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.

International Documentary Film Festival/IDFA

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

International Documentary Film Festival/IDFA

Reimagine Framework

Shared Document
Production

framework for community-accountable mediamaking, developed in cahoots with social justice values-aligned lawyers with film and media expertise

shared doc

Sundance Cultural Impact Residency

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

six-month fellowship supporting early-career, underrepresented storytellers whose work is rooted in creative, cultural, and social impact

Sundance Cultural Impact Residency

Mediateca de Cine e Impact Social Latino Americano

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Examples of Impact

case studies with a focus on social impact, centered on the Latin American context

Mediateca de Cine e Impact Social Latino Americano

Fipadoc

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

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Unearthed/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

fracking in the United States

Unearthed/Case Study

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Hollie Fifer

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Strategic Planning

Filmmaker and cultural strategist Hollie Fifer shares The Opposition impact campaign, reflecting on safety, strategies and more.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Hollie Fifer

Evaluation Plan Worksheet

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Measurement

Use this worksheet to lay out the information you need to be able to develop your evaluation plan.

Evaluation Plan Worksheet

Gasland/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

impact of fracking across the US

Gasland/Case Study

Sita Kimya (I Won’t Be Silent)/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

ending sex- and gender-based violence in Kenya

Sita Kimya (I Won’t Be Silent)/Case Study

A Reckoning

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Independent Media

Sonya Children on why and how the documentary film industry must chart a new path forward

A Reckoning

Assessing the Social Impact of Issues-Focused Documentaries: Research Methods & Future Considerations

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Measurement

guidance for developing an impact plan

Assessing the Social Impact of Issues-Focused Documentaries: Research Methods & Future Considerations