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FilmBath has been pushing boundaries, provoking debate and prompting change for almost 30 years. Since launching in 1990, we’ve built a reputation for our innovative programme, which features a range of groundbreaking films that will go on to pack cinemas and amass awards months after being shown here.

If you like great films, you’re in the right place.

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FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

Be the Thelma to our Louise

Our bespoke sponsorship packages are tailored to suit different business needs and budgets. We work closely with our supporters to ensure their message reaches the widest possible audience and generates maximum impact.

Our partnership opportunities include but are not limited to • Hospitality • Branding• Marketing• Advertising

We screen the films everyone will be talking about in a few months’ time, which is why our supporters bring special guests, staff and prospective clients to our screenings. Some of the films we’ve screened months before their national release include:• The Favourite• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri • Room• Birdman• The King’s Speech

Our Opening Night Party gives supporters the chance to network with Bath’s filmmakers and movie aficionados.

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Festival reach

FilmBath’s audience represents 44,000 of the most innovative, thoughtful diverse cultural leaders of Bath.

FilmBath Festival has an enviable 84% occupancy.

Our audience are intelligent, affluent, well read and predominantly come from a 40 mile radius around Bath.

Our top three ACORN groups are: Educated Urbanites, Prosperous Professionals and Wealthy Executives. 70% of our audience read broadsheet newspapers regularly.

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

DIGITAL MARKETINGFilmBath Festival is very active and successful on social media. We have a large (over 25,000 strong, with a reach of 250,000), loyal and organically grown following on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, You Tube etc and we use these channels as well as our website to actively promote the festival and all of our collaborators.

TRADITIONAL PUBLICITYFilmBath Festival is publicised by 10,000 stunning 44 page colour brochures.

Our brochures and leaflets are distributed in libraries, universities, colleges, banks, shops and arts venues across the region. They are supplemented by our extensive FilmBath Festival mailing list.

During October and November, banners are displayed in prominent locations around Bath – and we fill venues and local shops around the city with stunning film posters and infographics about the festival.

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Festival reach “Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this”

Martin Scorsese

We invite you to align your company to a 29 year old film

festival which is genuinely committed to championing

equality and diversity on screen and behind the camera.

BRAND EXPOSUREFilmBath Website 15,220 unique visitors from October to December

FilmBath Social 25,000 organically grown followers with a reach of over 250,000

Supporter’s name or logo on each ticket for the appropriate film

In venue on our FilmNotes, handed out to every attendee plus verbal thank and promotion (if requested) before the start of the film

FilmBath’s E-Newsletter 4,000 (clean) – SILVER/GOLD

In the city in shop windows – SILVER/GOLD

On screen in venuesGOLD only

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

Our commitment to diversity and equality....

We support emerging talent with our IMDb Awards which we have been running since 2012. We partner with Bath Spa University , GWR, Visual Imapct and of course IMDb to help fund and promote new filmmakers.

The IMDb New Filmmaker Award is for the best short film made by a first time filmmaker. The prize is £1000 to go towards the winner’s next film plus a title page on IMDb, £1,000-worth of hire kit from Visual Impact and help with distribution to other film festivals.

The IMDb Script to Screen Award is open to all comers from anywhere in the world, to write a script for a short film. The prize is £5,000 to make the film of your script, £1,000-worth of hire kit from Visual Impact, and a title page on IMDb.

The F-Rating was invented at the 2014 FilmBath Festival. It is a Fair Trade-like stamp to highlight films directed and/or written by women. What started as a something just for Bath is now used by 80 other film festivals and independent cinemas around the world as well as on IMDb, the biggest film website in the world.

At least 50% of the films we screen are directed by women.

We are committed to screening a superb selection of films from Africa, South America and Asia.

Our LGBT+ strand is now in its fourth year and our LGBT+ audience has grown from under 5% to 18%.

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

Partnership/sponsorship

Bronze: £500 Silver: £1,500 Gold: £5,000What are you sponsoring? One film FilmBath Festival FilmBathTickets for reserved seats at the relevant film/s 3 10 30Book additional tickets directly from FilmBath ✓ ✓ ✓

Your name and logo prominently positioned in our new-look brochure ✓ ✓ ✓

Credit and your own page on our fresh, beautiful website plus live link to your own website ✓ ✓ ✓

Verbal thanks and acknowledgement before the start of the film – plus specific verbal promotion if requested ✓ ✓ ✓

Your name and logo on FilmNotes – handed out before the film ✓ ✓ ✓

Support and advice in targeting guests for best use of these complimentary tickets is available if required ✓ ✓ ✓

Invitation to the Opening Night Party ✓ ✓ ✓

Your name or your company’s logo on every ticket sold for the relevant film ✓ ✓

Opportunity to run a joint promotion with the venue to spread information about your product/services ✓ ✓

Your logo on posters around the city and in venues ✓ ✓

Your logo with links out to your website on our e-newsletters ✓ ✓

Bespoke social posts about you and your company/our partnership on: Facebook/Twitter/Instagram/LinkedIn/Pinterest ✓ ✓

Unique access to a special preview of each year’s programme, hosted by our creative director ✓ ✓

FilmBath FilmClub membership for two ✓ ✓

Your logo on screen at every film in the festival ✓

Your logo on ALL FilmNotes ✓

Verbal thanks at EVERY film ✓

A bespoke press release about our partnership ✓

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship

BENEFACTORSCouple: £300 Single: £250

If you love film and you want to join the club, then join our Benefactors.

As a FilmBath Benefactor you will receive:• Priority Booking five days before tickets

go on sale• Unique access to a special preview of

each year’s programme, hosted by our creative director

• Invitations to a special annual Benefactors’ open air screening in a beautiful setting

• Invitations to the Opening Night Party of FilmBath Festival

• Free tickets to FilmScore Grand Final, IMDb Script to Screen Final and the IMDb Awards

• Invitations to special screenings of film previews during the year

• Invitations to meet filmmakers and fellow benefactors

Other ways to get involved

SPONSOR FILMBATH FILMCLUBBanner sponsor: £5,000 p/a

FilmBath FilmClub is a new venture launching in winter 2019.

A constant piece of feedback we receive year after year is “I wish the festival went on longer!” We listened and will be running monthly film screenings in Bath with Q&As, post film discussions etc.

FilmClub will run from Dec 2019 – April 2020 screening the same kinds of films we screen at the festival – independent, art house, feature docs etc.

FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

Other ways to get involved

SPONSOR AN INTERN£5,000 (£4,500 directly to the intern and £500 towards to fund the mentor).

The work opportunities at FilmBath are profound because we are a small organisation our interns experience all aspects of running a film festival as well as gaining managerial, marketing and production experience.

Here is what our previous three Festival Assistants have to say about their experiences:

“I had a great four months working as Festival Assistant for the festival. Each day was varied and I gained fantastic insight into how a festival works. Working for the festival was a brilliant experience and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in film and events: the experience led directly to gaining paid work for two other, large festivals” Jessica Cowley

“Working for the festival was one of the most amazing experiences; I met remarkable people, learned invaluable knowledge and felt inspired to make change. It tops all of my work experience (including paid production work). The role also lead directly to a full time, paid position in a Bath based production company” Jess Edge

“Working for the festival was a brilliant experience. I loved meeting and collaborating with the creative, enthusiastic and passionate team of volunteers to produce a festival. As well as being a lot of fun, the Festival Assistant work placement gave me an insight into working in events and helped me secure my current job in an arts organisation” Laura Knight

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