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.

From Reflection to Release: Framework for Values, Ethics, and Accountability in Nonfiction Filmmaking

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Ethics

best practices for ethical and accountable production

From Reflection to Release: Framework for Values, Ethics, and Accountability in Nonfiction Filmmaking

Story Money Impact

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

maximizing the social impact of select Canadian documentary films

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AKO Storytelling Institute

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Research

developing evidence-based approaches to the theory and practice of storytelling-for-change

AKO Storytelling Institute

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

FIFDH Impact Days

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Partnerships

programme for filmmakers and NGOs to facilitate partnerships for impact

FIFDH Impact Days

Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

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Funding

supports organizations that advance social justice by empowering world-changing work in investigative journalism, documentary film and arts & culture

Jonathan Logan Family Foundation

Doctubre MX

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Distribution

Doctubre MX expands access to documentary film by engaging alternative venues to become a part of a collaborative exhibition network

Doctubre MX

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

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Distribution

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

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Ambulante Documentary Tour

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Festivals

impact-friendly traveling festival with screenings, mediation sessions, discussions, Q&A sessions with filmmakers, workshops, master classes, and more

Ambulante Documentary Tour

GIPA presenta los fundamentos de Impacto 101

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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

Budrus/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

nonviolent resistance unites in Palestine

Budrus/Case Study

Impact Campaign Builder

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Strategic Planning

what is your film project trying to change?

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