A quiet portrait — a life story waiting to be kept

Your story · Their story · Kept as an archive

Some stories are too important to leave unsaid.

We help build intimate archives that are made to be kept and passed on.

What you get

An archive of collections you can hold onto.

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  • A living archive

    One kept place of a film, photographs, transcripts and a family timeline, organised so the story can be returned to and added to.

  • A film at the centre

    An intimate documentary episode shaped from a real conversation. This is the heart of the archive, and the most careful work we do.

  • A gift that grows

    Not a one-off. A collection you can pass on, share with the people who should sit with it, and keep telling as life continues.

How it feels

At home or in the studio, a conversation that becomes the heart of the archive.

We gather what already exists — from photographs, recordings, scraps of memory — then sit with the person whose story is at the centre.

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Who we serve

Everyone at any age and stage.

For yourself, or for someone you love. We work with people who want their life stories told and held in one place.

  • For yourself

    An archive of who you are so far.

    A woman sitting alone by a window in quiet afternoon light
  • For someone you love

    We'll help you capture and tell their story.

    An elder and her granddaughter sitting close together at home
  • Milestones

    Record and keep the major milestones that define your life.

    Hands joined over a celebration cake in warm golden light

Start with a conversation. Nothing more.

Tell us whose life story you have in mind, yours or someone else's. We'll tell you whether we're the right people to help you keep it.

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