GIRAF7 Sponsorship Package

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Featuring Animated City

Featuring Animated City

About GIRAFGIRAF, or the Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival (est. 2005) is an annual festival dedicated to presenting the best in independent animation. Our parent organization, Quickdraw Animation Society, is a nonprofit animation production centre and registered charity. This year our theme for the festival is Animated City: featuring building-sized animated installations around Calgary!

We are dedicated to gaining greater awareness of animation as an art form. Through 5 days of interactive activities, workshops, artist talks, visiting artists, and screenings, GIRAF showcases animations from around the world. We focus on presenting animations that push boundaries – exposing Calgarians to animation that is rarely seen in other festivals.

We are proud to contribute to Calgary's vibrant arts community and to bring innovative and challenging animation to cartoon lovers.

Why Sponsor GIRAF?

Your sponsorship is essential to what we do, and by choosing to invest in Calgary’s film scene you are building the community you want to live in: strong, vibrant, and creative. Through collaboration with leading organizations like yours, we will continue to make a real difference in our community while helping your organization achieve its business goals.

GIRAF’s rapidly growing audience is comprised of a unique cross-section of key demographics, and your sponsorship will expose your brand to this diverse and influential group of community trendsetters.

Your investment not only helps us with our efforts, but establishes your organization as a key contributor to Calgary’s emergence as a dynamic cultural centre. We invite you to partner with us to make Calgary a great city!

GIRAF 2011: Animated CityOUR NEW INITIATIVE: We intend to Animate the City of Calgary!

Think Giant! In our 7th year, GIRAF debuts a new animated installation component to our festival. Animated City is a presentation of large-scale animation projections throughout the city, during GIRAF. Animated City strategically increases the public visibility and accessibility of animation. Animations will be displayed in high traffic locations, and possible venues include mall interiors, storefront businesses, and large projections on buildings in the city core.

GIRAF features uniques animation workshops, screenings, visiting artists and gala events. We provide balanced programming, with programming for kids and families, but also animation that is adult, artistic, and critically acclaimed in nature. GIRAF is not just cartoons, but dedicated to exposing audiences to animation as an art form.

As a sponsor you have the potential to connect on a GIANT scale, from families and children, to artists and the culturally savvy, join us as we animate the City of Calgary!

Festival Statistics

• Festival Growth:

• Demographics:

• Submissions:

• Audience:

GIRAF Festival Demographics

AGE PERCENTAGE<18 7.5%18-25 30.8%26-34 40%35-49 13.3%50> 8.3%

StudentArtistSelf-EmployedTradesEducationProfessionalRetired

We Are ConnectedThis year’s festival promises a high level of foot traffic through Animated City, exposing your brand to Animation lovers and passers-by in Calgary’s hip downtown core. Our program guide (2000+ distribution), Festivall posters, and pre-show trailers at the Plaza Theatre further connect your brand to our community. In addition, GIRAF benefits from supporting media coverage with The Calgary Herald, FFWD, CJSW 90.9, The Calgary Sun, Metro, Avenue Magazine and more!

In 2010, GIRAF’s audience increased 39% from the previous year Over 70% of GIRAF’s audience is between the ages of 18 to 35GIRAF receives more than 350 film submissions annually from around the worldAlberta has the highest number of movie-goers per capita in Canada (2008 study)

Sponsorship BenefitsSponsorship packages provide exceptional value, unique benefits, and can be customized accordingly to fit your organization’s particular marketing needs. Private donations, and in-kind donations of all sizes are welcomed.

Sponsorship Levels

Fluorescent Level - $500 8 general admission ticketsLogo on all promotional material

Phosphorescent Level - $1000 1/4 Page Ad in Festival Program Guide10 general admission Complimentary PassesLogo in Festival Program, Website (link) & All Print MaterialLogo in Pre-screening Slide Show, Banner

Electroluminescent Level - $3000 1/2 Page Ad in Festival Program6 Complimentary Festival PassesPlus additional incentives in Phosphorescent Level

Giant Incandescent Level - $5000 Only 4 available sponsorship spaces Name associated with 1/4 of All EventsFull Page Ad in Festival Program10 sec commercial spot (provided by sponsor)10 Complimentary Festival Passes

Festival Presenter - $10 000+15 complimentary passes, 10sec animated spot provided by Quickdraw, a customized team building through animation workshop for your business and more!** Full details to be worked out in a customized contract ***

Special Opportunities

Sponsor a Film -$500 and Above10 tickets to your Screening or Gala EventLogo in Program Guide Banner & table opportunity

Animated City Presenter - $5000First 4 sponsors receive their brand in conjunction with an Animated City projection (your brand on a building!),10 complimentary passesYour logo in all print and web material.

**While sponsorship levels are based on cash contributions, we highly value in-kind and media sponsorships. Please contact Quickdraw Animation for in-kind/media customized levels of recognition. In-kind sponsorship is valued at 50% of the estimated value.

2010 Festival Sponsors & Supporters

Think Giant

For more information on how to become a part of GIRAF, please contact:

Festival Director Karilynn ThompsonP: 403-261-5767

E: [email protected]

www.giraffest.ca

All Logo’s & Advertisement Artwork as well as Slides & Trailers for Pre-Screening Slide show must be submitted before this date.

Sponsorship DEADLINE: September 2nd, 2011

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