Soulful Storytellers

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.

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.

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!

Submissions can be birth or family—'day in the life' keepsake films. The length and format is fairly open. Submissions can be shorter social reels/teasers or longer documentary style films. Our recommendation is to choose a format that is manageable and is going to give you the ability to demonstrate your filmmaking skills and keep your audience engaged!

Film Fest submissions will be shared with our community and potentially online for promotional purposes. For this reason it is important to ensure all the necessary permissions and copyright are obtained before submitting your film.

Subject: Family 'day in the life' or birth keepsake film Length: Under 10mins
Format: Landscape or portrait (social reels / teasers)
Export size: Under 2 GB where possible
Important: Necessary permissions and copyright need to be obtained

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.

Members are entitled to one Film Fest submission. Additional Film Fest Submissions can be purchased for subsequent Film Fest celebrations

Our biannual SSBV Film Fest Celebrations will be help on the second Wednesday of March and September each year.

Upcoming SSBV Film Fest Celebrations are:
Wed 12, March 2025 @11am AEST
Wed 10, Sept 2025 @11am AEST

To give us time to prepare for the festivities the deadline for submissions is one week before each Film Fest.

The submission deadline for our next Film Fest is:
Wed 5 March 2025 @11am AEST Wed 5 March 2025 @11am AEST

Once you have created a film that meets submission guidelines—including making sure the necessary permissions and copyright in place—DM us and we'll send you a personal dropbox link for you upload your completed family 'day in the life' or birth keepsake film.