HomeMy WebLinkAbout02. D. 2019VFF_WrapReport AUGUST 15-18, 2019
16th Annual Vail Film Fes:val
The 16th annual Vail Film Festival
took place August 15-18, 2019
and celebrated female filmmakers,
screening 46 films across
features, documentaries, shorts,
and student films.
The festival program included
filmmaker Q&As, and a female
filmmaker panel discussionfeaturing four acclaimed directors.
Festival events included the
Opening Night Party, Filmmaker
Reception, Awards Ceremony, and
Closing Night Party.
OVERVIEW
PROGRAM
2019 Film Program
The 2019 Vail Film Festival included
World, North American, and Colorado
premieres, with many of the filmmakers
in attendance to support their films.
Highlight Screenings
The 2019 Vail Film Festival program
included the world premiere of Lise Raven’s “Snaeland”, Vail local Meredith Kirkman’s “The Promise of the Butterfly”,and "Being Frank", the directorial debut
of producer Miranda Bailey who was born and raised in Vail. Festival alums Kerry David and Rachel Wortell screened
their new films, “Breaking Their Silence” and "Romance Analyst," and acclaimed singer Haroula Rose premiered her
directorial debut "Once Upon a River."
2019 Attendance
The 2019 Vail Film Festival drew attendees from across Colorado and the United
States, with attendees also coming in from Europe and South America. The
festival had over 4000 attendees for the 4-day event.
ATTENDANCE
PRESS
The Vail Film Festival received millions of media impressions:
Vail Daily
Vail Weekly Lift FM radio KNFO radio
InFocus TV
Denver PostCCX MediaDistractify
DailyMusicRoll
Vail en Español Magazine
Vail Beaver Creek magazine Vail Valley magazine
Everything Vail
Arvada Press
Englewood Herald
Lakewood Sentinel
5280 magazine
Ocean Blue magazine
KZYR radio
Sun Current
Colorado Springs Independent
9 News Denver
Vail Resorts
Westword
Eagle TV
LA Weekly
MEDIA
MEDIA COVERAGE
The 2019 Vail Film Festival received over 5 million media impressions.
Below is a snapshot of some of the coverage.
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MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL MEDIA
The Vail Film Festival has over 18,000
Facebook fans, over 14,000 Twitter
followers, and over 1200 Instagram followers. Beyond the Festival’s own
followers, the Festival’s social media
posts reached over 500,000 unique
viewers leading up to and during the
2019 Vail Film Festival.
MARKETING
MARKETING
The festival marketing campaign ran from
early June through mid August, 2019. The
following platforms and outlets were used,
reaching over 1M unique viewers.
TV9 AMT Radio
TV8 KZYR Radio
Vail Daily Vail Weekly
5280 Magazine Twitter
Facebook Google Adwords
Instagram Ocean Blue magazine
Everything Colorado The Mile
CFVA Colorado Film Office
2019 SPONSORS