Funding and Sponsorship

Dear Friend,

No one can argue the influence of motion pictures on our collective consciousness.  After many years working in Hollywood and teaching university film classes, I finally came to the realization that we are sorely missing something in both our media production and our media studies…  an official classification titled Peace Films. 

Since the Greater Dayton Area has proudly become a national locus for peace activity, in 2007 I proposed we initiate this new genre here, with the inaugural ScreenPeace public film series.  Last year, we featured Gandhi, Broken Arrow, Joyeux Noël, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Hero (Ying xion), and Woodstock, each of which offered a special perspective on “peace.” ScreenPeace 2008 will again offer famous and favorite major motion pictures PLUS…  This year we have added a contest for peace-themed films/videos produced by students in the Greater Miami Valley.

Last year’sScreenPeace film festival was a huge success, and with your financial support, we will raise even more money for the museum this year!  Our region’s celebrated 501(c)3 nonprofit Dayton International Peace Museum, located in the historic Pollack House in downtown Dayton, displays permanent and traveling exhibits, houses a library and research center, and includes both a Children’s Room and a Dayton Room.  The museum delivers conflict resolution and peace education programs for public and private schools, and features special educational, artistic, environmental, relational, and spiritual events on the many ways to effect peace.

ScreenPeace is a true community endeavor.  To permit everyone to participate, we have designed advertising opportunities ranging from $1000 down to $100; details are contained on the last page of this packet.  We calculate it will take $25,000 to ensure a high quality contest and film festival this year, so your support for this meaningful (and entertaining!) project is vital.  Please help inspire a culture of peace by being a part of ScreenPeace 2008.

With heartfelt appreciation,

Prof. Thomas Girvin
Founding Director

ScreenPeace SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

To promote the Dayton International Peace Museum and peace in our community, each program will be screened twice— 12:30pm at Little Art Theatre in Yellow Springs and again at 7:00pm at The Neon in Dayton.
  If you haven’t seen these motion pictures on the big screen, you haven’t really seen them…

Sunday 05 October: FREEDOM WRITERS
True story of an idealistic teacher, her at-risk students, and the transforming power of love, words, and tolerance.

Sunday 12 October:  DANCES WITH WOLVES
Academy award winning epic chronicles one man’s quest for inner peace and harmony amid the violence of the western frontier.

Sunday 19 October:  WARGAMES
A computer must learn that Global Thermonuclear War is a contest in which the only winning move is to not play the game.

Sunday 26 October: KING OF HEARTS
Funny, charming and ultimately profound classic tale of a WWI soldier’s discovery that when war is the real insanity, peace is with the mad.

Sunday 02 November:  JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR
The dazzling rock opera that brought the ancient Biblical text to life and “turned on” a generation to the Prince of Peace.

Sunday 09 November:  ScreenPeace Student Film/Video Contest winners
See for the first time how Miami Valley students— elementary, high school, and college— creatively portray their own concepts of “peace.”

*Note: Proposed schedule above is dependant on film print availability from the respective studios and is therefore subject to revision between now and commencement of ScreenPeace 2008 in October.
 

ScreenPeace SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Your tax-deductible contribution will include the listing of you and/or your company in our print promotions plus give you a special on-line advertisement for a full year… linked to your own website!  For ideas, review last year’s ads on the sponsors page.

$1000 Banner Ad Link

(In addition to on-line ad, the sponsorship package includes formal “Presented by” in all promotion of the particular motion picture… and can be animated for only $100 more).

$500 Banner Ad Link

$500 Banner Ad Link

$250 Banner Ad Link

Banner copy, to include your corporate logo, can be emailed to: screenpeace@daytonpeacemuseum.org

Upon request, ScreenPeace can provide your firm with a simple design and incorporate your custom message within banner size limits.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING THIS INNOVATIVE LOCAL FILM PROGRAM AND HELPING INSPIRE A CULTURE OF PEACE!