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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.

Story Environment Quadrant

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

Understanding whether an issue is relatively known or unknown and whether there is strong and organised opposition or minimal resistance could inform…

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Who is Dayani Cristal?/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the dangers of the migrant trail in Central America

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FIFDH Impact Days

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Partnerships

programme for filmmakers and NGOs to facilitate partnerships for impact

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FIFDH

Center for Media & Social Impact: Documentary and Independent Media

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Independent Media

reports on issues facing independent, documentary and public media

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Center for Media & Social Impact

Filmmaker Support Directory

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list of mental practitioners

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Documentality

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Maya Newell, Rachel Naŋinaaq Edwardson and William Tilmouth

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Partnerships

Filmmakers, impact producers, and a community leader share insights on In My Blood It Runs and co-creating impact strategies across films..

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Aflamuna

How to Throw the Perfect Film Screening Event

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Partnerships

"what makes a successful partnership, the importance of understanding your target audience, and how to create memorable events that foster genuine co…

How to Throw the Perfect Film Screening Event

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Kinema

Impact Funders List

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Funding

comprehensive, though not all-inclusive, list of funders who have previously supported impact campaigns

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Peace is Loud

Narrative Change Hub

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

a co-created, international toolkit for building narrative power

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The Commons Social Change Library

Impact Campaign Builder

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Strategic Planning

what is your film project trying to change?

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Engage Media

The Invisible War/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

effects of rape in the US military

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IN-DOCS

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Independent Media

organization committed to cultivating a culture of openness through documentary films

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IN-DOCS