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.

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

Envision Impact Lab

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Independent Media

strategic catalyst for field-wide transformation: cross-sector learning, innovative experimentation, and the strategic scaling of effective practices…

Envision Impact Lab

Unquiet Case Studies

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Examples of Impact

film and impact campaign case studies from the Australian Unquiet collective

Unquiet Case Studies

Non-Fiction Core Application Project

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Funding

collaborative effort by grantors who regularly fund documentary projects to standardize application requirements, with the aim of fostering greater a…

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Distribution Playbook

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Distribution

launching pad for building custom distribution strategies

Distribution Playbook

DOK Leipzig

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

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Docco Labs

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Independent Media

independent media training and promotion

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Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support

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Budgets

budget template for campaign that centered protagonist support, partnership support, a pillar screening event, and original resource creation

Impact Campaign Budget Example: Participant and Partner Support

Impact Application Checklist and Guidelines

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Funding

template designed to standardize application questions for impact funding

Impact Application Checklist and Guidelines

Narrative Change Hub

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

a co-created, international toolkit for building narrative power

Narrative Change Hub

Kinema for Filmmakers

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Distribution

tactical tips, tools, and resources to support filmmakers to successfully release their independent film

Kinema for Filmmakers

Doc_Commune

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Funding

mentoring-and-commissioning initiative for India's next generation of documentary filmmakers

Doc_Commune