Unlock Member Community Underpinning the Soulful Storytellers Experience

Support and inspiration your filmmaking journey deserves!

As a Soulful Storytellers member, you’ll gain ongoing access to a vibrant community of passionate creatives eager to elevate their filmmaking craft. Connect through our exclusive Facebook group and community chat, where you can share insights, find inspiration, and explore guides that complement the Soulful Storytelling for Birth Videographers (SSBV) course.

Connect with new members with Live Orientations, plus submit your completed storytelling project at our annual Film Fest — Graduation / Keepsake Filmmaking Showcase. Whether you're just starting out or ready to level up, our Soulful Storytellers Experience facilitates the perfect blend of accountability and support you need to achieve your storytelling goals!

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Browse lessons created to guide you through the Soulful Storytellers Experience

    1. Welcome to Your Creative Community

    2. How to Join & Engage with the Community

    3. Community Events & Shared Experiences

    4. Before You Go — Explore What’s Next

    1. 🎬 Welcome to the SSBV Film Fest

    2. 📋 Who Can Submit to the Film Fest

    3. 📚 Storytelling Project Guidelines + Tips

    4. 📅 Submission Deadlines + Event Dates

    5. 📤 Submit Your Storytelling Project

    6. 🥂 You Did It — What’s Next?

    7. ➕ Additional Film Festival Submissions

About this course

  • $500.00
  • 11 lessons
  • 0 hours of video content

included in all memberships

When you join, you’ll enjoy access to...

  • Exclusive Facebook Group

    Stay in the loop with the latest discussions and announcements, and connect with a tribe of creative, like-minded birth filmmakers who are all about pushing the boundaries of keepsake filmmaking.

  • Community Chat

    Dive into our community chat where you can share ideas, ask questions, and collaborate with fellow filmmakers who are just as passionate as you are about elevating the craft.

  • Workflow Guides

    Access guides that align with our storytelling workflow, offering insightful discussions, helpful links, and case studies that augment the SSBV course experience.

  • Intake Orientations

    Join our live intake orientations to stay connected, get the latest updates, and help welcome new members into this incredible community.

  • SSBV Film Fest

    Celebrate the art of birth filmmaking at our annual celebrations, where we honor SSBV graduates and showcase how our community is redefining keepsake filmmaking.

  • Add-on discount

    Enjoy 40% off membership add-ons, from course pathways, Soulful Studio subscriptions, one-on-one mentorship sessions and additional Film-Fest submissions—because learning never stops!

Join the Celebrations

Showcase your filmmaking with the community

The Soulful Storytellers Film Fest is part graduation and part storytelling showcase. Ultimately it’s a celebration—an opportunity for our members to honour our SSBV graduates and showcase the reimagining of keepsake filmmaking that has taken place within our community.

For SSBV students, our Film Fest is the final step to officially completing the SSBV Course and storytelling project. 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!

ready for our next Film Fest Celebration?

Submission deadline: Wed 2 Sep, 2026 @10am AEST

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FAQ

  • What is the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest?

    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. 

  • Who can submit films into the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest?

    Film Fest invites and submissions come included in all course and community memberships. A submission entitles members to enter a family ‘day in the life’ or birth keepsake film into our annual Film Fest.

  • Can members submit more than one film or submit a film in a future Film Fest

    Members are entitled to one Film Fest submission. Additional Film Fest Submissions can be purchased and are valid for 10 months from time of purchase.

  • Is the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest a competition?

    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.

  • What is the purpose of the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest?

    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.

  • Why submit a film into the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest?

    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!

  • What are the parameters or guidelines for a Film Fest submission

    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

  • When is the next Soulful Storytellers Film Fest and submission deadline?

    Our hope is that the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest will become an annual event however for now frequency and event dates may vary depending on demand. Next Film Fest: Wed, 12 Mar 2025 @11am AEST

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

  • How are films submitted into the Soulful Storytellers Film Fest?

    Follow the instructions outlined in the your Film Fest submission course player and use the Dropbox link provided to upload your film.