your one-stop shop for turning your sidequest into a story worth keeping.
read this before you start filming! it covers everything: what we're looking for, how to structure it, what to capture, and how to submit. don't stress about being perfect — stress about being real.
before the archive even existed, we imagined a map.
not a map of places; a map of people. a record of all the moments someone decided to restart, redefine who they were, and change where they were going. because that's the truth we built this whole thing on: you are never fixed. you can always begin again.
but a decision only becomes real when it's witnessed. a quest you took and never captured slowly fades into a "thing you did once." a quest you documented becomes a story — and stories are what make things matter. thing the iphone, lightbulbs, every thing ingrained in our culture now - it started with someones story! they're what you return to. they're what you hand to the next person who's scared to start.
so we don't ask you to document because we want content. we ask because we want your sidequest to become the inflection point it deserves to be. the before-and-after line in your own story.
years from now, you'll watch it back. and you'll remember the exact moment you stopped putting it off and finally said yes.
that's why we document.
your documentary isn't a highlight reel — it's a story. think peak youtube vlog. I’m talking early 2010, trisha paytas (ball knowledge), video essays/ the ones where you actually feel something by the end because you watched someone want something, chase it, struggle, and come out changed.
we're not looking for a polished brand film. we're looking for you, on a journey, captured honestly. the messy parts are the good parts :)
a few non-negotiables so everything fits in the archive: