To The Independent Film Community, I am pleased and privileged to be a part of the planning process for the inaugural Imperial Beach Film Festival, which is scheduled for October 5, 2003.

I would like to partner up and promote your event on our site, in return promote our event on your site. If you are interested, please send a banner graphic that can be linked back to your site. Please provide dates and location for your event too.

Categories Applicants can submit their film in a maximum of two categories out of the five below:

Animation
Drama
Comedy
Documentary
Experimental
Drama
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Awards

A number of films will be nominated for each category. All nominations will be shown at the festival. There will be a winner and honourable mention for each award listed below:


Best Film
Best Comedy
Best Drama
Best Acting Performance
Best Directing Best Original Music
Best Animated Film
Best Documentary
Best Experimental Film
Best Ensemble Acting
Best Editing
People's Choice Award
Best Cinematography

The project has gathered momentum in the Imperial Beach Business Community and has the potential to be a significant addition to our city's cultural events calendar for many years to come. Imperial Beach provides the combination of closeness to a major metropolitan city - San Diego - while still retaining the small town feel of a California beach community.

In addition to attracting new visitors to Imperial Beach, the Imperial Beach Film Festival has several other positive elements going for it that will make it beneficial:
• The Festival will provide student film makers an outlet to show their creativity and their work.
• We are located in Southern California; close enough to Los Angeles to attract important sponsorship dollars and interest from the Hollywood film community.
• Plans currently include the exclusive use of the digital film format, which is the fastest-growing single segment of the film industry and the format most readily available to student film makers.
• The Festival plans to include an educational element for student filmmakers, allowing them to learn experts in the field, in addition to having their work seen.
• We plan to keep Festival registration fees low enough to encourage a wide spectrum of entrants.

We hope you will be able to participate in the Imperial Beach Film Festival. For more information regarding the festival or for more information about Imperial Beach, California, please contact me.

Thanks
Jay Galvez
Marketing Director
South County Renaissance Project
2003 Imperial Beach Film Festival
591 Camino de La Reina Suite 900
San Diego, CA. 92108
619-295-5585
contactus@ibfilmfestival.com
www.ibfilmfestival.com