The Doc Society's Impact Field Guide database is a collection of tools, organizations, trainings, case studies, templates, funding opportunities, and more to support your efforts to have an impact.
Impact Producer Program
Documentary Australia
The Impact Producer Program offers professional training, mentorship, practical experience and hands-on work on documentary impact campaigns.
Topic: Strategic Planning
Lab/Workshop
Website
Visit
Independent Media vs Authoritarianism
Doc Society
Argument for free independent public media access as a cornerstone of democracy
Topic: Independent Media
Thought Piece
PDF
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FIFDH
Geneva International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights
Impact-friendly film festival
Topic: Festivals
Festival
Website
Human Rights
Visit
Please Remember Me/Case Study
Doc Society
Portrait of growing old with Alzheimers in Shanghai
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study
Video
Health
Watch
Encounters: South African International Documentary Film Festival
Encounters: South African International Documentary Film Festival
Impact-friendly documentary film festival
Topic: Festivals
Festival
Website
Visit
International Documentary Film Festival/IDFA
IDFA
Impact-friendly documentary film festival
Topic: Festivals
Festival
Website
Visit
Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)
Australian International Documentary Conference (AIDC)
Impact-friendly documentary film festival
Topic: Distribution
Festival
Website
Visit
Distribution Advocates
Distribution Advocates
Coalition working to reclaim power for independent storytellers in the current systems of distribution and exhibition
Topic: Distribution
Organization
Website
Visit
Internal Discovery Questionnaire
Peace is Loud
Reflection exercise to help begin developing the strategy for a film impact campaign
Topic: Strategic Planning
Tool
Website
Visit
Chasing Ice/Case Study
Doc Society
Multi-year chronicle of the planet's rapidly melting glaciers
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study
PDF
Climate Change
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impACT Cannes
Marché du film Cannes
Initiative designed to spark essential conversations that pave the way for a more inclusive, responsible and forward-thinking film industry
Topic: career sustainability
Gathering
Website
Visit
American Promise/Case Study
Doc Society
Changing the future for young black men in the US education system
Topic: Examples of Impact
Case Study
PDF
Education
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