Festival Film Jakmèl is a biennial film festival held in Jacmel, Haiti that brings over 80,000 attendees international films, concerts, workshops and cultural events. The week-long festival transforms the town through screenings, performances, and educational programs. It aims to entertain and educate locals while promoting Haiti's culture and boosting the regional economy through tourism. Past attendees include famous Haitian and international artists.

1. FESTIVAL
FILM JAKMÈL
BRINGING THE WORLD TO HAITI
FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL
BRINGING THE WORLD TO HAITI
www.festivalfilmjakmel.com
email. info@festivalfilmjakmel.com
Photo credits:
Maggie Steber, Pete Tidemann,
Anne Poulsen, Nathalie Brunet,
Claudy Donet, Monsieur Henri

2. FFJ CREWS HANG OUTDOOR SCREEN
FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL Bringing the world to Haiti
ABOUT US
Festival Film Jakmèl (FFJ) is a biennial celebration of
contemporary world cinema held in Haiti’s vibrant cultural
center, Jacmel. Attended by over 80,000 people from the nation
and around the world, Festival Film Jakmèl offers an
unprecedented opportunity for discovery, exchange, and visibility
through the power of film and the diverse world it captures.
VISION
Through cinema and integrated educational and cultural programming,
the Festival’s goal is to entertain, educate and empower the Haitian people
while promoting national cinema and arts, creating jobs, stimulating the
regional economy, increasing tourism and sharing insights for sustainable
long term development.
The Festival, held for one week, is a nonstop multimedia event featuring
THE FESTIVAL
film screenings, concerts and performances, educational programs, panel
discussions, exhibitions and celebrations. An extraordinary group of
directors, producers, actors, musicians, artists and NGOs gather with the
local community, transforming Jacmel into an oasis of discovery, learning
and celebration.
The week concludes with the FFJ LA KAY AWARDS where an international
jury honors the very best in Haitian cinematic achievement. This high profile,
nationally broadcast closing night Awards Ceremony recognizes, rewards
and raises the visibility of local cinema, music and arts.

3. FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL Bringing the world to Haiti
FFJ celebrates local and international cinema through a diverse selection of films that are both
FFJ FILM SCREENINGS
entertaining and educational. The films range from children’s movies to thought provoking
documentaries, entertaining blockbuster fiction to regional and career specific retrospectives. World-
renowned film festivals like Miami and Toronto International are among the many partners who
collaborate with FFJ to access the best international programming from leading names in world cinema.
Four local theaters screen four times daily to a capacity of 10,000. A giant outdoor screen and
stage on Congo Beach, features nightly screenings, the La Kay Awards and live performances.
Capacity 50,000.
FFJ CONCERTS FFJ WORKSHOPS
The power of film and music come together during the week FFJ presents daily Master Classes and Intensive
in a series of intimate and grand scale live performances, Workshops with visiting directors, artists and industry
Concert On The Beach
featuring powerful combinations of the very best local and professionals. Held at the Alliance Francaise Jacmel,
international talent. Audiences experience compas, jazz, these highly successful courses fill to capacity and offer
reggae, hip-hop and roots music shows. aspiring talent an unprecedented opportunity to learn
from and develop relationships with professionals
from around the world. Participants explore the craft
FFJ EDUCATION
and creative process of film, music, photography
In partnership with the Regional Ministry of Education, all and other arts, as well as the business of financing,
local Jacmel National Schools attend screenings followed by production and distribution.
meaningful discussions with directors and actors. For some
of the most isolated students in the world with little access to
media, the films they see often provide them with their very “It’s like a giant public school.
first images of foreign cultures and stories about global issues. It’s another kind of food.”
- Raoul Peck, Director
Young Audience Member

