SIMA Studios is a nonprofit impact media agency that supports content creators, educators, and changemakers driving positive social change since 2012. SIMA started as the first international impact media competition honoring achievements in the creative, human rights, and humanitarian fields. Today, SIMA is the most renowned global curator in the social impact space, serving independent film, social justice and academic industries worldwide. SIMA is best known for creating a new paradigm for merit and distribution of social issue storytelling via the global film festival, SIMA Awards, their flagship education program, SIMA Academy, and the SIMA Traveling Series, Cinema Across Borders, that supports grassroots projects and community events around the world. To date, SIMA’s robust impact programming directly supports over 146,000 students; 5,400+ educators; 4,200+ artists and 105 community projects spanning 142 countries. SIMA also boasts a diverse Fiscal Sponsorship program open to creative impact projects and independent filmmakers, producers, innovators, organizations, social enterprises, and artists.