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Khadidja Benouataf
- Location:
- Algeria, France
- Languages:
- English, French
- Issues:
- Climate Change, Racial Injustice, Refugee Crisis and Immigration, Women and Girls, Gender violence , Human Rights
- Expertise:
- Impact Producing, Consulting, Impact Strategist/Advisor, Mentorship, Training
- Cultural/racial identity:
- Arabic/French
- Self identification:
- Female
Bio
Coming from a background of journalism, Khadidja is president of the IMPACT SOCIAL CLUB, the Think Tank of impact in France, impact strategist at BIM - Best Impact Movies and member of the Transitional Advisory Committee of GIPA. She trains film industry professionals and students in impact strategies in France and internationally (Dixit - Le film français, FOCAL, MIGROS STORYLAB, International Media Foundation, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, École W-Paris-Panthéon-Assas/CFJ), acts as a panelist, designs and supervises impact workshops in international film festivals (BERLINALE, IDFA, FIFDH, DOK LEIPZIG, MOVIES THAT MATTER, SUNNY SIDE...). In 2021 she joined the pool of mentors of the Pour-cent Culturel Migros Story Lab (Switzerland). She has designed the impact strategy of award-winning documentaries: The Zimov Hypothesis by Denis Sneguirev (Arturo Mio,13 Productions, Arte), Le Dernier Refuge - The Last Shelter by Ousmane Samassekou (DS productions, Les Films du Balibari Point du Jour, Génération Afrique, Arte), Zinder by Aïcha Macky (Tabous productions, Les Films du Balibari Point du Jour, Corso Films, Génération Africa, Arte, Al Djazira), and the French campaign of Shadow Game by Eefje Blankevoort & Els Van Driel (Witfilm, KRO-NCRV, Prospector). Khadidja coordinated the translation in French of Doc Society’s Impact Field Guide. Contact: khadidja@impactsocialclub.com
