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Founded by an
Award Winning Filmmaker
Your film is edited by
World Renowned Film Editors
100%
Satisfaction Guaranteed
The complete filming kit & documentary edit service that turns your story into a cinematic film.
For retirements, milestone birthdays, anniversaries & celebrations of a life's work
As Seen On
Founded by an
Award Winning Filmmaker
Your film is edited by
World Renowned Film Editors
100%
Satisfaction Guaranteed
How It Works
Pick the depth of storytelling your occasion calls for. Choose from the self-filmed options or full production options. Then tell us about the film you envision - who you'd like to film, the occasion, the feeling - and L36 shapes every cut around it.
Everything your smartphone needs to become a true film camera: a tripod, a professional microphone, and charging equipment — plus your shot list and conversation questions. All of it yours to keep.
Get out there and have fun. Be sure to capture a story because that is the spine of the film. Follow the shot list and film straight into the L36 app — clips barely touch your phone's storage and arrive with our editors the moment you stop recording.
Upload any additional footage you want woven in — older videos, photographs, the things that belong in their story.
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Our editors craft the cinematic cut and deliver your film in 4–6 weeks. Unveil the film at your special event, like a retirement party, milestone birthday or anniversary — or simply share via private link.
Have an upcoming event you would like to get on our radar? Book it here.
Would you rather have Full Production with our team bringing full camera equipment and filming expertise to you? Then schedule a call with a producer here.
The Film Kit & APP
L36 sends everything to make your phone footage feel like cinema.
✓ The L36 App — record directly through the L36 App from your phone without filling your phone's storage
✓ Sturdy tripod — because steady framing is half of what makes footage feel like film instead of a home video
✓ Studio-quality microphone — L36 includes a noise-cancelling lavalier microphone to ensure pristine audio quality
✓ Charging adapter — so your phone can charge while connected to the microphone and the interview can last as long as it needs to
✓ Shot list and conversation guide — know what to film and what to ask
✓ Your L36 AI Assistant — live AI coaching for lighting, setup & guiding the conversation, always one tap away
Who Makes Your Film
This trailer comes from LOVE | EVOL(ved), our award-winning PBS documentary. It offers a glimpse of the filmmaking experience and editorial skill behind every L36 production. Whether you record with your phone or work with our production crew, your film is shaped by storytellers who know how to find the narrative, preserve the person’s voice, and make every frame matter.
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Our founder’s award-winning documentary, LOVE | EVOL(ved), premiered on PBS in 2023. The film explores different paths to inner peace and ultimately finds its deepest expression in one’s community and family.
Watch on PBSTwo Ways to Work With Us
Self-Filmed Services
· Filming kit shipped to your door — tripod, professional microphone & charging equipment, yours to keep
· 3–5 minute professionally edited cinematic film
· Conversation questions & occasion shot list in the L36 app
· Live AI coaching for lighting, setup & guiding the conversation — there when you want it, easy to skip when you don't
· Film in the app — footage uploads as you record, sparing your phone's storage
· Upload extra footage & photos to weave into the film
· Keepsake coffee-table book of the moment
· Delivered in 4–6 weeks
Full Production Services
· Director-led filming with our full crew, anywhere your story lives
· Pre-production story design — interviews, locations & the arc of the film
· Cinema cameras, professional sound & lighting
· A feature-quality documentary crafted by our editors
· Keepsake coffee-table book & premiere-ready delivery
· Production timeline tailored to your story
Kind Words
“I've spent my life caring for other people. Watching my own story told with that much care — it moved me more than I expected.”
Ralph
Physician · Subject of “Ralph”
“It felt like sitting with family, not being filmed. When the town watched it together, everyone cried — it captured exactly who we are.”
Meña
School Principal · Macaracas, Panama
“They didn't just film my story — they understood it. The film carries the spirit of everything I try to teach.”
Ismail
Teacher · Subject of “Ismail”
“L” stands for Legacy and “36” is inspired by an ancient kabbalah legend of thirty-six righteous souls who hold the world steady. For us, the power of the legend of The 36 inspires us to wonder about the exceptional people in our own lives.
It invites us to look a bit closer so we might better see the quiet devotion of a grandmother, the patience of a mentor or the warmth of a neighbor. We are inspired to capture the presence of the special few who have held us steady because the beauty of humanity is sitting at our very table.
L36 exists to honor that idea. We are here to capture stories and celebrate voices with artful care, transforming meaningful moments into beautiful films.
— Steven, Founder of L36
Read MoreThe Moments Are the Gift. The Stories Are How We Return To Them.
The Full-Production Gallery
We tell the stories of people, families, and communities by filming what can't be staged — the emotional depth and spirit of the person in front of the lens. Founder or father, principal or monk, the subject changes; the beauty doesn't. Every film is made to leave you the way the best stories do: inspired, uplifted, and a little more in love with people.
A school principal, a mother, and the heart of a small town in Macaracas, Panama — a life given, wholeheartedly, to the people around her.
A physician and a father who, through his art, found his way out of dissonance and onto a spiritual path — the healer learning to heal himself.
Once a Catholic priest, Ismail followed a question all the way to Rumi. Now a Mevlevi dervish, he teaches the poet's wisdom to students around the world.
A Buddhist monk, a Western mindfulness teacher, and a yoga master each seek the same still water — the many roads to a quiet mind.
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Why does L36 Produce Documentaries too?
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Learn about Steven and his lifelong love of film.
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Explore how storytelling improves wellbeing for listeners and storytellers.
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