The Indie Film Festival offers a visible opportunity for promotion within a popular and culturally vibrant atmosphere. By sponsoring our 2008 event, your company will join an elite group of supporters that have chosen this event because their businesses are aligned with the vision and excitement that the independent film industry represents.
Attendees are predominately in the 21-34 and 55-64 year old age group. 56% are male, 44% female, about 2/3 are college students, and than 1/3 have college degrees. Most of our festival-goers are from Central Texas area and the rest of the United States.
There are three levels of Sponsorship: "Festival Presenter," "Producer," and "Director," as described in the IFF Sponsor Kit.
Our friends of the festival include cash donations, and sponsors of film screenings, panels, events, premieres, parties, showcase screenings and competitions.
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Through a mixture of access, exposure, placement, and recognition, each sponsor receives a tailored package of benefits that ensure its sponsorship goals are met.
If you have a business or a product you feel would be a great fit with the Indie Film Festival, please read the following and contact us and reserve your place.
1. Title Sponsor promoted on official documents of the Indie Film Festival As we promote the festival and correspond with industry professionals and media outlets around the world, the Title Sponsor name and logo will be included on all media releases and other correspondence.
This will further promote your business as a proud sponsor of the Indie Film Festival.
This will involve smaller promotional activities during the Indie Film Festival that includes placing fliers and posters in high traffic areas at your business and sponsoring events during the Indie Film Festival. During The Film Festival
These will run just before the films as other film previews are shown. This will give you access to a "captive audience" to promote your company.
Gift Bags will include your promotional items with your name and logo. This will be an important method to promote your business.
The Program Guide will be available to all festival attendees. The guides will feature descriptions the films and information on the other activities during the festival. This will be another important approach to promoting your business during the festival.
Select companies will have the opportunity to promote their businesses during the Festival.
This will be a choice opportunity to promote your business during the film festival.
Sponsor Opportunity
Sponsorship Acknowledgement
Depending upon the level of involvement, as well as your business objectives, IFF Sponsorship Packages may include any of the following activities. If you are interested in any of these sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at (254) 292-2764 or at sponsorship@IndieFilmFest.net
To run once before select screenings during IFF. Business will provide the trailer.
To run 2-3 times on a rotational basis during theater seating prior to all festival screenings. Business will provide the slide.
Sponsors and marketing partners receive print placement in the Official IFF Program Guide. The program guide is made available to all attendees during the festival. Sponsors receive logo acknowledgment in the catalog.
One-sheet posters are produced and displayed at festival venues, ticket locations and business locations around San Marcos.
People visit our very website, especially in the weeks leading up to the festival. Festival information and film trailers are popular features of the site. Sponsors and marketing partners may receive logo placement, banners, and web links on our website.
A monthly eNewsletter is distributed via email to festival members and subscribers. it offers the most up-to-date IFF news. Advertising opportunities are available to select sponsors.
Press releases are sent to local, regional, national and international media outlets regarding IFF’s films, special events and other offerings.
Sponsors will receive special public recognition and thanks at the Opening and Closing Nights events, Individual Sponsored Screenings and the After Party 2008.
IFF will produce television and radio ad spots for television and radio (local and public radio stations) which will be tagged with Title and Official Sponsors identification.
Sponsors can create on-site presence and awareness in high-traffic areas such as the Filmmaker Forum, Screenwriters Forum, and all Screening Venues.
IFF Sponsors will have the unique opportunity to provide collateral, promotional items and samples in gift bags distributed at the Opening Night Film and the Closing Night Film, as well as other special event opportunities as part of their sponsorship package during the Three-day festival.
IFF Sponsors may place signs in high-traffic areas at designated screenings or receptions.
Sponsors will receive All-Access Passes that allow entrance without a ticket into most IFF screenings and other events.
IFF Sponsors will receive invitations to Opening Night Events, Closing Night Events, Indie Awards and other Special Events during IFF.
Sponsors and partners have the option to make a relevant contribution to the prize packages awarded to the winning filmmakers and screenwriters.