Localfilms is a grassroots production company that partners with international humanitarian organizations to empower communities through film. Filmmaker Peter Jordan provides children and adults with the equipment and knowledge to make their own movies, which have examined from a local perspective issues of gender, education, famine, illness, and community. To date, Localfilms has collaborated with communities in Kenya, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Tanzania, Botswana, and Zimbabwe and screened at conferences in Asia, Europe, and America and in villages throughout Africa. You can view many Localfilms in their entirety on this website. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or requests.


About Localfilms

Localfilms is an award-winning production company that partners with international humanitarian organizations to empower communities through film.

We have been awarded a Gold Medal by the United Nations, a Special Jury Prize at the Amakula Kampala Festival in Uganda, and a premiere at the International Documentary Festival in Amsterdam, the leading documentary film festival in the world.

We collaborate with some of the largest international relief and development operations, like Save the Children, Catholic Relief Services, and Christian Children's Fund, as well as many smaller grassroots efforts. Localfilms has worked with communities in Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Botswana, South Africa, Brazil, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and China.

You can view many Localfilms in their entirety on this website. Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or would like to request DVD samples of our work.