Soulful Storytellers

The Soulful Storytellers Film Fest is part graduation part storytelling showcase. Ultimately it’s a celebration—an opportunity for our members to get dressed in something a little bit fancy, connect online, break out a drink of choice, honour our SSBV graduates and showcase the reimagining of keepsake filmmaking that has taken place within our community. 

Our Additional Film Fest Submission is designed to provide SSBV graduates and community members who have cashed in the Film Fest submission included in their initial membership with an opportunity to showcase films at future Film Fest Celebrations.

Members are entitled to submit one film into each Film Fest celebration. Once an original membership submission has been cashed in additional Film Fest Submissions can be purchased and are valid for 300 days (approximately 10 months) from time of purchase.

In keeping with our desire to foster community over competition the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest is not a competition but rather a celebration—an opportunity for community members to connect and showcase the reimagining of keepsake filmmaking that has taken place within our community.

The Soulful Storytellers Film Fest not only provides a tangible goal and incentive for SSBV students aiming to complete course content and storytelling project it facilitates an opportunity for all of our members to connect as a community. Our hope is that gathering together online and showcasing members’ filmmaking skills, provides a valuable source of inspiration and encouragement as we look to infuse a gold vibes only mentality that elevates the standard of birth videography.

For SSBV students, the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest is not only an opportunity to showcase the learning that has taken place throughout the course, it’s the final step to officially completing the SSBV Course and receiving the Soulful Storytellers Artisan Filmmakers Badge and SSBV Certificate of Completion.

For community members, submitting a film into the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest is an opportunity to join in the celebration, showcase their filmmaking and inspire others in the process!

The length and format of Soulful Storytellers' film submissions is fairly open. You can submit a shorter length reel or longer documentary style film. Our recommendation is to try to keep your films under 5 mins where possible. Our overarching guideline is to choose a format that is manageable and is going to give you the ability to demonstrate your storytelling skills and keep your audience engaged!

Films submitted in our Film Fest will be shared with our community and potentially shared online (website and social media) for promotional purposes. For this reason it is important to ensure you have all the necessary permissions and copyrights in place before submitting your film.

Subject: Family ‘day in the life’ and birth keepsake films
Length: Under 10mins
Format: Landscape or portrait (reels)
Export size: Under 2 GB where possible
Important: Make sure permissions and copyrights have been obtained

Our hope is that the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest will be an annual event. However for now, the frequency of these celebrations may vary depending on factors such as student numbers and Film Fest submissions. Film Fest dates and submission deadline will be posted on our website and announced via our community groups and chats. In order to give our instructors time to prepare, films need to be submitted at least one week before the Film Fest. Next Film Fest: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 @11am AEST

Submission deadline: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 @11am AEST

Once you have purchased your addition Film Fest submission, follow the submission guide outlined in the your course player and use the Dropbox link provided to upload your film.