Cornwall Film Festival launches two new fundraising campaigns

Faced with an 80 percent cut in government funding and fierce competition for private arts grants, the Cornwall Film Festival has launched two diverse campaigns to raise money for this year’s event, scheduled for 5-7 November in Falmouth.

 

The organisation, a registered charity that uniquely supports Cornish filmmaking, still needs £27,000 to operate this year’s Festival.

 

One campaign is a unique advertising package for local businesses. Designed in partnership with myCornwall.tv, it combines professional production of a 10-second video spot with print advertising. The video spot will be used as on-screen advertising during the Festival. It will also appear for 12 months on the myCornwall.tv website, and can be placed on the advertiser’s own website. A related print advert will be placed in the Festival’s programme brochure. 

 

Meanwhile an online global micro-donation appeal, called £ove Cornwall Film Festival, is being spread through social networking sites, to film enthusiasts, filmmakers and their friends – and to those who simply love Cornwall.

 

“We will happily accept £1, £2 or £5 – whatever people can afford,” said Donna Anton, Festival director. “If several thousand individuals give us a few quid – or a few euros, dollars or yen – then we might have a chance to make ends meet this year.