Apr 2, 2013
Festival
The 56th San Francisco International Film Festival is proud and honored to have outstanding support in 2013. 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.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
SFIFF welcomes back Blue Angel Vodka as the Festival’s Official Vodka, which will be available throughout SFIFF at designated events and venues. The Festival is excited to announce new presenting sponsorship by Blackberry in association with the Directing Award to Philip Kaufman, and acknowledge the continued generous support of Grolsch as this year’s Shorts Program Sponsor as well as official beer sponsor of the festival. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences returns this year in support of the World Cinema Spotlight. The Festival welcomes Vimeo as Presenting Sponsor of the A2E Direct Distribution Lab. A selection of contemporary French cinema films has received sponsorship from longtime sponsors Bank of the West; TV5 Monde; the French American Cultural Society and the Consulate General of France, San Francisco.
PARTNER SPONSORS
Dolby Laboratories continues to provide generous support to SFIFF, with additional technical support for all SFFS year-round programs. The Festival is honored to welcome back preferred card Visa as a corporate partner supporting the SFFS Youth Education program, in particular the Schools at the Festival Program. SFIFF longtime partner the Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office of San Francisco returns as a supporter of the Hong Kong films in the Festival, Big Blue Lake and Cold War.
CHAMPION SPONSORS
SFIFF56 is pleased to have renewed support from the San Francisco Film Commission who will be celebrating Bay Area filmmaking through its backing of Inequality for All and Big Sur. The Festival welcomes back Comcast as a Champion Sponsor and is thrilled to again receive the support of Sundance Kabuki Cinemas as the SFIFF56 Festival Venue.
KEY DONORS AND FOUNDATIONS
The San Francisco Film Society gratefully acknowledges the support of the Djerassi Resident Artists Program; Walter & Elise Haas Fund; The Hearst Foundations; The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation; Grants for the Arts; National Endowment for the Arts; Peter J. Owens Trust of The San Francisco Foundation; Kenneth Rainin Foundation; The Shenson Foundation; Skoll Global Threats Fund; Union Bank Foundation; Wells Fargo Foundation; and Nellie Wong Magic of Movies Education Fund.
CREATIVE SPONSOR
Union, Agency Partner
PRESENTING MEDIA SPONSOR
San Francisco Weekly
MEDIA PARTNERS
7×7
The Bold Italic
Classical KDFC 90.3 SF – 89.9 N&E Bay
Foxxdance Productions & SFTV
Hecho en California Radio with Marcos Gutierrez
KFOG 104.5
KGO 810
KQED Public Broadcasting
San Francisco Magazine
PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS
Deja
Outdoor Revolution
San Francisco Recreation and Parks
Titan
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
AT&T Advertising Solutions
Cumaica Coffee
Discoveries Vineyards
The Fillmore Center
JuntoBox Films
KIND Healthy Snacks
Landmark Theatres
LUNA
Marchesa
Mendocino Farms
Pirate’s Booty
Shellback Caribbean Rum
Thrifty
VMG Partners
A2E DIRECT DISTRIBUTION LAB AND LAUNCHPAD PARTICIPATING COMPANIES
Vimeo Pro, Presenting Sponsor
JuntoBox Films
TECHNICAL SPONSORS
Bigfoot Mobile Systems
Brickley Production Services
Dream Dynamic, Inc.
Express Media
Flying Moose Pictures
Holzmueller Productions
Jaded Multimedia
McCune AV
reFRACTion
RF Audio
Tekamaki
Video Equipment Rentals
CONSULATES & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Consulate General of Austria in Los Angeles
Consulate General of Canada in San Francisco
Consulate General of France, San Francisco
Consulate General of Israel in San Francisco
Consulate General of Italy, San Francisco
Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco
Consulate General of Switzerland in San Francisco
French American Cultural Society
Goethe-Institut San Francisco
Italian Cultural Institute
UniFrance
HOTEL SPONSORS
Beresford Hotels
Executive Hotel Vintage Court
The Fairmont San Francisco
Hotel Kabuki
Hotel Rex
Laurel Inn
Orchard Hotel
Phoenix Hotel
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Villa Florence
VENUES
Bimbo’s 365 Club
Roe
Rouge | Nick’s Crispy Tacos
Ruby Skye
Temple Nightclub
Walt Disney Family Museum
OFFICIAL EVENT PRODUCTION SPONSOR
DPEM Event Marketing
For tickets and information visit festival.sffs.org.
56th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 56th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 25-May 9 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, the Castro Theatre and New People Cinema in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, the International is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards and $70,000 in cash prizes, upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests and diverse and engaged audiences with more than 70,000 in attendance.