{"id":36521,"date":"2025-03-14T14:37:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T13:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/news\/impact-days-2025-its-a-wrap\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T13:28:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T12:28:01","slug":"impact-days-2025-its-a-wrap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/pro\/news\/impact-days-2025-its-a-wrap\/","title":{"rendered":"Impact Days 2025: it&#8217;s a wrap!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">The unique event which brings together filmmakers, NGOs, international organisations and philanthropists, is thrilled to announce its 2025 prizewinners.<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-gallery \">\n  <div class=\"row justify-content-center my-5\">\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n          <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9573-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9573-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9573-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9573-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9573-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>          <\/div>                  <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n          <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8548-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8548-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8548-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8548-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8548-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>          <\/div>                  <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n          <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8643-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8643-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8643-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8643-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8643-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>          <\/div>                  <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n          <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8928-panel-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8928-panel-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8928-panel-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8928-panel-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8928-panel-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>          <\/div>                  <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n          <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8888-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8888-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8888-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8888-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_8888-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>          <\/div>                  <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n          <div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 col-xl-4\">\n        <div class=\"block block-image\">\n        <figure>\n          <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">          <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9898-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9898-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9898-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9898-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9898-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>          <\/div>                  <\/figure>\n\n        <\/div>      <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p id=\"block-ae81cb7b-1264-4c7a-ac82-79b93faca0ac\">FIFDH&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/pro\/about-the-impact-days\/\">Impact Days<\/a>&nbsp;has just concluded another record-breaking year! This year we:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-7da1a71b-f95a-4556-ac04-de04c6cff5d7\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Welcomed over&nbsp;200&nbsp;impact participants&nbsp;from&nbsp;30 countries for global case studies, panels, training sessions and curated networking opportunities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitated&nbsp;115 one-to-one meetings, matching potential partners on social justice and environmental issues.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ran our now-famous pitching session to an overflowing theatre, giving&nbsp;12 selected impact projects&nbsp;targeted exposure.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brought to Geneva organisations such as: DocSociety (UK), Aflamuna (Lebanon), Documentary Africa (Kenya); impact distributors such as Together Films; specialised streaming platforms such as WaterBear; impact practitioners such as Impact Social Club, The Good Media Network, Think-Film Impact Production, and many more.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Received&nbsp;increased support from national and international partners&nbsp;including the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneve.ch\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">City of Geneva<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.leenaards.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fondation Leenaards<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondation-haas.org\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Haas Foundation<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rosalux-geneva.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rosa Luxembourg Foundation<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.storyboard-collective.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The StoryBoard Collective<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fondationphilanthropia.org\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Philanthropia Fondation<\/a>, the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bak.admin.ch\/bak\/en\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Office for Culture<\/a>&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediadesk.ch\/a-propos-industrie-film-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Media Desk Suisse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissperform.ch\/fr\/\">Swiss Perform<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swissfilms.ch\/\">SWISS FILMS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sublimages.com\/en\/\">Sublimages<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suedkulturfonds.ch\/?lang=en\">Fonds Culturel Sud<\/a> and the US-based&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fordfoundation.org\/work\/our-grants\/justfilms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ford Foundation<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launched our new <a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/pro\/news\/impact-days-swiss-focus-2025\/\">Swiss Focus<\/a> event, for connection and dialogue between Swiss impact stakeholders of all language regions, our international Impact Days guests, and Swiss filmmakers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Brought together Human Rights Watch, UNICEF and UNDP amongst others \u2013 a unique opportunity to hear from organisations&nbsp;on how they each produce short films for advocacy and fundraising.