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.

Weapon of War/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

rape in the Congo

Weapon of War/Case Study

Miners Shot Down/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

what really happened at the Marikana Massacre in 2012

Miners Shot Down/Case Study

Sundance Collab Grants & Opportunities

Website
Funding

list of film and media grants, labs, contests and fellowships

Sundance Collab Grants & Opportunities

Active Voice Library

PDF
Strategic Planning

discussion guides and toolkits from Active Voice's campaign

Active Voice Library

Safe + Secure

Website

guidance to address safety and security issues facing documentary filmmakers

Safe + Secure

GIPA presenta los fundamentos de Impacto 101

Video
Strategic Planning

what it means to create a campaign for your film and the role of an impact producer (Spanish language)

GIPA presenta los fundamentos de Impacto 101

Midwest Academy Strategy Chart

PDF
Strategic Planning

tool for developing a strategy

PDF

Aflamuna

Website
Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

working to harness the power of independent Arab cinema to elevate the most pressing social, political, and cultural movements of our time

Aflamuna

Lejos del Sentido/Case Study

Video
Examples of Impact

an intimate personal portrait of Mexican documentalist Olivia Luengas and the struggle of her sister Liliana with the boundary personality disorder

Lejos del Sentido/Case Study

Necessary Skills Worksheet

PDF
Team Building

Use this worksheet to identify gaps in necessary skills on the team and how to best utilize team members' skills and talents.

Necessary Skills Worksheet

Impact Campaign Builder

PDF
Strategic Planning

what is your film project trying to change?

PDF

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study

PDF
Examples of Impact

human rights abuses against LGBTQ people in Chechnya

Welcome To Chechnya/Case Study