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55th San Francisco International Film Festival Announces 2012 Sponsors
Marquee Brands, Global Companies, Major Private Foundations, Government Agencies, Cultural Institutions, Notable Businesses, Creative Partners and Individual Donors Enhance the Audience’s Experience and Support Festival Filmmakers and Guests
3/27/2012
The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival is proud and honored to have outstanding support in 2012. This year has brought the Festival new and innovative partnerships and once again secured returning support from numerous individuals and organizations. Sponsors enable SFIFF and the San Francisco Film Society to thrive, expand and ensure that an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery reaches Festival audiences.
PREMIER SPONSORS
SFIFF congratulates Wells Fargo for its exemplary support of all the major arts and cultural organizations across the Bay Area. Wells Fargo is a longstanding supporter of the Film Society’s Schools at the Festival program and Membership Program and is this year’s Closing Night Sponsor along with the San Francisco Giants. The festival is excited to acknowledge the continued support of Grolsch as Opening Night Sponsor as well as official beer sponsor of the festival, with Grolsch being poured at special events. Through its film production arm Grolsch Film Works, the Dutch beer brand also welcomes the world premiere at SFIFF of its first feature length production, The Fourth Dimension.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
The Festival is thrilled to welcome Mozilla Firefox as a Presenting Sponsor of this year’s festival. SFIFF welcomes back Blue Angel Vodka as the Festival’s Official Vodka, which will be available throughout SFIFF at designated events and venues. Longtime fan and presenting sponsor Esurance is supporting the Festival’s Online Screening Room, Scoop du Jour and this year’s Live & Onstage extravaganza featuring Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) with Buster Keaton Shorts. A selection of contemporary French cinema films has received sponsorship from longtime sponsors, TV5 Monde; Bank of the West, the French American Cultural Society and the Consulate General of France, San Francisco.
PARTNER SPONSORS
The Festival is honored to welcome back Visa as a corporate partner supporting the SFFS Youth Education program, in particular Schools at the Festival and Film Society Awards Night. SFIFF longtime partner the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office of San Francisco returns as a supporter of the Hong Kong films in the Festival, Life Without Principle and Wu Xia. SFIFF55 is pleased to include Comcast as this year’s Centerpiece Sponsor.
CHAMPION SPONSORS
SFIFF55 is pleased to have renewed support from the San Francisco Film Commission who will be celebrating Bay Area documentary filmmaking through its support of Twixt and Bitter Seeds. SFIFF continues to receive ongoing support from Dolby Laboratories, with additional technical support for all SFFS year-round programs.
KEY DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS
The San Francisco Film Society gratefully acknowledges the support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Grants for the Arts; Walter & Elise Haas Fund; The Hearst Foundation; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Peter J. Owens Trust of The San Francisco Foundation; Kenneth Rainin Foundation; Skoll Global Threats Fund; Union Bank Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation; and Nellie Wong Magic of Movies Education Fund.
CREATIVE SPONSORS
NOON, Agency Partner
Hemlock Printers (USA)
EFilm
PRESENTING MEDIA SPONSOR
San Francisco Weekly
MEDIA PARTNERS
7x7
Alice @ 97.3 FM KLLC
Amoeba Music
The Bold Italic
CBS 5 TV & The CW 44/cable 12
Classical KDFC 90.3 SF – 89.9 N & E Bay
Flavorpill
Hecho en California Radio
Juxtapoz
KDTV Univision 14 and KFSF TeleFutura 66
KFOG 104.5
KGO 810
KQED Public Broadcasting
KTSF 26
Rotten Tomatoes
San Francisco magazine
Scoutmob
SF Bay View
SF Station
Yelp!
PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS
Foxxdance Productions & SFTV
JCDecaux
Landmark Theatres
Outdoor Revolution
San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Titan
Ustream
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
AT&T Advertising Solutions
Brand Alliance Marketing
Cumaica Coffee
Discoveries Vineyards
The Fillmore Center
Give Something Back
Japan Center Garage
LUNA
Mendocino Farms
Nomads Clothing Hayes Valley
Oakland Film Office
San Francisco Giants
Snader & Associates
Swiss International Air Lines
Thrifty
UniFrance
TECHNICAL SPONSORS
Adolph Gasser
Brickley Production Services
Dream Dynamic
Express Media
Flying Moose Pictures
Hannspree
Holzmueller Productions
reFRACTion
RF Audio
Stingray Sound
Studio B
Tekamaki
CONSULATES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTES
British Consulate-General San Francisco
Consulate General of France, San Francisco
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany – San Francisco
The Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest
Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco
Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco
Consulate General of Spain, San Francisco
Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco
Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco
French American Cultural Society
Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Italian Cultural Institute
HOTELS
Adante Hotel
Baldwin Hotel
Beresford Hotels
Chancellor Hotel Union Square
CLIFT
C-Two Hotels
Executive Hotel Vintage Court
The Fairmont San Francisco
Hotel Fusion
Hotel Kabuki
Hotel Mark Twain
Hotel Rex
Hotel Stratford
Hotel Tomo
Hotel Vitale
Phoenix Hotel
VENUES
CLIFT
Rasselas Jazz Club and Restaurant
SLOANE SQUARE[D]
Temple Nightclub – Ki Sushi
Terra Gallery
The Warfield Theatre
For tickets and more information visit festival.sffs.org.
55th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 19–May 3, 2012 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Castro Theatre, New People and SFMOMA in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive Theater in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, the International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in the country's most beautiful city, featuring 15 juried awards, 200 films and live events with upwards of 100 participating filmmakers and diverse audiences of 75,000+ people.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a 50-plus year legacy of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 300 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international cinema and media literacy to more than 15,000 teachers and students and presents 100 classes and workshops annually. Through Filmmaker360, the Film Society’s filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services and funding totaling millions of dollars are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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PREMIER SPONSORS
SFIFF congratulates Wells Fargo for its exemplary support of all the major arts and cultural organizations across the Bay Area. Wells Fargo is a longstanding supporter of the Film Society’s Schools at the Festival program and Membership Program and is this year’s Closing Night Sponsor along with the San Francisco Giants. The festival is excited to acknowledge the continued support of Grolsch as Opening Night Sponsor as well as official beer sponsor of the festival, with Grolsch being poured at special events. Through its film production arm Grolsch Film Works, the Dutch beer brand also welcomes the world premiere at SFIFF of its first feature length production, The Fourth Dimension.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
The Festival is thrilled to welcome Mozilla Firefox as a Presenting Sponsor of this year’s festival. SFIFF welcomes back Blue Angel Vodka as the Festival’s Official Vodka, which will be available throughout SFIFF at designated events and venues. Longtime fan and presenting sponsor Esurance is supporting the Festival’s Online Screening Room, Scoop du Jour and this year’s Live & Onstage extravaganza featuring Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) with Buster Keaton Shorts. A selection of contemporary French cinema films has received sponsorship from longtime sponsors, TV5 Monde; Bank of the West, the French American Cultural Society and the Consulate General of France, San Francisco.
PARTNER SPONSORS
The Festival is honored to welcome back Visa as a corporate partner supporting the SFFS Youth Education program, in particular Schools at the Festival and Film Society Awards Night. SFIFF longtime partner the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office of San Francisco returns as a supporter of the Hong Kong films in the Festival, Life Without Principle and Wu Xia. SFIFF55 is pleased to include Comcast as this year’s Centerpiece Sponsor.
CHAMPION SPONSORS
SFIFF55 is pleased to have renewed support from the San Francisco Film Commission who will be celebrating Bay Area documentary filmmaking through its support of Twixt and Bitter Seeds. SFIFF continues to receive ongoing support from Dolby Laboratories, with additional technical support for all SFFS year-round programs.
