How can filmmakers and video producers ensure that they can maximise their works’ potential to create impact? To answer this, EngageMedia and In-Docs have partnered together to host the Impact Talks, a series of public meetings to share and discuss experiences and ideas around creating impact through film in the Asia-Pacific.
In the next instalment of Impact Talks, senior impact producer Cecilia Mejia will share tips on how filmmakers can pitch their film projects to non-government organisations and encourage them to use film to advance their advocacy.
In the next session of Impact Talks, impact producer Anupama Mandloi and director Priya Thuvassery will discuss their creative approach for the impact campaign of ‘Coral Woman’. The session is part of a webinar series in this year’s Docs by the Sea.
Filmmaker Baby Ruth Villarama shares four lessons behind the successful impact campaign of the award-winning documentary ‘Sunday Beauty Queen’, which has sparked conversations and influenced policy improvements for Filipino migrant communities.
Filmmaker Baby Ruth Villarama will discuss the impact production lessons behind ‘Sunday Beauty Queen’, which has sparked conversations, influenced policy improvements for Filipino migrant workers, and generated support for migrant communities.
Three Indonesian filmmakers discussed what inclusivity in film production meant to them, and how they applied these ideas in creating stories that achieve meaningful representation for underrepresented communities.
The Impact Campaign Builder, an update to the Video for Change Impact Toolkit, helps video practitioners identify opportunities for creating impact and setting realistic impact goals.
For the second instalment of the bi-monthly Impact Talks, three filmmakers will share their experiences in ensuring inclusivity and the meaningful representation of people living with disabilities in film production.
Impact producer Leah Borromeo and photojournalists Raffy Lerma and Vincent Go share their experiences and realisations in the impact creation process for the 2019 documentary “The Nightcrawlers”, an unflinching exposé of the Philippines’ war on drugs.
