Why should I join Film Festival Alliance?
- Film Festival Alliance creates a collaborative global community for mission-driven film festivals. FFA advocates for a sustainable and inclusive environment for our industry within the cinema exhibition ecosystem and creates a powerful collective voice for film festivals and the people who run them.
- FFA creates opportunities for film festival professionals to come together throughout the year to share best practices and resources. As an FFA member, you are joining a cohort that is passionate about independent cinema, community building, supporting filmmakers and storytellers, the preservation of the industry as a unique cinematic experience. We welcome the sharing of ideas and perspectives.
- FFA members are mission-driven and mission-aligned and adhere to ethical practices and expectations that professional film organizations should meet when accepting film submissions and interacting with filmmakers. By complying with these guidelines, the film festival community benefits in its overall attempts to secure long lasting, trusting and transparent relationships with film industry stakeholders.
In addition to networking and access, Film Festival Alliance members meet annually at the Art House Convergence in Midway, Utah every January. The film organization and festival-specific programing allows our colleagues to meet face-to-face and to share experiences and strategies. Film Festival Alliance panels, roundtables and workshops are presented by fellow members, and address the full spectrum of organizational size and budget ranges.
Throughout the year, FFA presents Regional Roundtable gatherings. These meet-ups are designed to bring colleagues together to deep dive around a specific theme, while offering them the opportunity to program films and meet filmmakers.
Film Festival Alliance is dedicated to serving its members — all of them. Festivals small, medium and large benefit from each others connections, stories, resources and tips. As the Film Festival Alliance grows, we encourage you to let us know what benefits you would like to see from your membership, so that we can better serve our members, our common challenges and our individual challenges, as we celebrate and share our triumphs.
What are the Membership Fees?
Individual Membership
$100
Membership listed under individual name, and not Festival or Organization. See below for included benefits.
Small Organizations
$250
For Festivals and Film Events with annual budgets under $500,000 per year.
Mid-size Organizations
$500
For Festivals and Film Events with annual budgets over $500,000 per year.
Large Organizations
$1,000
For Festivals and Film Events with annual budgets over $1,000,000 per year.
What are the Membership Benefits?
The Film Festival Alliance’s membership benefits program is constantly expanding, but consistently, the greatest benefit of belonging is networking and connecting with fellow film festival professionals. Members may also participate in FFA’s special programs as well as save and earn money through sponsoring organizations.
Individual Member Benefits:
- Listing under Individual Member’s Name
- Access to comp and discounted Industry Passes at Regional Roundtables
- Discounted Film/Music/Interactive Passes to SXSW 2020
- Access to Member’s-Only RESOURCES web page with white papers, surveys, seasonal staff roster and more
- Access to FFA Member’s-Only facebook group
- Access to Archival Audio from FFA Webinars
- Access to Sundance SIO Diversity Pass Program
- Access to FFA Pass Exchange program
- Discounted registration fee for FFA Regional Roundtables
Organizational Member Benefits:
- Listing as FFA member under Individual Name
- Access to comp and discounted Industry Passes at Regional Roundtables
- Discounted passes to various festivals (past discounts have included Sundance, SXSW, and more).
- Access to Member’s-Only RESOURCES web page with white papers, surveys, seasonal staff roster and more
- Access to FFA Members-Only Facebook group
- Access to FFA Members-Only Slack
- Access to Archival Audio from FFA Webinars
- Access to Sundance SIO Diversity Pass Program
- Access to FFA Pass Exchange program
- Discounted registration fee for FFA Regional Roundtables
- Access to various year-round events and socials including happy hours, working group meetings, and year-round industry panel discussions.
- Discounted registration to FilmEx events and professional development workshops.
- Listing in FilmFestivalDatabase as FFA member (subject to database rules)
PLUS, these 2020 Organizational Membership Discounts:
- Agile Ticketing Solutions: Setup fee’s waived for new film festivals – up to $500 off.
- CineSend: 10% off CineSend for Festivals (discount for new sign-ups only*
- Elevent: Customized Discount based on organizational structure*
- Eventive: FFA members receive 20% off Eventive scanner rentals and automatic admission to the Eventive Partner Festival program for discounted ticketing fees and other benefits*
- Film Festival Flix: members receive a 25% discount on all services, including: Complete Channel design, content acquisition and delivery services, subscriber development plan, Channel launch marketing plan and toolkit creation, team training and support, analytics and reporting, and more. Startup packages will be customized, based upon individual festival’s budget, organizational structure and desired outcomes.
- Film Freeway: $100 credit to be used for any FilmFreeway marketing services.*
Listing on Film Freeway’s member-festival page.*
- Filmocracy: All FFA members will receive $500 off any virtual festival hosting services provided in 2021.
- The Laurel Channel: Members receive discounts on ads placed on the sites.
- Simple DCP: FFA members who partner have access to the DCP Library, playback servers and rental drives.
- LK Creactive: 20% discount on custom t-shirts and textiles from*
- Donaldson + Callif, LLP: FFA Members may elect to have the leading law firm specializing in representation of independent filmmakers and content creators – review copyright notices and filmmaker grievances. Members should contact the firm BEFORE responding to any complaints to allow sufficient time for a response strategy.
*Denotes benefit is available to festivals inside and outside of North America.
How do I sign up?
Complete the Member Registration Request below OR email info@filmfestivalalliance.org for snail mail information.
How do I renew?
To renew your membership, simply login to your account, click on “Your Account” in the “Membership” drop down menu, and click on the subscriptions tab and follow the instructions to renew your subscription.