Be a film star and sponsor one of the UK's best regional film festival which is 29 years old this year.

1. BEA
FILM
STAR!

2. 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.
PLAY THE
LEADING
ROLE INOUR
STORY
FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

3. 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

4. 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.
Hospitality at FilmBath Festival
FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

5. 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

6. DIGITAL MARKETING
FilmBath 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 PUBLICITY
FilmBath 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.
Festival reach
FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

7. 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 EXPOSURE
FilmBath 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 venues
GOLD only
FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

8. 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

9. Partnership/sponsorship
Bronze: £500 Silver: £1,500 Gold: £5,000
What are you sponsoring? One film FilmBath Festival FilmBath
Tickets for reserved seats at the relevant film/s 3 10 30
Book 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

10. FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship
BENEFACTORS
Couple: £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
FILMCLUB
Banner 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 QAs, 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

11. 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
FilmBath 2019 Sponsorship Opportunities

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