4. National Schools Attending FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL Bringing the world to Haiti
FFJ TOWN HALL SEMINARS “Power of Cinema
Award winning films, visiting filmmakers, invited UN
agencies, NGOs, government representatives and the Curbs Isolation”
general public come together to address some of Haiti’s -Associated Press
most pressing issues through dynamic public screenings,
moderated panels and public dialogue. These highly
successful Town Hall Development Seminars, held in
FFJ MEDIA PRESENCE
Jacmel’s City Hall, disseminate critical information, FFJ attracts significant and positive national and international
share replicable solutions and inspire new approaches media coverage. The Associated Press, Miami Herald,
for the country’s development. While seminars address National Public Radio (NPR), Philadelphia Inquirer, Voice
challenging issues, the underlying emphasis of each is of America, Herald Tribune, Canadian Broadcasting Corp
constructive and hopeful in tone. (CBC), Marie Claire, Screen International, Le Monde and
L’Humanité have covered the Festival’s recent activities in
addition to all major local media, broadcast and print.
FFJ DUBBING
FFJ educates and trains local technicians, actors, editors
and producers in our Creole Dubbing Program. Involving
FFJ OUTREACH
over thirty Jacmel youth, FFJ dubs its most important Fondation Festival Film Jakmèl, the Festival’s organizing
international feature length films into Creole for maximum entity, produces year round mini traveling festivals, urban
exposure for the public. This unique program, involves mobile screenings, local film productions, vocational
months of production to translate, record, mix and re- training workshops and educational screenings throughout
master each of the films for screening. the nation.
Town Hall Seminar
Festival Film Jakmèl is a leading cultural institution in Haiti due to its overall positive impact on the country’s
FFJ IMPACT
image, the community of Jacmel, and art and culture in the region. Attracting talent, visitors and press
from around the world, the Festival’s imprint is felt far beyond its Southern shores. The Festival generates
nearly 1 million US dollars in regional related economic activity through employment and use of goods
and services. Local restaurants and bars, hotels, shops, taxis, and airlines are filled to capacity. Corporate
sponsors receive high visibility for their brands, products and services as the local and visiting public attend
screenings and events throughout the week filling each venue to capacity.

5. FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL The Festival and You
VISIBILITY
Sponsorship of Festival Film Jakmèl
offers companies the opportunity to partner
their brand with one of the country’s most
influential and innovative cultural events.
FFJ offers a limited number of sponsorships.
These unique marketing opportunities are
tailored to ensure maximum visibility for
promotional objectives and meet sponsors
expectations in the following:
STIMULATING SALES
ENHANCING CORPORATE IMAGE
INCREASING BRAND LOYALTY
DEMONSTRATING SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE GLOBAL
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL PRESS EXPOSURE

6. Wyclef Jean Arriving at FFJ FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL Sponsorship Categories
TITLE SPONSOR $150,000 PRODUCING PARTNER $100,000 PLATINUM SPONSOR $50,000
Full sponsor brand immersion Full sponsor brand immersion Full sponsor brand immersion
including logo placement as title including logo placement as lead including logo placement as key
sponsor on banners, billboards, sponsor on banners, billboards, sponsor on banners, billboards, all
all print communications, websites all print communications, websites print communications, websites and
and advertising. Naming rights and advertising. Naming rights to advertising. Category Exclusivity.
to include Main Stage and Grand include Master Theater, Festival Naming rights to include 1 Theater
Prize. 50 VIP passes. Headquarters or VIP Lounge and and Prize. 25 VIP passes.
Major Prize. 35 VIP passes.
GOLD SPONSOR $25,000 SILVER SPONSOR $10,000 BRONZE SPONSOR $5,000
Full sponsor brand immersion Logo placement as a valued sponsor Logo placement as a valued sponsor
including logo placement as on screen, in catalog, program and on screen, in catalog, program and
major sponsor on banners, print websites. Naming rights and product websites. 5 VIP passes.
communications, website and placement at celebratory event and
advertising. Category Exclusivity. seminar. 10 VIP passes.
Naming rights to include 1 Theater
and Prize. 15 VIP passes.
“I don’t know if it was hunger for cinema
IN KIND DONATIONS
Attending Danish Filmmakers Annette Olsen and Jorgen Leth
or the quality of my film but I had at least
The Festival welcomes a broad
5,000 people just standing there mesmerized
range of in-kind goods and services
for 95 minutes...it was one of the happiest including office, production and
days of my life.” training equipment, transportation
vehicles and travel awards.
-Jean-Claude Flamond Barny,
Director, Neg Maron

