SPONSORS
If you are in search of potential partners, products, and services to help take your festival to the next level, you'll find it on the 2009 IFFS Exhibit Floor. Our list is growing weekly so be sure to check back often for updates.
SPONSORS  AAA Flag & Banner A manufacturer of custom graphics, banners, signs, flags, murals, vehicle graphics, floor graphics, and many more uses both indoor and out. Large format screen printing and digital graphics are our specialty. We install what we produce, including city pole banners, trade shows, special events and experts using full color digital imaging on fabrics, vinyl presentation boards, and almost any substrate any size. www.aaaflag.com  Area 4 is the first authoring studio in the US to focus exclusively on Blu-ray Disc production. Having been involved in the BD standard since its introduction, we have the experience and the tools to help our clients get the most from this next-generation delivery format. www.area4.tv  Agile Ticketing Agile Ticketing provides scalable, enterprise-class ticketing solutions that can be tailored to fit the needs of organizations of varying sizes. We offer a complete line of fully integrated software and services designed to be the engine powering your ticketing, customer relationship management and membership programs. www.agiletix.com  With heightened security concerns and tight budgets, gaining more control over credentialing for your festival without breaking the bank can be difficult. Bag Tags, Inc. produces the highest quality Event Credentials, Lanyards and Wristbands at minimal cost. Our full-color designs will also help keep things fun and promote your event. www.bagtagsinc.com  Brown Paper Tickets is here to change the ticketing industry. Years of unfair pricing and mediocre service have resulted in these practices becoming the norm. Brown Paper Tickets prides itself on providing the best possible customer service and the richest tool set, all for the lowest price in the industry. Ticket sellers pay nothing to use our service and ticket buyers pay only 99¢ and 2.5%. www.brownpapertickets.com  B-Side Entertainment is a specialty film distributor that uses digital marketing and exhibition to connect films directly with audiences. The key to B-Side’s unique distribution model is its technology platform which powers the websites for more than 250 international film festivals, capturing feedback from four million audience members each year. www.bside.com  CineVegas The CineVegas Film Festival is a platform for artists and art lovers who are drawn to the edge. Held amidst the unique, unpredictable and intoxicating environment that is Las Vegas, the CineVegas Film Festival pushes the boundaries of cinema. The Festival annually presents work by innovative, uninhibited, and renegade artists to an audience of local and national film lovers, journalists, and film industry representatives. www.cinevegas.com  Helping Music & Film Festivals Generate New Revenue. Since 1996, COPYCATS Media has provided independent musicians, filmmakers, record labels & movie studios with distribution solutions. With the new COPYCATS Download Card, we now offer Music & Film Festivals a low-cost, media-free, way to build deeper, one on one, relationships with attendees that ultimately, generate incremental revenue and profits.  Enta provides venue managers and event promoters a powerful business tool to meet today's demanding requirements. The Enta Ticket Solution and its multiple venue functionality is perfect for serving the diverse needs of film festivals with their many films, prices and venues, as well as reserved seating organizations, single site venues and general admission facilities. www.entausa.com .jpg) Element Eight Eyewear strives to manufacture and import quality eyewear with a wide assortment of designs to meet the needs of the individual. We focus on the latest styles in all categories including sportswear, surf wear, fashion, and now, 3-D glasses, a look into the future. Our goal in the eyewear industry is to manufacture and distribute the most up-to-date styles with the best quality. Visit with us at our website, www.elementeight.com and the International Film Festival Summit and glimpse our newest innovation, quality 3-D glasses.
K2imaging specializes in providing technical services and equipment for customers that demand the best in audio and visual presentation. Since 2002, K2 has worked with festivals of every scale including Tribeca, Sundance, MountainFilm, and Telluride Film Festivals to navigate the ever-changing world of presentation technology. www.k2imaging.com Kids First
Nomosa - No More Starving Artists, changes the business of art for independent artists and festivals alike. Recognizing the vital role festivals play in the success of an artist Nomosa has developed an innovative business model and web based platform that facilitates unique relationships between festivals and artists enabling both to increase visibility, profitability and create sustainable revenue streams throughout the year. www.nomosa.com
Newly founded in 2009, Seed Labs emerged as a leader in the event mobile application industry with the launch of official mobile event solutions for the Lollapalooza and Austin City Limits Music Festivals. more than 8,000 venues and event organizers throughout the U.S. Ticketleap requires no special hardware or software and is simple to setup online. Consumers can use any major credit or debit card to purchase tickets in person, by phone, or online. TicketLeap is ideal for any event organizer who wants to reduce costs, simplify event management and enhance customer convenience. www.ticketleap.com.
