DOCUMENTARY

FUTURES

shannon@docfutures.net

Documentary Futures is the on-line home of filmmaker and researcher Shannon Owen. Working closely with participants, Shannon’s films reveal the human impact of broader socio-political issues. Her research interests centre the change making potential of documentary storytelling.

SHANNON OWEN

Filmmaker & Researcher

Left write hook 
When The Sky Fell Down - The Myth of Guy Bourdin
South Sudanese Futures           Just Punishment 

Screening Now

Left Write Hook | Director, Producer

Feature Documentary Film

Now Streaming on Netflix AUSNZ

Replica | co-director

Feature Documentary Film

2026 Festival Screenings - Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, Visions Du Reel, HotDocs, DOXA Documentary Festival, DocsBarcelona, Sydney Film Festival, Sheffield Doc Fest, Doc Edge Festival, Flyinf Broome International Women’s Film Festival, SevilFest Azerbaijan, Melbourne International Film Festival, Pingyao International Film Festival

Screening Now

Publications

REVIEW

Asian Movie Pulse

Replica (2026) Review

READ

The Guardian

Everything about me is good in his eyes: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men

LISTEN

Wolf Cub Film Club Podcast

Guest Shannon Owen

RESEARCH

Media Practice & Education

Left Write Hook: a case study of producing a feature length documentary across and within the marketplace and the academy

READ

British Cinematographer

AIDC 2025 award winners announced.

RESEARCH

RESEARCH

Documentary Futures

Documentary Futures: harnessing hope to create alternative futures through ethically engaged documentary filmmaking encounters.

READ

The Guardian

‘People’s lives have been changed’: could boxing help child abuse survivors deal with trauma?

REVIEW

Screen Hub

Left Write Hook review: survivor documentary stings like a bee.

LISTEN

Magic Hour Podcast

Left, Write Hook with Dr Donna Lyon & Dr Shannon Owen.

READ

ABC News

Left Write Hook follows survivors of childhood sexual abuse reclaiming power through boxing.

LISTEN

Cinefest Oz Podcast

In Conversation with the team from Left Write Hook.

RESEARCH

International Journal of Wellbeing

Left / Write// Hook - A mixed methods study of a writing and boxing workshop for survivors of childhood sexual abuse and trauma