your family will spend four months paying attention to each other in a way everyday life rarely allows. you’ll explore where you’ve come from, who you are now, what you know and what you can learn from one another, across generations and in both directions.

there may be things you’ve never asked, stories you’ve never heard, skills you’ve never learned, or parts of each other you’ve simply never had the time to discover. the project gives you a reason to be curious, to share, to have fun and to make space for those discoveries.

each month has a different focus, leading to one shared outcome, your family archive.

every family has stories, the ones everyone knows, the ones you’ve never thought to ask, and the ones only one person remembers.

we’ll help you uncover the stories, memories and experiences that make up your family, and record them in the voices of the people who lived them.

we’ll have professional photographs of your family as you are now.

everyone together, as well as the smaller relationships within it, grandparents and grandchildren, siblings, cousins, partners, chosen blood, and whoever else makes up your family.

you’ll choose something to experience, explore or make together.

it might be a family recipe, a dj night, a dance, a game, a place, a skill, a tradition, or something completely new.

it’s a chance to share what you know, learn from one another and enjoy being together.

we’ll bring everything you’ve discovered and created together into one family archive.

your photographs, recorded stories, film and creative work will become a beautifully designed family book and private digital archive, giving you a way to return to this moment and pass it on.

whoever you consider family.

that might be your parents, grandparents, children, siblings, cousins, partners, close friends, or people who became family along the way.

everyone doesn’t need to take part in everything. we’ll work around your family and decide together who should be involved at each stage.

(all studio based segments are fully ground floor accessible)

the project belongs to your family.

your photographs, recordings, film, book and archive are yours to keep. with your permission, parts of the project may also become part of the wider riónce family project, through our films, exhibitions or family project magazine.

you decide what you’re happy to share.

the first residency runs from october 2026 to january 2027, with six families.

the next runs from february to may 2027, followed by june to september 2027, with a dozen families.

the family project is one four-month experience, with three levels of documentation depending on how you want your family’s time together captured + kept.

/// simple — £1,800 ///
/// intimate — £3,200 ///
/// cinematic — £6,400 ///

riónce members get 25% off if paid upfront <3

(oct 2026 -jan 2027 residency only)

every option takes you through your stories, your people, your culture + your archive. what changes is the level of production + the final pieces you take away.

you’re welcome to capture your own photographs + videos throughout; only footage captured by riónce is included in our edits, except family archive material incorporated into the cinematic film.

/// individual family projects ///

not ready for the full four months? subject to availability, your stories, your people + your culture can each be booked as individual family projects with intimate-level documentation, from £650.

[£1,800 upfront or £500 × 4 = £2,000]

intentionally lo-fi; the important things, simply captured.

✓ your stories — family conversations recorded + edited into a mini audio episode
✓ your people — professional family photography + 12mp digital camera documentation
✓ your culture — 60-minute live recorded family dj set or activity mini-project of your choice
✓ your archive — private digital family archive website

✓ 45-min project management & success call each month with accountability coach rebecca page-chapman

✓ 30-min call each month with creative director + founder oleta semple

/// £3,200 upfront or £875 × 4 = £3,500 ///

closer documentation; more of your time together captured as it happens.

✓ your stories — iphone video + audio conversations edited into a mini episode
✓ your people — professional family photography + iphone video documentation
✓ your culture — 60-minute live recorded family dj set or activity mini-project of your choice
✓ your film — 5–8 minute iphone film bringing together the four-month experience
✓ your archive — private digital family archive website

✓ 45-min project management & success call each month with accountability coach rebecca page-chapman

✓ 30-min call each month with creative director + founder oleta semple

/// £6,400 upfront or £1,750 × 4 = £7,000 ///

the full experience, professionally documented in 4k film + photography.

✓ your stories — professionally filmed + recorded in 4k, edited into a mini episode
✓ your people — professional family photography + 4k film documentation
✓ your culture — professionally filmed family dj set or activity mini-project
✓ your film — 10–15 minute professionally produced 4k family film bringing together the four-month experience
✓ your memories — existing family photographs, home videos + archive material can be woven into your film
✓ your archive — private digital family archive website
✓ your family magazine — professionally designed digital edition + one physical copy

✓ 45-min project management & success call each month with accountability coach rebecca page-chapman

✓ 30-min call each month with creative director + founder oleta semple

✓ 30-min call with filmaker

step 01 — register

send us your details + tell us a little about your family.

step 02 — let’s talk

we’ll arrange a short call with one or two members of your family.

nothing formal. we want to hear a little about you, answer your questions + understand what you’d like to keep.

step 03 — we begin

one session each month from october through january for the first 6 aligned families who are ready to go ahead.

stories → people → culture → archive.

by the end, four months of ordinary family life have become something you can actually return to.