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.

Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work

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Ethics

map of perceived ethical challenges that documentary filmmakers—directors and producer-directors—in the United States identify in the practice of the…

Honest Truths: Documentary Filmmakers on Ethical Challenges in Their Work

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

Nordisk Panorama Film Festival

Narrative Change + Cultural Strategy | Readings & Resources

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

living list of readings and resources for those curious to learn more about narrative change, cultural strategy, and related measurement

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Blackfish/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the consequences of keeping orcas in captivity

Blackfish/Case Study

The Quipu Project/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

thousands of Peruvians were sterilised in the 90’s without their consent

The Quipu Project/Case Study

DOK Leipzig

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

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Evaluation Plan Worksheet

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Measurement

Use this worksheet to lay out the information you need to be able to develop your evaluation plan.

Evaluation Plan Worksheet

Film Campaign Screening Host Survey Sample

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Distribution

help to evaluate community screenings work within an impact campaign

Film Campaign Screening Host Survey Sample

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

Internal Discovery Questionnaire

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Strategic Planning

reflection exercise to help begin developing the strategy for a film impact campaign

Internal Discovery Questionnaire

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

The House I Live In/Case Study

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Examples of Impact

the personal impact of the US government's "war on drugs"

The House I Live In/Case Study