7. Haitian Stars Jimmy Jean Louis and Jessica Généus
with Producer Wilkenson Bruna
FESTIVAL FILM JAKMÈL Sponsorship Opportunities
Pending your sponsorship level, the following opportunities for visibility exist:
BRANDING
Category Exclusivity
ADDITIONAL ADDED VALUE
Naming Rights
Vehicle + Venue Wraps
Venues: Main Stage, Theaters,
Headquarters, VIP Lounge, Seminars, Mobile Advertising:
Events: Awards Ceremony, Competitions, Prizes, Moto, Tap Tap, Audio Truck, FFJ Vehicles,
Screenings, Concerts, Cocktail Receptions and Parties, Mayor’s Office Vehicles
Workshops, Seminars, Youth Competitions + Matches Activity Booths
Product Sampling and Distribution: Photo, Video, Radio, Body Painting and Tattoos
Category Exclusivity, Sales, Sampling
Youth Competitions/Sports Matches
Giveaways, Raffles, Prizes
Community Services, Clubs, Bands, Personalities
Official Product of Festival Recognition
Official Supplier or Supplied by Recognition
BROADCAST / PROJECTION
In-theater Spots or Acknowledgement “Festival Film Jakmèl is a beautiful initiative”
at 130+ Festival Screenings
Film Credits: -Ronald Andris, Deputy Mayor of Jacmel
FFJ Promo Trailers, You Tube Casts, Annual
Video Student Workshop for Short Films
Radio and TV Mention in FFJ Ads “The festival gives businesses here a big boost.
Guerilla Projections on Public Surfaces
Press Conference with Haitian Musician Belo
We are looking forward to the years to come.”
- Dadou Maximillien, Jacmel Pepsi Center
PRINT RECOGNITION
Festival Programs and Film Guides
Billboards, Banners, Screens, Posters, “I look forward for next year and every
Postcards, T-shirts, Brochures
year to be at the Festival!”
Press Wall
-Wilkenson Bruna, Producer
ELECTRONIC RECOGNITION
FFJ Website: “The festival showed me that there
Banners, Video Streams, Photo Albums, Links, Emails,
Evites, Eblasts, Blogs
was real hope for Haiti”
FFJ Myspace, Facebook, Flickr + You Tube pages -Jimmy Jean Louis, actor

8. FESTIVAL FILM JAMÈL FFJ Facts
THE FACTS
80,000+ attendance
“During 8 magical days
350+ hotel rooms in Jacmel (all sell out)
150+ filmmakers, artists, diplomats, industry leaders Jacmel becomes the melting
50+ credentialed press, domestic and international pot of local and international
100 films from 30 countries in 7 days
National La Kay Awards ceremony by International Jury
film lovers. A cultural
exchange that should make all
Free Programming includes:
Haitians proud.”
140 + International Film Screenings for all ages -Lori Manuel Steed,
Multiple Live Concerts, Cultural Exhibits and Performances with Artist and Art Dealer
national and international artists
8 Filmmaking Workshops and Job Training Courses with visiting
professionals
6 Town Hall Development Seminars in partnership with NGOs
40+ Educational Screenings for local schools
A YOUNG AMBASSADOR WELCOMING VISITORS Programming Partners:
14 Press Conferences
Alliance Francaise
Danish Film Institute
HAITI’S NEXT GENERATION FILMMAKERS
New York African Film Festival
“Cultural Awakening Miami International Film Festival
Enchants Thousands...”
Toronto International Film Festival Group – Film Circuit
Women Make Movies
-Miami Herald
NOTABLE PREVIOUS VISITING ARTISTS
Wyclef Jean, Abderrahmane Sissako, Raoul Peck, Edwidge
Danticat, Albert Maysles, Perry Henzell, Dany Laferriere,
Marc Baptiste, Jorgen Leth, Jimmy Jean Louis, Jessica
Généus, Mutabaruka, Jahnesta, Krezi