Florida Film Festival Announces Sponsors Dedicated to Independent Filmmaking
Orlando, FL – (March 5, 2008) – ENZIAN announced today the lineup of participating sponsors for the 17th Annual Florida Film Festival, March 28 through April 6. This year’s Festival marks the return of Full Sail Real World Education’s fourth year as the primary sponsor and eleventh year with the Festival.
“The diversity of our sponsor lineup has created a tremendous synergy that has increased the scope of awareness for both the sponsor’s products and the Festival. These partnerships have visibility far beyond the doors of Central Florida,” said Shanon Larimer, Executive Director. “Our sponsor’s creative vision and financial support enhance the Festival experience and attract locals and cultural tourists to the event -- in addition to film professionals drawn by the importance of the Festival within the film industry.”
New sponsors participating this year include Barker Specialty-Orlando, Enemy Ink, Florida Theatrical Association, Florida Travel & Life Magazine, Freemark Abbey Wines, JetBlue Airways, Metromix Orlando, Peroni, StrangePixel.com, and Whole Foods.
Returning sponsors and granting organizations include Best Western Mt. Vernon Inn, Border's, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, Full Sail Real World Education, GMD Studios, Grand Bohemian Hotel, indieWIRE, Kodak Motion Picture Film, Lure Design, Inc., Marshall Entertainment Insurance, Metro Orlando Film & Entertainment Commission, MIX 105.1FM, National Endowment for the Arts, Olive Garden Italian Restaurants, Orange County Arts and Cultural Affairs, Orlando Arts Magazine, Orlando Magazine, Orlando Sentinel, Schenck Company, State of Florida; Division of Cultural Affairs, Superior Printers Inc?., United Arts of Central Florida, Universal Studios Florida Production Group, WKMG Local 6, WMFE 90.7, and WPRK 91.5.
According to Full Sail’s Film Program Director, Dave Franko, "Full Sail is proud to serve as the primary sponsor of the Florida Film Festival again this year. As we maintain our commitment to excellence in the film education industry, as well as to bringing the industry to Central Florida, we are honored to stand beside the filmmakers, producers, directors, actors, the Enzian Theater, and everyone who vows to celebrate the art of filmmaking.”
The Florida Film Festival operates with support of corporate sponsors as well as that of Enzian associates, official providers, private foundations, nonprofit associations, government agencies, and individual donors. Festival sponsorship dollars support the core infrastructure, including operational assistance, programming, marketing, volunteer services, transportation, and communications.
The 17th Annual Florida Film Festival is a core program of ENZIAN, a nonprofit organization serving the Central Florida community for more than 23 years. ENZIAN exists to entertain, educate, inspire, and connect the community through film. Combined, ENZIAN and the Florida Film Festival have served more than 1.5-million guests, premiered thousands of films and hosted hundreds of notable celebrities including Paul Newman, Christopher Walken, Oliver Stone, John Waters, Campbell Scott, James Caan, Ed Burns, Jason Lee, Gena Rowlands, William H. Macy and Virginia Madsen.
Since 1979, Full Sail Real World Education, a college outside of Orlando, FL, has been an innovative educational leader for those pursuing careers in the entertainment industry. With over 27,000 alumni, graduate credits include work on Oscar, Emmy and GRAMMY-winning projects, best-selling video games, and the #1 grossing U.S. concert tour seven out of the last seven years. Full Sail's 178-acre campus proudly welcomes over 6,000 students from 50 states and 47 countries.
Full Sail currently offers a total of thirteen degree programs including: Associate of Science Degrees offered in Graphic Design, Recording Arts and Show Production & Touring; Bachelor of Science Degrees offered in Computer Animation, Digital Arts & Design, Entertainment Business (online), Film, Game Art, Game Development, Music Business and Web Design & Development; and a Master of Science Degree in Education Media Design & Technology (online) and Entertainment Business (online and on-campus).
Students on-campus experience a real world education with a professional class structure of 8-12 hours per day and a 24-hour around the clock schedule which earned Full Sail the Most Innovative Program Award by the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. The college has also been named: The Harvard of Game Schools by Tips & Tricks Magazine; one of the top three New Media Schools by Shift Magazine (alongside the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and New York University); one of the Top Five Game Degree Programs in the world by Electronic Gaming Monthly; one of the Best Music Programs in the country by Rolling Stone Magazine; one of the Best Music Business Departments in the Schools That Rock: The Rolling Stone College Guide; and one of the Best Film Programs in the country by UNleashed Magazine.
For more information about Full Sail, please visit www.fullsail.com
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