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.

Sydney Film Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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No Fire Zone/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

holding the Sri Lankan government accountable for war crimes

No Fire Zone/Case Study

Cultural and Narrative Strategy

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

resources gathered by cultural strategist and author Jeff Chang, offering an introduction to thinking about how we change culture and narrative to ma…

Cultural and Narrative Strategy

The Last Men In Aleppo/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the lives of three White Helmets during the Syrian civil war

The Last Men In Aleppo/Case Study

Cinema for Change

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Festivals

festival featuring films that share the values ​​of the Sustainable Development Goals

Cinema for Change

Social Change Ecosystem Map

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Team Building

tool to understand the ten roles that people and organizations often show up in when they are participating in social change efforts

Social Change Ecosystem Map

The Whole Picture Toolkit

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helps you create mentally healthy TV and film productions for your crew and production team

The Whole Picture Toolkit

Story Money Impact

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

maximizing the social impact of select Canadian documentary films

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Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work

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Ethics

map of perceived ethical challenges that documentary filmmakers—directors and producer-directors—in the United States identify in the practice of the…

Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work

Advice and answers from the Kinema Team

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Distribution

for filmmakers, screening hosts, and audiences

Advice and answers from the Kinema Team

Empact

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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

Film and Human Rights Master Class

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Production

self-guided tour through making and using human rights media to change the world

Film and Human Rights Master Class