Social Impact Media Awards is an annual media competition run by a non-profit impact media agency SIMA Studios. SIMA Studios curates and distributes documentaries and creative media projects.
In 2012, Daniela Konto founded SIMA Studios to support social impact filmmaking by launching an annual awards program, SIMA Awards, and global distribution platforms, SIMA X and SIMA Classroom. In 2018, SIMA Studios launched its Fiscal Sponsorship program to support international media projects that inspire social change.[1]
Programsedit
SIMA Studios hosts three programs:
SIMA Awardsedit
SIMA Awards started as the first and only international media competition honoring achievements in the creative, human rights, and humanitarian fields. [2] Its mission consists of promoting and exhibiting the work of independent filmmakers, activists, and change-makers that may otherwise have been overlooked.[3]
The awards are hosted online. Films are selected for the following categories: Documentary Features, Documentary Shorts, Virtual Reality/360 Video, and Impact Video.[4] Additional jury prizes are awarded to projects that reflect a core principle of SIMA's mission. The 2018 jury prizes included: Ethos, Stylistic Achievement, Lens to Action, and Transparency.[5]
SIMA Xedit
SIMA X is a year-round community screening program which makes SIMA Studios' catalog of films available to grassroots activists, organizations and festivals across 26 countries.
SIMA Classroom is a streaming platform that gives access to award-winning short documentaries experiences and virtual reality experiences for the purposes of cultivating global citizenship through education. Films on the SIMA Classroom platform cover topics such as climate change, gender inequality, and conservation. The platform includes lesson plans, playlists, and teaching aids for educators at schools, colleges, foundations, and libraries in both formal and informal education spaces around the world. It is currently in use by 1,400 teachers and 36,000 students.[11] The program has collaborated with organizations like Skirball Cultural Center to screen films for high school students.[12][13]
Fiscal Sponsorshipedit
SIMA Studios has a Fiscal Sponsorship program that enables creative impact projects to raise tax-deductible funds in the US, in all stages of development, production, post-production, distribution, outreach and impact campaigns.
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social, impact, media, awards, this, article, contains, content, that, written, like, advertisement, please, help, improve, removing, promotional, content, inappropriate, external, links, adding, encyclopedic, content, written, from, neutral, point, view, apri. This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view April 2019 Learn how and when to remove this template message Social Impact Media Awards is an annual media competition run by a non profit impact media agency SIMA Studios SIMA Studios curates and distributes documentaries and creative media projects Contents 1 History 2 Programs 2 1 SIMA Awards 2 2 SIMA X 2 3 SIMA Classroom 3 Fiscal Sponsorship 4 ReferencesHistory editIn 2012 Daniela Konto founded SIMA Studios to support social impact filmmaking by launching an annual awards program SIMA Awards and global distribution platforms SIMA X and SIMA Classroom In 2018 SIMA Studios launched its Fiscal Sponsorship program to support international media projects that inspire social change 1 Programs editSIMA Studios hosts three programs SIMA Awards edit SIMA Awards started as the first and only international media competition honoring achievements in the creative human rights and humanitarian fields 2 Its mission consists of promoting and exhibiting the work of independent filmmakers activists and change makers that may otherwise have been overlooked 3 The awards are hosted online Films are selected for the following categories Documentary Features Documentary Shorts Virtual Reality 360 Video and Impact Video 4 Additional jury prizes are awarded to projects that reflect a core principle of SIMA s mission The 2018 jury prizes included Ethos Stylistic Achievement Lens to Action and Transparency 5 SIMA X edit SIMA X is a year round community screening program which makes SIMA Studios catalog of films available to grassroots activists organizations and festivals across 26 countries Every year SIMA Studios selects SIMA Award winning films to join its screening collection SIMA screening events have been co hosted by Human Rights Watch 6 Impact Hub Global Network 7 Bay Street Film Festival 8 Skirball Cultural Center 9 and UN Women 10 SIMA Classroom edit SIMA Classroom is a streaming platform that gives access to award winning short documentaries experiences and virtual reality experiences for the purposes of cultivating global citizenship through education Films on the SIMA Classroom platform cover topics such as climate change gender inequality and conservation The platform includes lesson plans playlists and teaching aids for educators at schools colleges foundations and libraries in both formal and informal education spaces around the world It is currently in use by 1 400 teachers and 36 000 students 11 The program has collaborated with organizations like Skirball Cultural Center to screen films for high school students 12 13 Fiscal Sponsorship editSIMA Studios has a Fiscal Sponsorship program that enables creative impact projects to raise tax deductible funds in the US in all stages of development production post production distribution outreach and impact campaigns References edit SIMA Studios Fiscal Sponsor Directory 2019 01 16 Retrieved 2019 04 17 The Unbearable Lightness of Non Profit Propaganda 9 September 2015 The Unbearable Lightness of Non Profit Propaganda Everyday Ambassador 2015 09 09 Retrieved 2018 05 11 5th Annual Int l Social Impact Media Awards SIMA 2017 Opens for Film Entries Filmmakers Fans filmmakersfans com 19 September 2016 Retrieved 2018 05 11 Social Impact Media Awards SIMA Filmfestivals com 2016 10 27 Retrieved 2018 06 04 FILM SCREENING Tell Spring Not to Come This Year The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles Retrieved 2018 05 11 Unlikely Allies SIMA Impact Videos 7 Short Films from S Retrieved 2018 05 11 Film The Well Water Voices From Ethiopia Lakehead University Lakehead University Retrieved 2018 05 11 Five Social Impact Films Worth Seeing this Summer The Culture List The Culture List 2016 04 18 Retrieved 2018 05 11 SIMA Short Film Screening Series examining violence against women through film Eventbrite Retrieved 2018 05 11 SIMA Classroom Education Resources HRE USA 2017 07 05 Retrieved 2018 05 11 Empowerment and Self Expression Skirball Cultural Center 2017 05 04 Retrieved 2018 05 11 FILM PORTAL FOR CHANGEMAKERS Air Amber Retrieved 2018 04 09 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Social Impact Media Awards amp oldid 1189648054, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
