Click here for the COTB 2012 Sponsorship Guide (PDF Format).

The film festival, which provides for free admission at several venues, is funded primarily by corporate and individual donations and grants.  In addition to the sponsorship levels listed below, donations also may be made to support the festival through membership in Cinema on the Bayou Film Society, a Louisiana not-for-profit, as follows:  full-time student ($15); individual ($30); and dual ($50).  Membership entitles you to an invitation to all private festival events and a 2012 festival poster.

Sponsorship Levels:

Presenting Sponsor ($10,000) (Exclusive Throughout Festival)

*  Featured as the Presenting Sponsor on all print and online ads, poster, postcards and official festival program, as well as in all local and regional media submissions, press releases and media interviews.

*  Featured as the Presenting Sponsor at all film screenings and social events, with special recognition on web site home page and social media sites with link to sponsor and on all festival e-mails blasts and newsletters.

*  20 VIP passes to all festival events.

*  Opportunity for representative to speak at film screenings, placement of sponsor's banner at festival events, and production distribution to attendees and in VIP bags.

*  Complimentary festival posters, tee-shirts and tote bags.

Premiere Sponsor ($5,000)

*  Featured as a Premiere Sponsor on all print and online ads, poster, postcards and official program, as well as in all local and regional media submissions, press releases, and media interviews.

*  Featured as Premiere Sponsor at all film screenings and social events, with special recognition on web site home page and social media sites with link to sponsor and on all festival e-mail blasts and newsletters.

*  15 VIP passes to all festival events.

*  Opportunity for representatives to speak at film screenings, placement of sponsor's banner at festival events, and product distribution to attendees and in VIP bags.

*  Complimentary festival posters, tee-shirts and tote bags.

Major Sponsor ($2,500)

*  Featured as Major Sponsor on all print and online adds, poster, postcards and official festival program, as well as in all local and regional media submissions, press releases, and media interviews.

*  Featured as Major Sponsor at all film screenings and social events with special recognition on web site home page and social media sites with link to sponsor, and on all festival e-mails blasts and newsletters.

*  10 VIP passes to all festival events.

*  Opportunity for product distribution to attendees and in VIP bags.

*  Complimentary festival posters, tee-shirts and tote bags.

Contributing Sponsor ($1,000)

*  Logo on all print and online ads, poster, postcards and official festival program and listed as a Contributing Sponsor in all local and regional media submissions, press releases, and media interviews.

*  Logo on web site and social media sites.

*  5 VIP passes to all festival events.

*  Opportunity for product distribution to attendees and in VIP bags.

*  Complimentary festival posters, tee-shirts and tote bags.

Supporting Sponsor ($500)

*  Logo/name on all print and online ads, poster, postcards and official program and listed as Supporting Sponsor in all local and regional media submissions, press releases and interviews.

*  Logo/name on web site and social media sites.

*  2 VIP passes to all social events.

*  Complimentary festival posters, tee shirts and tote bags.

Friend of the Festival ($250)

*  Logo/name on web site and social media sites.

*  2 VIP passes to all festival events.

*  Complimentary copies of festival poster, tee-shirts and tote bags.

Cinema on the Bayou would like to acknowledge and thank these generous sponsors and supporters:

Major Sponsor

Whitney Bank

Grant Sources

LOJIQ - Les Offices jeunesse internationaux du Qu￩bec

Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities

Quebec Government Delegation, Atlanta, Georgia

Consulat General De France A La Nouvelle-Orleans

Individual Sponsors

Robert Dafford, Artist

Dr. David and Cindy Barry

Carol Ross

Miriam A. Sundram

Corky and Deborah Harkins

Mr. and Mrs. Harold L. Domingue, Jr.

Mark and Marsha Engelbrecht

Sybil S. Gaar

Virginia O. Yongue

Sidney Broussard

Community Partners

Louisiana Public Broadcasting

Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission

Acadiana Center for the Arts

LITE

Lafayette Public Library System

Cite des Arts

Pack and Paddle

KRVS

Le Centre International de Lafayette

The National Film Board of Canada

Teche Bed and Breakfast

Teche Theater Music Hall and Recording Studio

The Center for Cultural and Eco-Tourism at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Folkstreams

The Southern Humanities Media Fund

Festival Sponsors

Carnivalesque Films

Zydeco Bars

Karl Breaux and Breaux's Mart

Marcello's Wine Market

Johnson's Boucaniere

Shadow Distribution

Eric Breaux Productions