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.
Envision Impact Lab
strategic catalyst for field-wide transformation: cross-sector learning, innovative experimentation, and the strategic scaling of effective practices…
Distribution Advocates
coalition working to reclaim power for independent storytellers in the current systems of distribution and exhibition
BFI Doc Society Fund
supports and nurtures independent non-fiction film and immersive projects by UK filmmakers, prioritising expansive, director-led storytelling
Doc_Commune
mentoring-and-commissioning initiative for India's next generation of documentary filmmakers
AIDC Indigenous Documentary Placement
designed to provide one mid-career Indigenous practitioner with a unique opportunity to undertake an extended paid placement with the ABC, Australia’…
A Question of Ethics: The Relationship between Filmmaker and Subject
At the heart of documentary production is the relationship between filmmaker and subjects--not often an equal balance of power. And for the most part…
