Corporate Support

Each year, 220 storytellers present their new work to an audience of 46,000 people at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition, Sundance Insitute presents nearly 80 events in 40 U.S. cities and 20 international locations. Through these programs, Sundance Institute has one-to-one engagement with close to 100,000 consumers annually reaches millions more through press, web and social platforms. Current multi-market audience engagement opportunities include custom sponsorship packages for the following festivals and tours:

• Sundance Film Festival, Park City, Utah – January
• Sundance London – April
• Sundance NEXT Fest, Los Angeles, California – August
• Sundance Film Festival - Hong Kong Selects – September
• Short Film Tour, 50+ cities across the United States – January through December
• Theatre Program Showcase, New York – TBA
• Sundance Film Forward, 8 cities worldwide – TBA
• Creative Distribution Initiative Workshops, 5+ cities across the United States

To receive a custom proposal, please contact corporategiving@sundance.org.

Since 1981, Sundance Institute has supported a vibrant community of more than 7,500 storytellers from around the world. Each year the Institute provides artists with grants totaling over $2.5MM to support their work through development, production, and distribution. Through named fellowships and awards, partners align with the next generation of artists who are breaking new ground, pushing creative boundaries, and igniting new ideas.

Alumni of the Institute’s programs range from Paul Thomas Anderson (Hard Eight, Boogie Nights, There Will Be Blood) and Nicole Holofcener (Lovely and Amazing, Enough Said), to Cary Fukunaga (True Detective, Sin Nombre), Lynne Shelton (Laggies, Humpday), and Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station).

To receive a custom proposal, please contact corporategiving@sundance.org.

Sundance Institute produces content that reach a cumulative 6MM+ people annually. Ranging from interviews with emerging and established artists to series that highlight the craft of film and theatre making, we offer many opportunities to connect brands with the creativity and innovation that the Institute supports and celebrates.

The Institute also invites a small number of supporters access to customized content developed by artists within our community.

To receive a custom proposal, please contact corporategiving@sundance.org.

Client hospitality packages provide unrivaled access to our annual events. Bespoke packages can include tickets to film festival screenings, private screenings with filmmaker participation, or performances of Institute-supported theatre productions.

The Institute also offers Flash Labs, private sessions that connect supporter clients and employees with the artists and professionals working at the forefront of storytelling and innovation.

To receive a custom proposal, please contact corporategiving@sundance.org.

Sundance Institute has a rich history of collaboration with technology companies that provide the resources and tools that are essential to artists and their creative processes.

Brands active within the technology space also have the opportunity to align with New Frontier, a program supporting artists working at the intersection of art, film and technology. The New Frontier initiative includes an exhibition at the Sundance Film Festival, Labs and an Artist-in-Residence program that places artists within organizations to work directly with today’s leading technologists.

To receive a custom proposal, please contact corporategiving@sundance.org.

The Institute’s community of artists, audiences, and partners comes together for a variety of special events held throughout the year. Gatherings for alumni take place in concert with cultural events across the country, the annual Celebrate Sundance Institute Event honors singular contributions to and achievements in film and theatre, and each edition of the Sundance Film Festival kicks off with An Artist at the Table Opening Event.

To receive a custom proposal, please contact corporategiving@sundance.org.

Since 1985, the Institute has presented the most important event in Independent Film, the Sundance Film Festival. Each year, 46,000+ people from 45 countries come together for ten days in the small Utah town of Park City to discover, amongst the 220 films--of over 12,000 submitted--the select few stories that will echo beyond the mountains. The Festival generates $65M+ in media value annually. – Park City, UT (January)

2017 Sundance Film Festival Supporters

Presenting Sponsors

Festival Host State

Leadership Sponsors

Sustaining Sponsors

Institute Partners are the foremost corporate supporters of Sundance Institute's year-round artist development work. Their critical backing provides the foundation to develop and maintain new programs and initiatives dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences.

The Industry Alliance was created specifically for leaders within the film and media landscape who maintain a year-round relationship with the Institute, and whose support helps to sustain the world-renowned festivals and the organization’s core artist programs.

Institute Associates represent companies and organizations who maintain a year-round relationship with Sundance Institute. Their support sustains the Institute’s Artist Programs, which for over 30 years has identified and developed the preeminent independent filmmakers of their generation.

Celebrating the renegade spirit of independent filmmaking, Sundance Institute presents NEXT FEST, a four-day festival in Los Angeles featuring screenings, panels, parties, and filmmaker workshops. The event is an extension of the NEXT category at the Sundance Film Festival, which showcases stylistically adventurous films that take a bold approach to storytelling. – Los Angeles, CA (August)

2017 Sundance NEXT FEST supporters:

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Media

Supporting

Sundance London is an opportunity to discover the best of the annual Utah Festival in London with UK premieres of American independent films fresh from the Sundance Film Festival, plus live music, panel discussions, filmmaker Q&As and special events. – London (Spring)

2015 Sundance London supporters:

Lead Partners

Supporting Partners

Sundance Film Festival - Hong Kong Selects is a screening series in its inaugural year and is an opportunity to highlight key American independent films fresh from the Sundance Film Festival.

2014 Sundance Film Festival Hong Kong Selects supporters:

• Official Hotel
  • Hyatt Regency Hong Kong, Tsim Sha Tsui
• Official Beverages
  • Stella Artois
  • Perrier
  • Telford International Company
• Friends of the Festival
  • Dolby
  • Barco
  • OneCool
  • Lindt
  • AHM Engineering Co., Ltd.
  • Tom Lee Music
  • UBER
  • Hong Kong Film Development Council
  • Consulate General of the United States – Hong Kong & Macau
  • The University of Hong Kong (Department of Comparative Literature)

Official Providers & In-Kind Supporters help sustain Institute operations, keeping expenses at a minimum and directing more funds to the support the Institute’s mission.