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IFC Center Sarah Polley Jonathan Demme
Werner Herzog
Jared Leto
AmericA’s lArgestdocumentAry festivAl
sixth ANNUAL EDitiON OF NEW YORK’s DOCUMENtARY FEstiVAL
“DOC NYC hAs qUiCKLY bECOME ONE OF thE
city’s grAndest film events.”
November 12 – 19, 2015
Jim CarreyBig Bird
hailed as “ambitious”
“selective but eclectic”
Errol Morris Naomi Watts Wallace Shawn
Bebe NeuwirthLemon Anderson & Russell SimmonsCornel West & Nat Hentoff
Michael StipeHarry Belafonte & Rosario DawsonTate Donovan
Charlotte Rampling David Byrne Anjelica Houston
doc nychas quadrupled
in size since 2010
spans downtown Manhattan from
ifc center to chelsea’s svA
theatre and Bow tie cinemas
Artistic Director Thom Powers programs for Toronto International Film Festival
Executive Director Raphaela Neihausen & Powers run the weekly series Stranger Than Fiction at IFC Center
Thom Powers & Michael Moore
Festival patrons Raphaela Neihausen & Barbara Kopple
Our HISToRy Celebrity APPEARANCES
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The Act of Killing
2014 Oscar® Nominee
The Square
2014 Oscar® Nominee
Dirty Wars
2014 Oscar® Nominee
2012 Oscar® Winner
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TOPTOP COOLEST DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD! COOLEST DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVALS IN THE WORLD!
FILMS & EVENTS150+
LARGEST DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL IN AMERICA
LARGEST DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL IN AMERICA
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SPECIAL GUESTS200+
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Press Coverage From Over
120NATIONAL &
INTERNATIONALMEDIA OUTLETS
DOCNYC.net
60kWEBSITE VISITS
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Oscar® nominees and winners!DOC nyC’s Short List has a strong track record of predicting
Citizenfour
2015 Oscar® Winner
20 Feet From Stardom
2014 Oscar® Winner
Key STATS film HIgHLIgHTS
Searching for Sugarman
2013 Oscar® Winner
Undefeated
Last Days in Vietnam2015 Oscar®
Nominee
Finding Vivian Maier
2015 Oscar® Nominee
The Salt of the Earth
2015 Oscar® Nominee
susan margolis and Docurama hosted our special guests at one of several new Happy Hour events at the Half Pint, just steps away from our home at the ifC Center.
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Kickstarter helped us ‘kick off’ the festival with a party at their
brooklyn headquarters.
festival sponsor, sony, joined us at another Happy Hour event at the Half Pint following their Doc-A-thon panel on Cinematography, where they continued to demonstrate the new sOny PXW-fs7.
sponsorship HIgHLIgHTS
leadership sponsor HbO Documentary films celebrated the premiere of “banksy Does new york” at DOC nyC’s Annual filmmaker Party at the gorgeous Housing Works in soho.
some of our amazing partners at
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Doc-A-thon featured 25 Panels with 85+ special guest filmmakers and speakers
Esther robinson led a lively discussion with filmmakers marshall Curry, Amir bar-lev and liz garbus on
“How to Make a Living as a Documentary Filmmaker”
“Casting for Documentaries,” copresented by Chicken and Egg Pictures, included Town
Hall’s Jamila Wignot and others
“In Conversation with Nick Broomfield” featured an in-depth discussion with the
filmmaker about his acclaimed body of work
for the first time filmmaker, iyabo boyd, Jeff reichert, farihah Zaman and Edwin martinez discussed “Mapping out your Film: Story and Style”
sundance institute’s tabitha Jackson spoke about the “State of Documentaries”
“Documentaries are Narratives” featured sierra Pettingill, nick bentgen and bassam tariq
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the inaugural visionaries tribute luncheon Honored the legends of Documentary filmmaking
The sold out luncheon at the Park was attended by industry leaders, filmmakers, distributors, producers and Academy members.
