“It was an amazing experience working with Jackie and the team at Ring Five on the impact part of my film. I couldn’t have done it without you!”
— Dominique Keller, Love The Last Chapter
“That was one of the most illuminating, inspiring and informative three-hour workshops that I’ve ever taken as a filmmaker. Building and giving a workshop like that is an art unto itself, and you’ve got it down. Your specific combination of expertise, equanimity, sensitivity, realism and practicality is such a rare thing in the industry (from my perspective) and was incredibly refreshing. I genuinely can’t say it enough. Impact and distribution was never something I was super enthused about - it felt like a chore I wasn’t very good at it. But I’ll be digesting everything you shared for quite a while, not just on this project, but many others I care about. Thank you so very much! And looking forward to working with you.”
— Gabriel Tougas, Hot Docs Citizen Minutes filmmaker, Ring Five Impact Strategy workshop participant
“Jackie Garrow and her team did an amazing job on our impact campaign for The Invisible Heart. Jackie is a master at building partnerships and audiences to broaden important discussions. We look forward to working with Ring Five again.”
— Nadine Pequeneza, HitPlay Productions
“I was delighted to work with Jackie Garrow on the impact campaign for The Shadow of Gold. She’s smart, experienced and quickly grasped the potential for the film, organizing some very successful Canadian screening events for us.”
— Robert Lang, Kensington Communications
“I worked with Jackie and the team at Ring Five on the Impact Campaign for our documentary 14 & Muslim and I can’t say enough good things about the experience and the outcome. Over the year and a half of developing the idea, raising the funds, marshalling community stakeholders and project partners and then carrying out the plan, I found Jackie and her team to be professional, dedicated, dogged and a delight to work with. I certainly hope to work with Ring Five again when I have another project that warrants an Impact Campaign.”
— Cornelia Principe, Notice Pictures Inc.
“The 14 & Muslim impact team has done an incredible job!”
— Chris Lee, Director of Programming, Inspirit Foundation
“A brilliant evening. Thank you for planning such a flawless and high-quality screening and panel discussion for my feature documentary, 17 And Life Doesn’t Wait.”
— Maureen Judge, Makin' Movies
“I appreciate you thinking of me to host the 17 and Life Doesn’t Wait panel. Thank you so much. It was a wonderful experience.”
— Nam Kiwanuka, Host/Producer, TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin
“It was an awesome Master Class. Tons of useful information. I left re energized about my project with a huge to-do list. You surpassed expectations and participants got alot out of it.”
— Baljit Sangra, director, Because We Are Girls; DOC BC Co-Chair
“I thought the Master Class was fantastic! Your passion for impact campaigning and distribution really shone through with the personal examples you shared. Along with the content which was invaluable, I walked away feeling inspired and full of knowledge.”
— Chaiara Ferrari, Cineworks
“ Jackie Garrow brings strategic clarity and a collaborative spirit to documentary impact projects. Her company Ring Five is filling a gap for filmmakers in Canada.”
— Liz Marshall, Filmmaker, LizMars Productions
“Jackie has been a true visionary on this - teaching me so much. Understanding that a film like ours needed a whole other level of engagement leadership. Ring Five saw the potential, figured out the right partner, raised the budget, and now everyone is benefiting! ”