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ran an audience engagement session with the Global Impact Producers Alliance &#8211; GIPA &#8211; collectively exploring the impact potential for the art and activism-blending documentary series&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icebergdoc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ICEBERG<\/a>, by filmmaker Amanda de Luis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>And the winners are\u2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Following our October 2024 call for impact-driven documentary projects, we received 196 submissions from 77 countries, with all 5 continents represented. Twelve of these were selected to participate in our annual Impact Lab by a committee based in Kenya, Denmark, Jordan and Switzerland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The teams worked online for several weeks with tutors from Australia, Kenya, Germany, USA, the Philippines, Belgium, UK and Colombia, to produce an&nbsp;impact strategy and pitch for presentation to potential partners and funders in Geneva. Together with the four projects selected for our Swiss Focus event, these twelve projects received several awards.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through the stories they have chosen to tell and the impact campaigns developed, our 2025\u00a0prizewinning teams are\u00a0<strong>fighting for cultural preservation\u00a0of the Hadzabe hunter-gatherer people;<\/strong>\u00a0turning first-hand <strong>testimonies of wartime rape in Ukraine<\/strong> into powerful weapons; and highlighting the <strong>crushing effects of the spiral of debt<\/strong> for individuals, even in one of the wealthiest countries we know.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.storyboard-collective.org\/\"><strong>StoryBoard<\/strong><\/a><strong> Impact Award<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>of 10,000 CHF was presented to:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/edition\/2025\/\">Children of Honey<\/a> <\/strong>by Jigar Ganatra and Immanuel Musa Marco (Tanzania)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Three young Hadza friends\u2014Nd!uba, Nguilabe, and Embilibi\u2014 are at a critical crossroads of their once-peaceful hunter-gatherer community. With 90% of their ancestral land lost and modern pressures mounting, they must decide whether to hold onto their ancient traditions or be pulled into modernity. An unprecedented, intimate look at an ancient culture on the brink of transformation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"721\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/children-of-honey-1280x721.webp\" class=\"attachment-md size-md\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/children-of-honey-1280x721.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/children-of-honey-480x270.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/children-of-honey-854x481.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/children-of-honey.webp 1799w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>    <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>The\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/sublimages.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sublimages<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<strong>Impact<\/strong> <strong>Award<\/strong>\u00a0provides free translation and subtitling for greater reach to strategic audiences, for an average value in kind of \u20ac 2\u2019500. It was awarded to:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/edition\/2025\/\"><strong>Traces<\/strong><\/a> by Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukraine)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Six women share their stories of the traumatic experience of sexual violence and torture during Russian aggression in Ukraine in 2014-23.<\/em> <em>They are members of SEMA Ukraine, a community of women who speak out and fight against sexual violence as a weapon of war, turning their testimonies into a reverse powerful weapon.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9821-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9821-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9821-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9821-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9821-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>The Swiss Focus Impact Award<\/strong> is a new 2,500 CHF prize awarded by Impact Days, to support an impact initiative in Switzerland that advances a Swiss Focus project\u2019s national and\/or international goals. It was awarded to:<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/en\/pro\/news\/impact-days-swiss-focus-2025\/\"><strong>Nathalie<\/strong><\/a> by Tamara Milosevic (Switzerland)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Protagonist Nathalie reflects the fate of the many people who, despite their best efforts, live on minimum subsistence in Switzerland. The film highlights her ongoing struggle as a single mother and domestic worker, tackling the often-overlooked issue of poverty and debt even in wealthy countries.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"block block-image\">\n<figure>\n  <div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"852\" src=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9805-1280x852.webp\" class=\"img-cover\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9805-1280x852.webp 1280w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9805-480x319.webp 480w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9805-854x568.webp 854w, https:\/\/fifdh.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/11032025_ImpactDays_mb_9805-1900x1264.webp 1900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/>  <\/div>  <figcaption><p><\/p><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Impact Days team would like to warmly thank those who came from all corners of the world to share their powerful stories. We wish you all the best on your future impact journeys!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Our next call for projects is in September 2025.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The unique event which brings together filmmakers, NGOs, international organisations and philanthropists, is thrilled to announce its 2025 prizewinners. FIFDH&nbsp;Impact Days&nbsp;has just concluded another record-breaking year! This year we: And the winners are\u2026 Following our October 2024 call for impact-driven documentary projects, we received 196 submissions from 77 countries, with all 5 continents represented. 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