The Prisoners' Families and Friends Service (PFFS), claim children of prisoners are three times more likely to suffer mental health problems than their peers.
Around 160,000 children a year have a parent taken into custody.
The documentary films, voiced by real family members telling their own stories, aim to raise awareness of the issue.
Alan Hooker, PFFS director, said: "Arrest and imprisonment hugely disrupts family life. Children in the family are nearly always damaged psychologically by the experience."
The films are available at http://familiesontrial.org
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