 Xomo produces mobile social software to enhance the experience of attending a large festival or event. With a location-aware Mobile Event Guide from Xomo, your attendees can find out 'What's On' near them at your festival, watch videos, access venue maps and event information, plan their personal schedule and purchase tickets. They can even share their experience by submitting photos and stories from their phone that are published in real-time to the event website. Currently available on iPhone and Blackberry devices, Xomo's products are designed to increase festival revenue by providing engaging sponsor activation opportunities. Xomo's clients include large cultural festivals such as the London Jazz Festival and Vancouver International Film Festival, as well as world class sporting events. www.xomodigital.com MEDIA SPONSORS  CelebrityAccess is the ultimate resource for the entertainment professional and the largest provider of news and information to the live performance entertainment industry for over 10 years. CelebrityAccess provides profiles on over 40,000 celebrities including direct and detailed contact information, bios for celebrity managers and agents, promoters, venues, talent buyers and sellers. CelebrityAccess also provides tour dates, box office scores, performance fee ranges and more keeping you up to date and on top of the fast changing industry. Enroll for a FREE Trial and subscribe to Encore our weekly E-Zine now reaching to over 100,000 entertainment industry professionals and decision makers. For more information visit our website www.celebrityaccess.com All IFFS members, attendees and associates of IFFS will receive a 3-Day Free Trial of our service; a $100 discount on all new annual membership subscriptions.  CelebrityAccess EventWire provides the entertainment industry with current news, data, and profiles on over 40,000 entertainers and their representatives including direct emails, phone/fax, bios, tour dates, performance fees, production requirements, box office scores, and more. Agents, managers, talent buyers, and venues are just a few of the many types of data included on the site. Extensive business tools streamline the business of buying/selling talent and communicating within the industry. A FREE Trial is available at http://www.celebrityaccess.com. Contact CelebrityAccess at sales@celebrityaccess.com.
 The online community for film festival professionals fest21.com welcomes the premier video blog platform: bound to become home of upcoming filmmakers with a quality choice of film blogs with streaming film (up to 500M storage) It has become the reference address for festival blogging, posting dailies, audio podcasts or videos, viral information; festival goers share ambiance, tips, reviews... All blogs are empowered with RSS technology which allows easy syndication and better ranking in search engines. www.fest21.com  Film Festivals Non stop film festivals, nothing but festivals. The leading worldwide online media for festival news serving the international community since 1995; with up to 3 M pages a month. The only online media strictly dedicated to festival activities includes directory, news and awards and specific services for festivals looking for international entries. Film Festivals offers a unique opportunity to reach filmmakers who wish to submit their film or short to festival for consideration. The site has a database of 10 000 films and 3 900 film festivals and approximately 9 000 journalists. www.filmfestivals.com  Film Festival Today is a tool and a community which allows you to discover, select, share and discuss the news, videos, and podcasts that appeal to you as a filmmaker. Direct cinema, the French New Wave, and other movements that profoundly shaped the future of cinema were spurred by greater access to cinematic tools. With the same sophisticated post-production technology increasingly in the hands of both industry professionals and independent artists, audiences can look forward to another new wave of creative voices and cinematic styles. FFT hopes to assist you on your filmmaking voyage. filmfestivaltoday.com  FilmMaker Magazine Published quarterly, FILMMAKER covers the most intriguing independent feature films that will be released in theaters over the subsequent three months. Active filmmakers, directors, producers, cinematographers, writers, and editors throughout the independent film and digital cinema community read FILMMAKER for an incisive look at the industry today. FILMMAKER readers are leaders in their field, determined to be involved in the production of interesting, intelligent independent films. www.filmmakermagazine.com  Film Threat Continuing in the tradition set forth by the original print magazine, FilmThreat.com delivers the best in film reviews, film festival coverage, exclusive filmmaker interviews and original video content. From blogs toonline forums, FilmThreat.com is on the cutting edge of online journalism,while staying as renegade as ever. www.filmthreat.com  | THE INTERNATIONAL FILM GUIDE | The International Film Guide is recognised as the most authoritative and well-respected annual review of world cinema providing unique coverage of contemporary cinema and international film festivals in one handy volume comprising