Busy, Busy, Busy

Today was spent researching many, many, many other film festivals. In addition to research, I combed through the venue rental guidelines and fees, wrote a proposed event schedule so that I could project how many films are needed, and went over so many numbers that my eyes were crossing by the time I finally had to stop to feed my family dinner. I also called several different insurance companies that deal with non-profits to get quotes on Common General Liability insurance for the event. It is important to know the premium at this juncture so that the cost can be added to the FFFF budget.

Included in today's planning was proposed entry fees for film submissions, length of film submissions, and categories. Projected revenue from entry fees, and ticket and event passes were assessed. The projections are very conservative from just these two sources of revenue, and so far the numbers are in the black. Not yet factored are projected contributions, sponsorships, grants and memberships.

The most important element of this organization is the establishment of a scholarship fund. The student filmmakers who are courageous enough to break through the status quo in order to champion reason through their art, should be awarded when their films exhibit excellence to this affect. That is why the contributions of individuals, organizations and foundations are vital to this endeavor.

While I perused the Websites of at least a dozen film festivals today, I was encouraged by the fact that there were so many patrons of the art of moving pictures. FFFF has a unique goal in its attempt at nudging freethought into an established genre of film. If this is a cause in which you personally feel would benefit the promotion of critical thinking, reason and freedom of inquiry in our culture, please consider a contribution to the Freethought Film Festival Foundation.



Andrea Steele
Chairperson/Executive Director
Freethought Film Festival Foundation
http://www.freethoughtfilmfest.org
andrea.steele@freethoughtfilmfest.org