“one of the most significant gatherings of documentary filmmakers in history”
Honorees Chris Hegedus & DA Pennebaker
Honoree, the late Al MayslesHonoree Dan Cogan
Honoree Chris Hegedus Barbara Kopple
Michael Moore
Rory Kennedy
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Audiences• One of the country’s perennial top-grossing theaters on a per-seat basis
• Diverse, educated, influential
• Weekly e-mail: 20,000
• Quarterly programs distributed throughout nyC: 20,000
• Passersby: 30,000 people/day
• Attendance: 450,000 moviegoers/year
• ifCcenter.com: 605,000 unique visitors, 1.1 million site visits in 2013
Events• us theatrical premieres of major independent hits
• festivals: Oscar®-nominated shorts, rendez-vous with french Cinema, ny international Children’s film festival, DOC nyC, Human rights Watch film festival
• midnight movies, classics and shorts
• Partnerships with the new york times, Columbia university, nyu, mcsweeney’s and others
• in-person appearances by filmmakers and stars like David lynch, James franco, Catherine Deneuve, Jane fonda, Jonathan Demme and more
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DOC nyC is produced by ifC Center, a five screen state of the art cinema located in the heart of nyC’s greenwich village. top tier sponsors have
access to extended year-round opportunities at ifC
“DOC NYC has become an essential summit
for all kinds of documentary filmmaking.”
“images that dare you to turn away.”
“this cinematic bonanza covers everything new and noteworthy in the world of documentary filmmaking.”
“bigger isn’t always better. but when it comes to DOC NYC, now the largest documentary film festival in the U.s., the five-year-old upstart
event has proven itself a worthy new addition to the nonfiction calendar.”
“the most comprehensive celebration of the nonfiction form in the five boroughs or anywhere else for that matter.”
“DOC NYC has cemented itself as
one of our favorite festivals of the cultural calendar.”
“An essential event on the cinephile’s calendar.”
Press HIgHLIgHTS ifC Center
spONsORship LEVELs>> pREsENtiNg LEAD spONsOR $250k
LEADERship spONsOR $125k
MAjOR spONsOR $75k
sUppORtiNg spONsOR $50k
sigNAtURE spONsOR$25k
EVENt spONsOR$15k
FRiEND OF thE FEstiVAL$5k
the Presenting sponsorship is a singular opportunity and offers an elite level of association with extensive year-round presence at IFC, along with DOC nyC festival-wide exposure and title recognition. Every mention of DOC nyC will also include the “presented by” credit for your company, along with many exclusive benefits at the festival. Sponsorship of Visionaries Tribute Luncheon.
the leadership sponsorship offers preferred status and first tier recognition with festival-wide exposure. your company is awarded major visibility, exclusive benefits and access throughout the festival. Sponsorship of Filmmaker Party (or Visionaries if available)
the major sponsorship offers preferred status and second tier recognition with festival-wide exposure. your company is awarded major visibility, exclusive benefits and access throughout the festival. Sponsorship of opening Night Party.
the leadership sponsorship offers preferred status and third tier recognition with festival-wide exposure. your company is awarded visibility, signature program recognition, enhanced benefits and access throughout the festival. Sponsorship of Doc-A-Thon and Happy Hour Events.
the signature sponsorship offers “ownership” of one full day, along with festival-wide access, visibility throughout the festival. Sponsorship of one day of Doc-A-Thon panels (or Happy Hour Events if available).
the Event sponsorship provides customized sponsorship of one event and festival-wide access, visibility throughout the festival. Sponsorship of one Panel or one Film.
the friend sponsorship is a basic sponsorship that provides access and visibility throughout the festival.
WEB & MEDIA ExPoSURE
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recognition in Press materials top billing first tier second tier third tier
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live ‘thank you’ from the stage a a a a a aOpportunity to provide Jury Prize or
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logo on Posters/Postcards top billing first tier second tier third tier
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VISIoNARIES TRIBUTE & FESTI-VAL TICKETINg
tickets to tribute luncheon 2 tables 1 table 1/2 table (5 seats) 4 tickets 2 tickets
Dedicated Concierage ticketing a a
tickets to Opening & Closing night 20 12 10 6 4 4 2
tickets to other events 8 6 4 4 4 4 2
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sponsorship PACKAgES
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For sponsorship inquiries:Deborah Rudolph
Director of DevelopmentPhONe 917.862.3608
e-maiL [email protected]
For festival inquiries:Raphaela Neihausen
Executive Director, DOC NYCPhONe 917.804.1374
e-maiL [email protected]
For updates, visit DoCNyC.net