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.
Considering a Trauma-Informed Process In Documentary Filmmaking
"Too often, it’s the folk whose stories make documentaries possible who are the last to be considered when a film project is conceived and pursued."
Manifesto for Community Film Distribution and Exhibition in Latin America
collectively-created set of principles to guide distribution and exhibition in Latin America
Festival International du Film documentaire Oceanien (FIFO)
impact-friendly documentary film festival
Unquiet Case Studies
film and impact campaign case studies from the Australian Unquiet collective
We Set Out to Make a Film About Struggle: Distribution Case Study of Amazon Labor Documentary ‘UNION’
reveals key dates, budget actuals and strategy following legacy distributor rejections
