Mission Beach Film Festival - Imagine More Imagine a film festival lying between World Heritage Rainforest, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and island studded Coral Sea. Then imagine a program of films that entertain and inspire us to protect the natural world we live in. The Mission Beach Film Festival celebrates stories and people who not only imagine a better world, but do something about it. Quirky stories, incredible individuals and inspired communities will all be celebrated at the Mission Beach Film Festival – offering much more than you imagined.

1. MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
6 & 7 NOVEMBER, 2009
MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
An opportunity to get
‘in the picture’
www.missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au

2. MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
6 & 7 NOVEMBER, 2009
THe vision
The Mission Beach Film Festival presents a diverse program of films, shorts and documentaries
that celebrate and encourage the human desire to nurture fragile environments and cultures.
Lying between World Heritage Rainforest, The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and island studded
MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
Coral Sea, Mission Beach is recognised as a unique community in a unique landscape. The Mission
Beach Film Festival is a distinctive cultural event that educates, entertains and inspires audiences to
sustain the natural world we live in.
Storytelling through film is arguably the most powerful communication tool we have today.
We use cinema to tell stories of the world within which we live and that which we observe.
Mission Beach sits at the gateway to two of the worlds most precious treasures,
The Great Barrier Reef and a backdrop of the World Heritage Wet Topics rainforest,
teeming with natural beauty and precious animals.
The MBFF will reinforce and further promote the strong underlying values in Mission Beach
and surrounding areas.
The MBFF has the opportunity to create a unique event not just in Queensland but in Australia.
This festival will encourage the telling of stories that help us to better understand the world in
which we live and will connect audiences to experiences from around the world that speak to
how communities and individuals connect with the environment and each other.
While the economic benefits for a successful event speak for themselves, there are other benefits to the
region. The MBFF has the ability to grow a regional screen culture and to foster creative storytelling talent
from not just Mission Beach but across Queensland and Australia.
The overarching goal is to create a high quality program that becomes an iconic and ongoing
annual event.
We believe that it is feasible to create an ongoing event that will attract visitors and film-makers to both
participate in and attend the event.
www.missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au

3. MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
6 & 7 NOVEMBER, 2009
THe FesTivAL
• 3 Beachside venues
• specially selected films and guest speakers
MISSION BEACH
• A weekendFESTIVAL
FILM of films and fun
• opportunity for everyone to become involved
• ‘Sustainability’ will provide the overarching theme and give a distinctive focus
• Feature Films, Documentaries and supporting short films
• World and Australian premieres; limited release screenings
• The programming emphasis is to source films that educate, entertain and inspire audiences and
will highlight solutions or provide encouragement and motivation to nourish our environment
and our community.
AnTiCiPATed AudienCe MBFF 2009
• Projected overall capacity of 800 people
• Local - 60% | state - 25% | national - 10% | international - 5%
dRAFT FeSTivAL PROGRAM
FRidAy nOveMBeR 6 SATuRdAy nOveMBeR 7
Opening night Gala - Premiere event
Venue A: evening Venue A: evening
Feature Film (possible premiere) 2 Feature Films
- Family friendly with supporting short film
Venue B: evening
- Mainstream and possible celebrity guest
Feature Film (family friendly)
Venue B: evening
2 Feature Films with guest speaker
Venue C: all day and evening
Documentaries and guest speakers
www.missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au

4. MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
sPonsoRsHiP
6 & 7 NOVEMBER, 2009
PAckAGes
PLATinuM SPOnSORSHiP GOLd SPOnSORSHiP
• Media release announcing Platinum • Media release announcing
MISSION BEACH
sponsorship, editorial and interview Gold sponsorship
FILM FESTIVAL
opportunities prioritised toward
• ¼ page advertisement in Festival
Platinum sponsor
program – sponsor to supply artwork
• naming rights to opening night film – venue A
• 4 x Festival passes
• speaking opportunity at opening night film
• 4 x tickets to opening night party
• Full page advertisement in Festival program –
• Reserved Gold sponsorship seating
sponsor to supply artwork
at all venues
• Platinum sponsor message in opening pages
• invitation to closing night screening
of Festival program
function with visiting federal, state and
• Logo on print advertisements promoting MBFF local government representatives,
film makers and special guests
• 10 x Festival passes
• Logo displayed on MBFF letterhead
• 6 x tickets to opening night party
marketing materials
• Reserved Platinum sponsorship seating at
• Logo displayed as Gold sponsor on MBFF
all venues
website with hyperlink to sponsor website
• invitation to closing night screening function
• opportunity to screen slide prior to all
with visiting federal, state and local government
screenings – sponsor to supply
representatives, film makers and special guests
• opportunity to display signage at venues
• Logo displayed on MBFF letterhead marketing
A, B and c – sponsor to supply
materials – priority positioning
• opportunity to provide marketing or product
• Logo displayed as Platinum sponsor on MBFF
collateral in festival enviro-packs – distributed
website with hyperlink to Platinum sponsor
free to audience
website – priority positioning
• opportunity to screen video or slide prior to
all screenings – sponsor to supply
• opportunity to display signage at venues
A, B and c – sponsor to supply
• opportunity to provide marketing or product
collateral in Festival enviro-packs – distributed
free to audience members
www.missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au

5. MISSION BEACH
FILM FESTIVAL
sPonsoRsHiP
6 & 7 NOVEMBER, 2009
PAckAGes
GOLd – venue SPOnSORSHiP PATROnS
• Media release announcing Gold sponsorship • Acknowledgment of support in
MISSION BEACH
Festival program
FILM FESTIVAL
• extensive editorial and media acknowledgment
as main Festival venue • Acknowledgment of support
displayed at all venues
• ¼ page advertisement in Festival program –
sponsor to supply artwork • complimentary Festival patron identification
eg. medallion/badge/t-shirt
• 4 x Festival passes
• Participant in the Mission Beach Film Festival
• 4 x tickets to opening night party
Rainforest Regeneration program
• Ticket and accommodation packages
designed and promoted via media releases,
marketing materials and festival website
• Reserved Gold sponsorship seating
at all venues
• invitation to closing night screening function
with visiting federal, state and local
government representatives, film makers
and special guests
• Logo displayed on MBFF letterhead
marketing materials
• Logo displayed as Gold venue sponsor on Mission Beach Film Festival would like to
MBFF website with hyperlink to sponsor website thank you for your support. Together we
• opportunity to screen slide prior to all sponsor can create an iconic event for 2009 and
venue screenings – sponsor to supply into the future which will have enormous
benefits for the wider Mission Beach
• opportunity to display signage at venues
community and businesses.
A, B and c – sponsor to supply
We hope that you will decide to join with us
• opportunity to include marketing or product to make the Mission Beach Film Festival the
collateral in Festival enviro-packs – distributed huge success we know it can be.
free to audience
• opportunity to program supplementary events Please contact: Sarah Mort: 07 4088 6877 or
promoted in Festival program, website, sarah@missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au
marketing materials and media releases
www.missionbeachfilmfestival.com.au