OUR IMPACT CAMPAIGN
Global newsrooms reward speed, virality and spectacle over nuance and care. Stories
from conflict zones are filtered through editorial frameworks that flatten lived
experience and strip people of their full humanity. Citizen journalists and local
storytellers who risk everything to document these realities are often abandoned once
media attention shifts elsewhere.
YOU ARE MORE THAN A STORY. Our IMPACT CAMPAIGN asks what accountability, care and
Solidarity looks like it after the headlines fade.
Meet our Impact Team
Impact Strategist
Khadidja Benouataf
Khadidja is an award-winning impact strategist and field builder with a background
in journalism. President of Impact Social Club and advisory member of the Global
Impact Producers Alliance (GIPA), she develops impact campaigns and mentors
filmmakers globally, contributing her expertise to major film festivals and training programs.
Impact Producer
Mia Bendrimia
Mia is a French-Algerian emerging filmmaker, visual artist and impact producer.
Bendrimia is the head of Nazar Films, a Paris-based production house crafting stories
from the Mediterranean worlds. She is also Secretary of Impact Social Club,
a professional network focused on impact-driven filmmaking.
Impact Coordinator
Joude Bazzoun
Joude is an emerging filmmaker of Lebanese and Moroccan origin who recently completed an MA in Film Directing at Edinburgh College of Art with Distinction. Dedicated to using film as a tool to nurture solidarity and inspire resistance, her work centres on the Palestinian and Lebanese struggle for liberation. Her latest short documentary, 66 Days, was longlisted for the BAFTA Student Awards, nominated for the One World Media Awards, and selected for several international festivals including the BlackStar Film Festival.
Contact us at Impact@birdsofwar.film
