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
Replica (2026) Review
READ
Everything about me is good in his eyes: the women in China choosing AI boyfriends over human men
LISTEN
Guest Shannon Owen
RESEARCH
Left Write Hook: a case study of producing a feature length documentary across and within the marketplace and the academy
READ
AIDC 2025 award winners announced.
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
Documentary Futures: harnessing hope to create alternative futures through ethically engaged documentary filmmaking encounters.
READ
‘People’s lives have been changed’: could boxing help child abuse survivors deal with trauma?
REVIEW
Left Write Hook review: survivor documentary stings like a bee.
LISTEN
Left, Write Hook with Dr Donna Lyon & Dr Shannon Owen.
READ
Left Write Hook follows survivors of childhood sexual abuse reclaiming power through boxing.
LISTEN
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