HomeMy WebLinkAboutP01 - Newport Beach Film Festival 2000 Highlights4540 Campus Drive
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Newport Beach Film Festival 2000
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Venues — 100% in Newport Beach. All events, screenings and seminars, were held
within the city. Most in Newport Center.
International Participation - 16 countries were represented.
Films — 146 short films and 47 feature films.
Filmmakers — Over 200 attended the festival.
Seminars — 2 days of seminars. 11 total sessions. 40 industry experts
Attendance - Nearly 10,000 people. Over a 1,000 on opening night.
Media Coverage — Daily Pilot, LA Times, OC/LA Weekly, OC Metro, OC Business
Journal, OC Register, Coast Magazine, Daily Variety, Hollywood Reporter, KXMX (the
Mix), KABC, KKGO, OCN, Real Orange, Indiewire.com, Filmmaker.com,
Moviemaker.com, Ifilm.com, Filmfestivals.com, OCSD Video News.
Web site — 4,000 to 7,000 daily hits leading up to festival. 15,000 daily hits week of
festival.
Funds - $600,000 in -kind and over $100,000 in cash.
Volunteers —150+ for the duration of the festival.