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.

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

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Examples of Impact
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miscarriage of justice in the Philippines

Give Up Tomorrow/Case Study

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

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

Centralised Indigenous Fellowship

Collective Wisdom: Co-Creating Media for Equity and Justice

Book
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy
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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

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

MasahatCommunity Cinemas Network

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

human rights abuses against LGBTQ people in Chechnya

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

Festival de Cannes

Website
Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Doc Edge Festival

Website
Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Doc Edge Festival

Collective Lens Impact Glossary

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Strategic Planning

terms related to film impact work, impact campaigns, and documentary films

Collective Lens Impact Glossary

Bully/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

school bullying in America

Bully/Case Study

A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject

Website
Participants

At the heart of documentary production is the relationship between filmmaker and subjects--not often an equal balance of power. And for the most part…

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Empact

Website
Audiences

platform that connects people who have been moved by the social issues highlighted in the media they just watched with opportunities to make a real i…

Empact

Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked

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Participants

large-scale study exploring the relationship between documentary filmmakers and participants

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