What if the most important story ever told......was yours?
KINDNESS is a live cinematic event. Short films on the big screen. Real STORYTELLERS live on stage between them. And six Founding Storyteller seats in the whole world. This page is how you find out if one of them is yours.
Why I Made KINDNESS
I have spent the last twenty years making films. I have always believed stories could change people.
But somewhere along the way, I realized something. My favorite moments were not always during the film. They happened afterward. When people stayed. When they talked. When strangers became friends.
When someone had the courage to tell their story, and another person realized, "I have felt that too."
That is why I created KINDNESS. Not as another film festival. Not as another conference. But as a live cinematic experience. Beautiful films. Extraordinary storytellers. One audience. One room. One shared experience.
Because movies open the door. Stories told in person throw it wide open.
I believe every person carries a story that matters. Not because it is famous. Not because it is perfect. But because it is uniquely yours.
One Room. One Night.
One Shared Experience.
In a divided world, kindness may be our greatest act of courage. Here is what a KINDNESS night looks like.
"The screen begins the story. The room completes it."
Landmark Rooms.
Unforgettable Nights.
Launching in Los Angeles and New York. Cities and venues may evolve as extraordinary new opportunities emerge. Travel and accommodations are not included in the Founding Storyteller investment and are arranged separately by each participant.
The Founding Circle Membership
Before there is a premiere, a film, or a legacy, there is the story. In the Story Lab, Scott works with you personally to find the one only you can tell. Then he shapes it with the craft of a career in film, until it is ready for the room.
Scott Cervine
Scott has spent more than twenty years behind the camera, making award-winning films about the best in people. His released feature, Moms Rising, proved that stories about goodness can fill a big screen.
Before film, he lived on stage. He was a headline performer who shared stages with Jim Carrey, Dennis Miller, and Jay Leno. He knows what a live room can do, and he knows how to help you hold one.
That matters, because a founding seat is not a ticket. It is the Story Lab: working directly with Scott to uncover the story only you can tell. He finds it with you. He shapes it with you. Then he directs the night it premieres, and the Vertical Micro-Doc that carries it forward.
Most Of What We Spend
On Being Seen Disappears
A press mention fades in a week. A conference badge is forgotten by the flight home. A retainer renews, and nothing remains.
A founding seat is built to outlive all of it. A story uncovered with Scott. A premiere in a landmark room. A film that lasts. A permanent place in the origin story of a movement.
"This is more than sponsorship. It is a place in the origin story."
"But I'm Not A Storyteller."
That is the first thing most people say. It is also why the Story Lab exists.
You bring the life you have lived. Scott brings the craft. Together, you uncover the story only you can tell, and shape it until standing in that room feels like the most natural thing in the world.
"Everybody has a story to tell."
Wait, And The Story Stays Untold
One story can change a life. One act of kindness can ripple through generations. But only if the story gets told.
There are six founding seats in the world. When they are filled, the founding circle closes for good. No waitlist pressure. No countdown clocks. Just a small room, and a true number.
Before You Ask
KINDNESS is a live cinematic event created by filmmaker Scott Cervine. Award-winning short films play on the big screen. Between them, real storytellers step into the spotlight and tell the story only they can tell, live. The whole night is filmed for the Kindness Prestige Vertical Micro-doc. It launches with marquee evenings in Los Angeles and New York.
The Story Lab: working directly with Scott to uncover the story only you can tell, then shaping it until it is ready for the room. Your premiere at a marquee KINDNESS evening. Professional filming for the Kindness Prestige Vertical Micro-doc. Publication as a featured author in the official KINDNESS anthology. Rights to use the KINDNESS short film at your own events. Permanent founding recognition, access to the global community, and a Legacy Film: your complete filmed interview, preserved forever. Travel and accommodations are not included and are arranged separately by each participant.
A Vertical Micro-Doc is a short documentary made for the phone screen: shot vertically, told in a few powerful minutes, in the format audiences now watch most. It is the same format behind the rise of vertical series in the United States and China. Your story is filmed and finished for it, so it travels wherever people already are.
Yes. That worry is the most common one, and it is exactly why the Story Lab exists. You bring the life you have lived. Scott brings the craft. Together you uncover the story only you can tell, with personal coaching from first idea to the moment you step on stage.
KINDNESS is launching in Los Angeles and New York, with the next landmark city still to be announced. Cities and venues may evolve as extraordinary new opportunities emerge. Exact dates are shared privately with Founding Storytellers first. Travel and accommodations are not included in the founding investment and are arranged separately by each participant.
The Story Lab is built around your calendar. Sessions with Scott are scheduled together, at a pace that fits a full life. Then there is the evening itself: one unforgettable night, plus the travel around it.
No. A few short questions tell us whether a founding seat could be a fit. If it is, you choose a time for a private conversation with Scott on Zoom. The decision comes later, and it has to feel right on both sides.
Because depth is the whole point. Scott works with each Founding Storyteller personally in the Story Lab. Six is the honest limit of that promise. When the six seats are filled, the founding circle closes permanently.
Only Six Stories.
One Global Movement.
The founding circle is forming now. Answer a few short questions, and Scott will read your invitation personally.