over 460 pages. The complementary website provides a ‘dual platform’ with regularly updated original news, views, photos and features from the worlds of international and independent cinema and the film festival circuit. Our regular Spotlight section provides a series of individual Spotlights either on leading international film festivals offering day-to-day coverage of events and screenings, as well as profiling companies at the cutting edge of film technology and production. www.internationalfilmguide.com  IFP After debuting with a program in the 1979 New York Film Festival, IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest & largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premier advocate for them. Since its start, IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers - voices that otherwise might not have been heard. IFP believes that independent films enrich the universal language of cinema, seeding the global culture with new ideas, kindling awareness, & fostering activism. IFP has fostered early work by such filmmakers as Charles Burnett, Edward Burns, Jim Jarmusch, Barbara Kopple, Michael Moore, Mira Nair and Kevin Smith. For more information about IFP’s membership and year-round programs, www.ifp.org  IFQ is a film and music magazine started in 2002 for filmmakers, screenwriters, artists, musicians and business professionals. IFQ magazine consists of film & music interviews, along with film & music reviews. IFQ is publishes a Special Cannes Film Festival Edition and Special AFM Edition each year. www.independentfilmquarterly.com  MovieMaker is the nation's leading magazine on the art and business of making movies and the most widelyread magazine on independent film in the world. MovieMaker's core readership is comprised of all levels of working moviemakers; editorial content satisfies this constituency by reporting from the independent, digital and studio sectors. MovieMaker's Cooperative Program offers businesses of all shapes and sizes (festivals, film schools, associations, film offices and independent businesses) the chance to become a true partner with our organization. For less than the price of one single print advertisement, your Cooperative membership entitles you to a package of benefits, including multiple print ads, editorial coverage, Website exposure at MovieMaker.com, complimentary subscriptions for your clients and much more. www.moviemaker.com  Namac The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC) is a nonprofit association whose membership comprises a diverse mix of organizations and individuals dedicated to a common goal: the support and advocacy of independent film, video, audio and online/multimedia arts. www.namac.org  P3 P3 is the only monthly trade publication that provides comprehensive updates on the latest on-location film, digital, technology, and equipment developments for television, films, commercials, and documentaries. P3's mission is to provide advanced information on locations, methods and tools that help producers, directors, cinematographers, and crewmembers film their visions. www.p3update.com  ProductionHUB, Inc. is the leading online resource and industry directory for film, television, video and digital media production. Developed as a tool for people to locate production products, services and professionals, ProductionHUB has grown to become the number one production search engine. Over 200,000 monthly users rely on ProductionHUB to deliver up-to-date information related to the production industry. www.productionhub.com  The Reeler is a paean to and an unofficial resource for news, happenings and gossip emerging from the world of New York City cinema. The Reeler brings you news features, profiles, reviews, festival information, party coverage and event listings--all settled into their own separate, easy-to-find sections. The focus remains the same: to bring you the latest news and trends from New York film culture, from the DIY world to the city's biggest premieres. www.thereeler.com  The Hollywood Reporter Now in its 76th year, The Hollywood Reporter covers the business of the entertainment industry via a network of media outlets. They include the print daily and weekly editions, the web site, various electronic-media offerings and high-profile events such as the Key Art Awards and Women in Entertainment. www.hollywoodreporter.com  Variety Recognized and respected through out the world of show business, Variety is the premier source of entertainment news. Since 1905, the most influential leaders in the industry have turned to Variety for timely, credible and straight forward news and analysis - information vital to their professions. www.variety.com  Venues Today is the world's leading trade magazine for venue professionals. We cover the news behind the headlines with an emphasis on the business side of music, festivals, sports, convention centers, family shows and fairs. Each year, we publish 12 monthly magazines, 39 electronic VT Pulse newsletter and two venue directories. We also co-promote the annual Sport, Entertainment and Venues Tomorrow conference in conjunction with the University of South Carolina, Columbia. For more information, visit www.venuestoday.com.
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