Sponsorship of the DC Independent Film Festival provides brand visibility,  marketing opportunities and public exposure at screenings, events and social gatherings as well as via social media platforms, on-screen and through the festival program, promotions and displays.  We provide sponsors with value-added presence at the festival, targeted and custom placement and accountability.  As a registered volunteer-run 501(c) nonprofit status, all donations are tax-deductible.

Sponsorship allows DCIFF to provide hundreds of thousands of individuals of all ages with high-quality programming since 1999. Your help will keep the focus on emerging filmmakers, independent filmmaking, the power of visual literacy, arts, issues and original storytelling.  By supporting DCIFF”s training and strengthening of filmmakers you are forwarding the creative influencers of tomorrow who are using the world’s premium form of communication.  During 20 years of programing DCIFF has name recognition across the DC Metro region and beyond and has over 10,000 alumni working in the creative industries.

Please email deirdre@dciff-indie.org or partnerships@dciff-indie.org to receive the full sponsorship package and to hear customized options  if you are interested in being part of a year-long celebration of our twenty years of service to independent filmmakers and the Metro DC Region.

DCIFF offers a slate of sponsorship opportunities with benefits that include onscreen placement, starting at:

• Producer: $10,000
• Director: $5,000
• Cast: $2,500
• Crew: $1,500
• Grip:  $500

2023 Sponsors and Community Partners