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.

Global Impact Producers Alliance

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

community-led network of impact producers

Global Impact Producers Alliance

Mezcla Media Collective

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Independent Media

Community for Women & Non-Binary Filmmakers of Color (Chicago-based)

Mezcla Media Collective

Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival

Berlinale

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Platforms for Impact info sessions: Eventive & Skylight

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Distribution

how to use the Eventive platform to amplify audiences for impact

Platforms for Impact info sessions: Eventive & Skylight

Women's Film Festivals

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Festivals

database of women's film festivals

Women's Film Festivals

IDFA Professionals Funder List

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Funding

global overview of main funding bodies for documentary filmmakers

IDFA Professionals Funder List

The Act of Killing/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

genocide revisited in Indonesia

The Act of Killing/Case Study

Distribution Playbook

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Distribution

launching pad for building custom distribution strategies

Distribution Playbook

AIDC Indigenous Documentary Placement

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Distribution

designed to provide one mid-career Indigenous practitioner with a unique opportunity to undertake an extended paid placement with the ABC, Australia’…

AIDC Indigenous Documentary Placement

Chasing Coral/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

stopping the death of coral reefs

Chasing Coral/Case Study

A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject

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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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