KEY DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS
The San Francisco Film Society gratefully acknowledges the support of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; Grants for the Arts; Walter & Elise Haas Fund; The Hearst Foundation; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; National Endowment for the Arts; Peter J. Owens Trust of The San Francisco Foundation; Kenneth Rainin Foundation; Skoll Global Threats Fund; Union Bank Foundation; The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation; and Nellie Wong Magic of Movies Education Fund.
CREATIVE SPONSORS
NOON, Agency Partner
Hemlock Printers (USA)
EFilm
PRESENTING MEDIA SPONSOR
San Francisco Weekly
MEDIA PARTNERS
7x7
Alice @ 97.3 FM KLLC
Amoeba Music
The Bold Italic
CBS 5 TV & The CW 44/cable 12
Classical KDFC 90.3 SF – 89.9 N & E Bay
Flavorpill
Hecho en California Radio
Juxtapoz
KDTV Univision 14 and KFSF TeleFutura 66
KFOG 104.5
KGO 810
KQED Public Broadcasting
KTSF 26
Rotten Tomatoes
San Francisco magazine
Scoutmob
SF Bay View
SF Station
Yelp!
PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS
Foxxdance Productions & SFTV
JCDecaux
Landmark Theatres
Outdoor Revolution
San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Titan
Ustream
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
AT&T Advertising Solutions
Brand Alliance Marketing
Cumaica Coffee
Discoveries Vineyards
The Fillmore Center
Give Something Back
Japan Center Garage
LUNA
Mendocino Farms
Nomads Clothing Hayes Valley
Oakland Film Office
San Francisco Giants
Snader & Associates
Swiss International Air Lines
Thrifty
UniFrance
TECHNICAL SPONSORS
Adolph Gasser
Brickley Production Services
Dream Dynamic
Express Media
Flying Moose Pictures
Hannspree
Holzmueller Productions
reFRACTion
RF Audio
Stingray Sound
Studio B
Tekamaki
CONSULATES AND CULTURAL INSTITUTES
British Consulate-General San Francisco
Consulate General of France, San Francisco
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany – San Francisco
The Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest
Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco
Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco
Consulate General of Spain, San Francisco
Consulate General of Sweden, San Francisco
Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco
French American Cultural Society
Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Italian Cultural Institute
HOTELS
Adante Hotel
Baldwin Hotel
Beresford Hotels
Chancellor Hotel Union Square
CLIFT
C-Two Hotels
Executive Hotel Vintage Court
The Fairmont San Francisco
Hotel Fusion
Hotel Kabuki
Hotel Mark Twain
Hotel Rex
Hotel Stratford
Hotel Tomo
Hotel Vitale
Phoenix Hotel
VENUES
CLIFT
Rasselas Jazz Club and Restaurant
SLOANE SQUARE[D]
Temple Nightclub – Ki Sushi
Terra Gallery
The Warfield Theatre
For tickets and more information visit festival.sffs.org.
55th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 55th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 19–May 3, 2012 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Castro Theatre, New People and SFMOMA in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive Theater in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, the International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in the country's most beautiful city, featuring 15 juried awards, 200 films and live events with upwards of 100 participating filmmakers and diverse audiences of 75,000+ people.
San Francisco Film Society
Building on a 50-plus year legacy of bringing the best in world cinema to the Bay Area, the San Francisco Film Society is a national leader in exhibition, education and filmmaker services.
The Film Society presents 300 days of exhibition each year, reaching a total audience of 130,000 people. Its acclaimed education program introduces international cinema and media literacy to more than 15,000 teachers and students and presents 100 classes and workshops annually. Through Filmmaker360, the Film Society’s filmmaker services program, essential creative and business services and funding totaling millions of dollars are provided to deserving filmmakers of all levels.
The Film Society seeks to elevate all aspects of film culture, offering a wide range of activities that engage emotions, inspire action, change perceptions and advance knowledge. A 501(c)3 nonprofit corporation, it is largely donor and member supported. Patronage and membership provides discounted prices, access to grants and residencies, private events and a wealth of other benefits.
For more information visit sffs.org.
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