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.

Cultural and Narrative Strategy

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

resources gathered by cultural strategist and author Jeff Chang, offering an introduction to thinking about how we change culture and narrative to ma…

Cultural and Narrative Strategy

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Hollie Fifer

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Strategic Planning

Filmmaker and cultural strategist Hollie Fifer shares The Opposition impact campaign, reflecting on safety, strategies and more.

Aflamuna Impact Narrative Shift Fellows: Hollie Fifer

Berlinale

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Festivals

impact-friendly film festival

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Sundance Cultural Impact Residency

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Narrative Change/Cultural Strategy

six-month fellowship supporting early-career, underrepresented storytellers whose work is rooted in creative, cultural, and social impact

Sundance Cultural Impact Residency

Sheffield Doc/Fest

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Festivals

impact-friendly documentary film festival

Sheffield Doc/Fest

Tools

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Strategic Planning

collection of impact-related tools

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When Cruelty is the Point, We Still Need a Trauma-Informed Process in Documentary Filmmaking

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Participants

Natalie Bullock Brown of the Documentary Accountability Working Group (DAWG) writes about what must be considered "when a filmmaker endeavors to tell…

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Filmmaker-Participant Relationship Unpacked

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Participants

large-scale study exploring the relationship between documentary filmmakers and participants

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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

Manual for Urban Projection

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Distribution

resource guide for people projecting images in public places

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Yelo Guide: Funding Guide for Arab Filmmakers and Producers

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Funding

international film funds and industry events to which Arab filmmakers can submit your film project

Yelo Guide: Funding Guide for Arab Filmmakers and Producers

Disability Media Alliance

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Independent Media

global nonprofit building infrastructure to resource disabled nonfiction media makers

Disability Media Alliance