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.

Impact Roadmap Worksheet

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Strategic Planning

interactive document that walks a filmmaker through the three main steps of Peace is Loud’s impact strategy development process

Impact Roadmap Worksheet

How a Chance Encounter on a Bus Led Us to Make Our Film Accessible

2026
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Accessibility

What inspired the filmmakers to create audio description for HOLDING LIAT — and why full accessibility is so important for every documentary.

How a Chance Encounter on a Bus Led Us to Make Our Film Accessible

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival

First Nations Impact Lab

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

immersive learning experience for documentary and screen-based changemakers using storytelling as a tool for cultural, environmental, and social chan…

First Nations Impact Lab

The StoryBoard Collective

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Funding

investing in documentary projects and organisations that show great potential for impact and providing a work and convening space for creative change…

The StoryBoard Collective

In the Spotlight: Crucial Questions for Documentary Participants

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Participants

tool to help filmmakers and participants create healthy dialogues about consent, compensation, creative rights, and other pressing issues (available…

In the Spotlight: Crucial Questions for Documentary Participants

Impact Producer Program

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Strategic Planning

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

Impact Producer Program

Thank You For The Rain/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the damages of climate change in Kenya

Thank You For The Rain/Case Study

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

Berlinale

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Tools

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Strategic Planning

collection of impact-related tools

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The Interrupters/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

ex-gang members working to reduce violence in Chicago

The Interrupters/Case Study