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.

Film Campaign Partner Survey Example

Survey
Partnerships

help for evaluating your partnership work within an impact campaign

Film Campaign Partner Survey Example

Safe + Secure

Website

guidance to address safety and security issues facing documentary filmmakers

Safe + Secure

Weapon of War/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

rape in the Congo

Weapon of War/Case Study

The Price of Passion: How Our Love of Documentary Filmmaking Impacts Our Mental Health

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report on the mental health impacts of making documentaries

The Price of Passion: How Our Love of Documentary Filmmaking Impacts Our Mental Health

International Documentary Association

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Independent Media

International Documentary Association (IDA) supports the vital work of documentary storytellers and champions a thriving and inclusive documentary cu…

website

Impact Producer Program

Website
Strategic Planning

The Impact Producer Program offers professional training, mentorship, practical experience and hands-on work on documentary impact campaigns.

Impact Producer Program

BFI Doc Society Fund

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Funding

supports and nurtures independent non-fiction film and immersive projects by UK filmmakers, prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling

BFI Doc Society Fund

Firelight Fund

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

support for Black, Brown, and Indigenous stories from development through distribution, with a focus on those who are telling urgent stories and usin…

Firelight Fund

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

Video
Examples of Impact

human rights abuses against LGBTQ people in Chechnya

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

GIPA Impact Producer Glossary

Website
Strategic Planning

definitions that can help us clearly communicate the role and participation in each project

GIPA Impact Producer Glossary

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

Framework for Evaluating Disability Representation in Film and Media 2025

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Participants

detailed checklist of questions that evaluate disabled representation

Framework for Evaluating Disability Representation in Film and Media 2025