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 Production in Higher Education: Shaping Future Change Makers through Film Education
Impact production is an important component of well-rounded film education programmes that seek to shape a new generation of socially and environment…
When Cruelty is the Point, We Still Need a Trauma-Informed Process in Documentary Filmmaking
Natalie Bullock Brown of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) writes about what must be considered "when a filmmaker endeavors to tell…
DISCO Network
global group of independent documentary organisations advocating for the unique importance of independent documentary to culture, society and democra…
Story Money Impact
maximizing the social impact of select Canadian documentary films
Fresh 2025 Introduction to Documentary Budgeting and Scheduling (With New Templates!)
"a versatile tool that can be adapted for as many uses as possible"
