Advertise in the Program

Program Description

The program is the official festival guide. It provides the film schedule, information about each film and film series, venue maps, special programming, juries and awards information, sponsor information, ads and details about the parties and events.

Program Advertising Sales Begin

November 2008

Program Specs

6-1/4” x 10-3/4”, full color, approximately 70 pages with a limit of 16 additional pages for advertising

Circulation

4,000 programs printed

Advertising Rates

Ad Size Ad Dimensions Rates
Full Page5-7/8” wide x 9-3/4” high$1,500
Half Page5-7/8” wide x 4-5/8” high$850
Third Page5-7/8” wide x 3-1/8” high$600
Quarter Page5-7/8” wide x 2-1/4” high$400

Exposure

The program will reach all festival attendees and local and national press, providing local, national and international exposure for advertisers. Festival attendees include filmmakers, industry executives, special guests and the general public.

Advertisers will be in good company! Last year’s national sponsors included The New York Times, HBO Documentary Films, VH1, and A&E Indie Films. Local sponsors included The City of Durham, Duke University, Lenovo, American Tobacco, Time Warner Cable, The News & Observer and The Independent Weekly.

Special guests have included Joan Allen, Charles Burnett, Ken Burns, Rick Burns, Jonathan Demme, Danny DeVito, Phil Donahue, Faye Dunaway, Elizabeth Edwards, Al Franken, William Greaves, Sen. Bob Kerry, Barbara Kopple, Branford Marsalis, Michael Moore, Erroll Morris, Walter Mosley, Mira Nair, DA Pennebaker, Sydney Pollack, Joel Schumacher, Martin Scorsese, Harry Shearer, Elizabeth Shue and Elaine Stritch.

Demographics

Gender
61.2% Female
38.8% Male

Age
11.8% ages 60+
44.1% ages 40 – 49
38.3% ages 20 – 39
5.8% ages 10 – 19