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.

History

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]

Programs

SIMA Studios hosts three programs:

SIMA Awards

SIMA Awards started as an 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

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

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

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.

References

  1. ↑ "SIMA Studios". Fiscal Sponsor Directory. 2019-01-16. Retrieved 2019-04-17.
  2. ↑ "The Unbearable Lightness of Non-Profit Propaganda". 9 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "The Unbearable Lightness of Non-Profit Propaganda". Everyday Ambassador. 2015-09-09. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA)". Filmfestivals.com. 2016-10-27. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "Unlikely Allies: SIMA Impact Videos: 7 Short Films from S..." Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  8. ↑ "Film - The Well: Water Voices From Ethiopia | Lakehead University". Lakehead University. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  9. ↑ "Five Social Impact Films Worth Seeing this Summer - The Culture List". The Culture List. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  10. ↑ "SIMA Short Film Screening Series: examining violence against women through film". Eventbrite. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  11. ↑ "SIMA Classroom – Education Resources". HRE USA. 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  12. ↑ "Empowerment and Self-Expression". Skirball Cultural Center. 2017-05-04. Retrieved 2018-05-11.
  13. ↑ "FILM PORTAL FOR CHANGEMAKERS". Air Amber. Retrieved 2018-04-09.
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