Resources & Case Studies

Resources & Case Studies

The Field Guide has drawn extensively from impact case studies and we highly recommend you also get inspired and empowered. Stand on the shoulders of others! Of course we also recommend that you watch as many of the full films as possible so you can put together the creative potential with the impact strategy. We are also always looking to include great new examples so please email us your suggestions.

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

Book
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
Featured

how to co-create — and why: the emergence of media co-creation as a concept and as a practice grounded in equity and justice

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Website
Distribution
Featured

pan-Arab network of community cinemas, non-commercial spaces, where film lovers can come together to watch powerful, independent Arab film

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact
Featured

miscarriage of justice in the Philippines

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

Website
Funding
Featured

The fellowship is focused on the career advancement of First Nations documentary filmmakers

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

An Inconvenient Truth/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

Al Gore warns climate change is real

An Inconvenient Truth/Case Study

Case Study Conversations: Sarah Winge-Sørensen presents: Not That Kind of Guy

Video
Examples of Impact

case study conversation

Case Study Conversations: Sarah Winge-Sørensen presents: Not That Kind of Guy

Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)

Website
Distribution

impact-friendly documentary film festival

website

Film Distribution and Impact Budget Template

Spreadsheet
Budgets

template is for a full film distribution and impact campaign budget

Film Distribution and Impact Budget Template

Framework for Evaluating Disability Representation in Film and Media 2025

PDF
Participants

detailed checklist of questions that evaluate disabled representation

Framework for Evaluating Disability Representation in Film and Media 2025

We Set Out to Make a Film About Struggle: Distribution Case Study of Amazon Labor Documentary ‘UNION’

Website
Distribution

reveals key dates, budget actuals and strategy following legacy distributor rejections

website

Hot Docs

Website
Partnerships

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Hot Docs

Internal Discovery Questionnaire

Website
Strategic Planning

reflection exercise to help begin developing the strategy for a film impact campaign

Internal Discovery Questionnaire