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

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

Website
Funding
Featured

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

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

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

List of impact friendly festivals

Spreadsheet
Festivals

more than 300 carefully listed events, with “impact friendly” events highlighted

List of impact friendly festivals

Horticulture Tools

Website
Strategic Planning

framework to determine the type of impact you would like your film to have

Horticulture Tools

Collective Lens Impact Report Outline Template

Shared Document
Measurement

supporting reporting needs

Collective Lens Impact Report Outline Template

Sodarlilabs

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

filmmakers and artists come together with movement leaders and activists to form a resilient network based on shared values, mutual trust and non-ext…

Sodarlilabs

Sisters in Cinema

Website
Independent Media

Chicago based non-profit with an inclusive mission to center and celebrate Black girls, women, and gender nonconforming media makers, providing progr…

Sisters in Cinema

IRIS

Website
Funding

donor collaborative supporting storytelling and narrative strategy for impact around gender, racial and ethnic justice, natural resources and climate…

IRIS

Holding Ourselves Accountable: A Consent Calendar Resource

PDF
Participants

model for establishing informed, active consent throughout the filmmaking process (available in English and Spanish)

Holding Ourselves Accountable: A Consent Calendar Resource

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