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About the Calgary International Film Festival

The Calgary International Film Festival (CIFF) is a 10-day celebration of visual arts and cinema, screening over 200 multi-genre films from around the world and highlighted by a series of gala events, awards ceremonies, and special presentations.

Since 1999, CIFF has become one of the largest film festivals in Canada enjoyed by upwards of 50, 000 cultural enthusiasts - and a premiere cultural event in Calgary’s social calendar. Demonstrating unparalleled diversity and accessibility as an arts medium, CIFF is integral to the cultural fabric of the city, delivering measurable impact, connectivity, and cultural relevance.

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Sponsorships

Sponsorship Packages, available for between $2,500 and $50, 000 provide exceptional value, unique benefits and the ability to customize branding and activation opportunities to fit your organization’s objectives.
In-kind partnerships

In-kind

CIFF depends on goods and services offered in-kind to deliver a world-class festival and event for audiences and stakeholders. In appreciation, CIFF offers in-kind sponsors benefits and exposure commensurate with the value of their support. The festival requires in-kind support such as: food & beverage, transportation fleets, party venues, printing costs, media, audiovisual technologies, hotel and hospitality, air travel, production / postproduction / duplication services, computers and flat screen display screens, T-shirt suppliers, volunteer rewards and more.

Impact

To its vast list of community stakeholders, the Calgary International Film Festival delivers measurable impact, connectivity and cultural relevance as a world-class event. CIFF serves to increase spending in the downtown core through festival patron activity, effectively bolstering the local film industry with business development opportunities while promoting Calgary as a world-class destination for culture. For existing and new Calgarians/Canadians cinema offers an unparalleled celebration and exploration, of diversity; social, economic, and ethnic, and an accessible cultural offering in which to engage and celebrate Calgary’s arts and culture. World-class culture improves quality of life in Calgary and helps to enforce its reputation as a desirable destination in which to work, play, live, and of course, visit. Organizations like CIFF play a vital role in helping Calgary project its destination value out to the world and Calgarians alike.

365 - CIFF is a charitable, not-for-profit arts and culture organization that presents events throughout the year
10000 – It takes more than 650 volunteers working over 10,000 hours to make CIFF a success
2M – CIFF greatly impacts the local economy, with attendees spending more than $2M in Calgary’s downtown core during the 10-day festival
3– For every $1 of ticket sales, $2 of investment is required to operate CIFF
1200– CIFF receives more than 1,200 film submissions from around the world every year!
>18– Many CIFF programs, including the Youth-by-Youth Cinema competition, support and foster emerging film and media artists
9M– CIFF’s website received 9M hits and 83,000 visits from 109 countries last year
25000– In celebration of its 10th anniversary in 2009, CIFF gave one of the largest cash prizes for filmmakers amongst film festivals around the world
12M– CIFF generates more than 12M local, national and international media impressions each year
50000– More than 50,000 cultural enthusiasts enjoy CIFF’s cinematic experience on an annual basis
220+ – CIFF 2011 will bring 220 films from around the world to Calgary
60+– CIFF 2011 will showcase a diverse slate of enlightening and entertaining films from over 60 countries