update on the independents’ film festival
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Well, folks, I’ve got good news and bad news.
The bad news:
“Important News for fans of TEC (Tampa Educational Consortium), the Board of County Commissioners has chosen to accept the recommendation of the County Administrator and zero fund The Education Channel for FY ’08 and ‘09 which begins October 1, 2007. Programs that you may have enjoyed in the past may not be available to you after September 30, 2007. If this matters to you at all please call your County Commissioner and tell them to re-instate the funding for TEC.”
And some good news:
The Independents’ Film Festival is still a go. The Education Channel’s Laura Tierney said, “I am going on with the Independents’ Film Festival and would like to see some additional funding developed for it.” Here are two ways to support the IFF:
1) Purchase an ad for your business in the IFF program. Program advertising is $500 for the back cover or inside cover; a full page is $200 or a half page is $100.
2) Purchase a Movie Lovers sponsorship. “For $100 you receive your family’s name in the program as a supporter of the fest and two all-access passes to the festival. You also get the knowledge that you support creativity and culture in our society. All these funds go directly to support the Independents’ Film Festival and to demonstrating to the State of Florida that filmmaking is important to us. Of course, if you have friends with businesses who might be interested in a more complex level of sponsorship, please call or email. I need to raise the matching funds for this year ASAP since it seems that those funds will not be available through The Education Channel’s general operating budget. Remember that we are a 501 c3 so donations are tax deductible to the extent that your CPA tells you they are.”
Laura Tierney can be contacted at 813-254-2253, ext. 206 or via email at laurat(at)educationchannel.org.
The IFF has a new website: http://www.indiefilmfest.us/ and a MySpace page: www.myspace.com/movieminded. Visit the fest’s new online digs when you get a chance. Let’s show our support for this much-loved local film festival, shall we?
(cross-posted at www.tampafilmfan.com)
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