SSN

SSN

SSN helps storytellers unfold vulnerable stories safely.

Through training, tools and care-centred guidance, SSN helps storytellers protect themselves, their teams, and the communities connected to each story.

Why this matters

Stories travel further than the people who create them.

They cross borders, screens, festivals, archives and platforms. Along the way, they pass through many hands, systems and technologies.

Each movement can open new audiences, but also new risks for the storyteller, their team and the communities connected to the story.

What SSN does

Three ways to build safer storytelling practice.

SSN works with storytellers, projects and partners before risk becomes harm.

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Training

Build safety into the story from the beginning.

Workshops helping filmmakers assess digital, physical and ethical risks before production.

Read the approach 02

Project Support

See the risks before they become harm.

Tailored risk assessment for a sensitive film or storytelling project.

Read the approach 03

Partnerships

Create safer spaces for vulnerable stories to unfold.

Secure storytelling programmes designed with festivals, organisations and communities.

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How we work

Security is not only technical.

We bring together digital and physical safety, ethics, consent, wellbeing and care, helping storytellers sustain both their work and themselves.

A lightweight working rhythm
  1. Prepare
  2. Protect
  3. Care
  4. Adapt

Impact

Practical support, delivered in focused formats.

From 1-hour sessions to 4-day intensives.

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filmmakers trained

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workshops and training programmes delivered

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training hours

240 face-to-face hours and 20 virtual hours.

Testimonials

Participant reflections from SSN workshops.

Short reflections from people who have taken part in SSN training and workshop spaces.

“I’m grateful to have met the organisers at this moment. The programme gave me strength to continue creating and living.”

Kai, filmmaker 4-day workshop participant

“My fear became smaller.”

Anonymous, storyteller 3-day workshop participant

“Learning and exchanging ideas in a safe environment with a positive atmosphere.”

Mei, independent filmmaker, producer Full-day workshop participant

“Meeting people outside my own circle made me feel that I have professional backup now: reliable information, security knowledge and people I can trust.”

Daniel, visual storyteller 3-day workshop participant

Who we are

Secure Storyteller Network supports storytellers working with vulnerable stories.

SSN brings together training, tools and care-centred guidance for filmmakers and storytelling teams working across borders, communities and complex contexts.

Learn more about SSN →

Supporters and partners

Working with people who make safer storytelling possible.

Founding supporter Berlinale Talents
DBACE

Deutsche Bank Award for Creative Entrepreneurs

Mentoring partner Security Matters Asia

Who we work with

SSN works with people and organisations around vulnerable stories.

Support can be shaped for creative teams, cultural spaces and networks that hold responsibility for sensitive stories.

Storytellers and film teams Festivals and cultural organisations Funders and support networks

Work With Us

Bring SSN into a training, festival, organisation or programme.

Train with SSN, partner with SSN, or explore how secure storytelling support could sit within your work.

Work With Us