Maui Film Festival at Wailea - June 14-18, 2006

2006 SPONSORSHIP & PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

		“Hawaii's Premiere Film Festival at Maui’s Premier Resort.” – CNN
		“Hawaii's answer to Sundance.” – LA Times
		“A ‘jewel-box’ festival - able to handle anything without becoming unwieldy or impersonal. Flawlessly planned. Watch for even greater things to come. The national press is taking notice, with Variety, the Hollywood Reporter, the LA Times, CNN, Fox News, E!, Entertainment Tonight and Vanity Fair all reporting on its goings-on.” – indieWIRE
		“Maui's celestial ambience sparking fest's emergence. Exceptional imaginative outdoor screening venues andworld-class parties put many filmmakers and visiting celebrities on a Maui high.” – Daily Variety

The Maui Film Festival at Wailea

Located primarily at the Wailea Resort, the Maui Film Festival at Wailea proudly presents five days and nights of under-the-stars Film Premieres and Special Screenings at three state-of-the-art outdoor "theaters": the Celestial Cinema; Maui Digital SkyDome; and the SandDance Theater. Additional Festival screenings (35mm) are also held at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center's 1,000+ seat Castle Theater, and the beautifully refurbished 250+ seat McCoy Theater (digital cinema projection).

In addition to its film program, the Maui Film Festival features Honoree Tributes, Filmmakers Panels, Culinary Arts Celebrations - including the Taste of Wailea, Opening Night Twilight Reception, Taste of Chocolate, Starry Night MoonDance and Private Filmmakers' and Private Honorees' Brunches — and an outdoor pre-sunset Father's Day Concert which is held on the Sunset Lawn overlooking a jaw-droppingly spectacular view of the vast Pacific.

With a film program second to none, stunning under the stars venues, A-List celebrity tributes and the genuine hospitality of its staff, the Maui Film Festival is an amazingly impressive event that's guaranteed to continue to grow in size and influence.

2005 Sponsors

Among others, 2005 Maui Film Festival at Wailea Sponsors included:

2005 Media Impressions Totals

The Maui Film Festival at the Wailea Resort regularly welcomes representatives and enjoys kudo-laden coverage from many distinguished news outlets including: CNN, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Newsweek, Entertainment Weekly, MSNBC, The Los Angeles Times, Filmmaker Magazine, indieWIRE, Entertainment Tonight, VH1 Classic, Starz Cinema, Fox News Hollywood Life, Men's Journal, VLife, New York Times, Toronto Star, Angeleno Magazine, Yahoo.com, WireImage.com, US Weekly, CNN.com, NPR, Hollywood.com, Ain't-It-Cool-News.com, USA Today and Vanity Fair among others.

In the Maui Film Festival generated more than 450,000,000 media impressions in a mix of broadcast and cable television, print and internet coverage. Since 2000, coverage of the Maui Film Festival at Wailea generated just shy of 1,500,000,000 media impressions valued at more than $30,000,000.