Mar 31, 2015
Festival
San Francisco, CA – The 58th San Francisco International Film Festival is honored to have outstanding support in 2015. The San Francisco Film Society is very pleased to be partnering with numerous returning sponsors whose ongoing contributions to the Festival make possible our longstanding commitment to bringing the best of international cinema to appreciative Bay Area audiences. This year has also brought substantial new sponsors, expanding the Festival’s reach through the development of partnerships with companies in exciting sectors such as tech, travel, and beverage purveyors.
PRESENTING SPONSORS
The Film Society is thrilled to announce a brand new partnership with RDIO, a premiere online music service with a focus on music in film, headquartered in San Francisco. RDIO has joined us as the Music in Film Presenting Sponsor of SFIFF58. We are delighted to be welcoming back several major Presenting Sponsors, including RBC Capital Markets, Opening Night Sponsor, and Blue Angel Vodka, the Festival’s Official Vodka which will be available throughout SFIFF at designated events and venues.
We are fortunate to have NET-A-PORTER.COM as Presenting Sponsor for this year’s Film Society Awards Night. NET-A-PORTER, the world’s premier online luxury fashion destination, has generously offered to donate a percentage of proceeds from sales around the event back to the Film Society.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences also returns this year with substantial support of the World Cinema Spotlight program, which this year focuses on music. The Festival’s beloved Contemporary French Cinema program is made possible by Bank of the West, TV5 Monde, the French American Cultural Society and the Consulate General of France, San Francisco; this loyal consortium of Presenting Sponsors also supports French Cinema Now in the fall.
PARTNER SPONSORS
Dolby continues to provide generous support to SFIFF, which includes significant technical support of Festival programs. Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office of San Francisco returns as a major supporter of the Festival’s Hong Kong films, Dearest and The Taking of Tiger Mountain, in a longstanding partnership with the Film Society which includes sponsorship of the Fall Season’s Hong Kong Cinema.
CHAMPION PARTNER
The San Francisco Film Commission returns as Champion Partner to SFIFF, again providing support to Bay Area films through their partnership with the Festival on the presentation of Quitters, a narrative feature filmed almost entirely in San Francisco.
PRESENTING MEDIA SPONSORS
SF Weekly
7×7
PREMIER HOTEL SPONSOR
Joie de Vivre Hotels
SUPPORTING SPONSORS
Cort
The Fillmore Center
Fort Point Beer Company
Francis Ford Coppola Winery
HL Group
Landmark’s Clay Theatre
Madame Tussauds
The North Face Stores: San Francisco, Corte Madera & Palo Alto
VMG Partners
ZAP Zoetrope Aubry Productions
CREATIVE SPONSORS
Musebrands
Pereira & O’Dell
MEDIA PARTNERS
The Bold Italic
The California Sunday Magazine
48Hills
Hecho en California con Marcos & Isabel, KIQI 1010am
KFOG 104.5
KGO 810
KQED Public Broadcasting
San Francisco Examiner
San Francisco Magazine
SF Evergreen
SF Station
UpOut
TECHNICAL SPONSORS
Brickley Production Services
Dream Dynamic
Flying Moose Pictures
got light.
Holzmueller Productions
Jaded Multimedia
McCune Audio / Video / Lighting
Tekamaki
Video Equipment Rentals (VER)
CONSULATES & CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS
Consulate General of France in San Francisco
Consulate General of Israel to the Pacific Northwest in San Francisco
Consulate General of Mexico in San Francisco
French American Cultural Society
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, San Francisco
Italian Cultural Institute
UniFrance
PROMOTIONAL SPONSORS
Clear Channel
Ingeniux
JB Imaging
National Promotions & Advertising
Titan
HOTEL SPONSORS
The Fairmont San Francisco
Galleria Park Hotel – a Joie de Vivre Hotel
Hilton San Francisco Financial District
Hotel AbRi
Hotel Carlton – a Joie de Vivre Hotel
Hotel Kabuki – a Joie de Vivre Hotel
Hotel Rex – a Joie de Vivre Hotel
Hotel Zetta
Inn at the Presidio
Joie de Vivre Hotels
Laurel Inn – a Joie de Vivre Hotel
Mystic Hotel
Nob Hill Inn
Phoenix Hotel – a Joie de Vivre Hotel
San Francisco Marriott Marquis
Serrano Hotel
EVENT VENUES
The Armory Community Center
The Battery
El Cerrito High School
Madame Tussauds
Mezzanine
Monarch
Rouge | Nick’s Crispy Tacos
The Walt Disney Family Museum
TRAVEL & TRANSPORTATION PARTNERS
Aeromexico
Big Bus Tours
Thrifty
Uber
FESTIVAL EVENT PARTNERS
Casa Sanchez
El Porteño Empanadas
Gaspar
Judy’s Breadsticks
La Méditerranée
Photo-matica
Sol Food
Trou Normand
RESTAURANTS, CATERERS & FOOD PURVEYORS
1601 Bar and Kitchen
Azúcar Lounge
Bar Agricole
Bitchin’ Baklava
Bumzy’s Cookies
Chino
The Corner Store
Dandelion Chocolate
Destino
Divine Chocolate
EuroBistros
Food Should Taste Good
James Stanfield Catering
Justin’s Nut Butter
Kettle Brand
L’Osteria del Forno
Little Skillet
LUNA
Nick’s Crispy Tacos
Peter’s Kettle Corn
Poesia Osteria Italiana
The Taco Shop @ Underdogs
True Story Foods
Vermont Smoke & Cure
Wing Wings
BEVERAGE SPONSORS
Blue Angel Vodka
Cumaica Coffee
Fort Point Beer Company
Francis Ford Coppola Winery
U.S. Pure Water
VOLUNTEER & HOSPITALITY SPONSORS
Bi-Rite
Fitness SF
Kabuki Springs & Spa
Le Central Bistro
National Holistic Institute
Noah’s New York Bagels
Robert Meyer
For general information visit festival.sffs.org.
To request interviews or screeners, contact your Festival publicist.
For photos and press materials visit sffs.org/pressdownloads.
58th San Francisco International Film Festival
The 58th San Francisco International Film Festival runs April 23-May 7 at the Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, Castro Theatre, Landmark’s Clay Theatre and the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and the Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley. Held each spring for 15 days, SFIFF is an extraordinary showcase of cinematic discovery and innovation in one of the country’s most beautiful cities, featuring nearly 200 films and live events, 14 juried awards and nearly $40,000 in cash prizes, upwards of 100 participating filmmaker guests and diverse and engaged audiences with more than 60,000 in attendance.