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.

Modeling Care, Safety and Wellbeing in Your Impact Campaign

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Participants

timely conversation about protagonist safety in dangerous times

Modeling Care, Safety and Wellbeing in Your Impact Campaign

Ambulante

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Independent Media

organization dedicated to supporting and promoting documentary film as a means of cultural and social transformation in Mexico and Central America

Ambulante

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

We Set Out to Make a Film About Struggle: Distribution Case Study of Amazon Labor Documentary ‘UNION’

Website
Distribution

reveals key dates, budget actuals and strategy following legacy distributor rejections

website

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Vanessa Cuervo Forero

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Strategic Planning

Cultural, film and impact strategist, Vanessa Cuervo Forero shares insight about outreach and audience engagement strategies in impact campaigns.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Vanessa Cuervo Forero

List of impact friendly festivals

Spreadsheet
Festivals

more than 300 carefully listed events, with “impact friendly” events highlighted

List of impact friendly festivals

Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement

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Policy Change

investigation into the role of documentary films in legislative and regulatory change and influence in the United States

Movies & Grassroots Community Engagement

International Documentary Film Festival/IDFA

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

International Documentary Film Festival/IDFA

The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

by Sahar Driver and Sonya Childress

The Evolution of Impact: The Future of Social Change and Nonfiction Storytelling

Advice and answers from the Kinema Team

Website
Distribution

for filmmakers, screening hosts, and audiences

Advice and answers from the Kinema Team

Climate Story Unit Case Studies

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Examples of Impact

video case studies from Doc Society-supported climate stories

Climate Story Unit Case Studies

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Michael Collins

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Strategic Planning

Filmmaker Michael Collins shares insights from his impact work on his own films, reflecting on strategies, implementation, partnerships, and more.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Michael Collins