Oasis is run by
Hammad Zaidi, who founded Film Bite and Lonely Seal and co-founded The Ryz Sports Network. Zaidi serves as the CEO of all our sister companies. Hammad brings unparalleled insight through his 30+ years of experience. He has served and or is currently serving as a global cinema buyer and distributor, a film festival founder, judge, program curator, international screener, filmmaker advisor, advisory board, board of directors and advisory council member, member of the Producers Guild of America, the Writers Guild of America, film business columnist, journalist, adjunct professor, panelist and guest lecturer at multiple film festivals, film organizations, film publications, and universities. The film festivals Hammad has been involved with include Sundance, SXSW, Slamdance, Temecula, Flickerfest (Sydney, Australia), Cinequest, and Kansas City, to name a few. He published 256 articles on international distribution and film-career strategies in his “Going Bionic” column for Film Threat. Universities where Hammad has taught, lectured, served as a panelist, or been a member of an advisory council include UCLA, LMU, USC, Vanderbilt, KU, UMKC, CSUN, San Diego State, The Watkins School of Art and Design (which has since been acquired by Belmont University), and more. The film organizations Hammad has served on the board of directors of include Cinema Without Borders, amongst others.
The Story Oasis Film, Sports, and Media Fund is clearly an “oasis,” as few other funds offer our blend of opportunity, access, and control over worldwide distribution and domestic streaming. We thank you in advance for taking the time to consider our fund, and we invite you to join us.