Manhattan Film Festival Partner Program
Where Business Meets Independent Cinema
Put your brand beside the premiere. Offer benefits to festival filmmakers, sponsor the festival, or place your product in the spotlight.
The Invitation
A partnership stage worthy of the red carpet
The Manhattan Film Festival brings independent filmmakers and the audiences who champion them to the heart of New York City each season. Behind every screening stands a network of local businesses — restaurants, hotels, studios, and services — who make the festival feel like home to the people who make film.
The Partner Program is our invitation to join that network: share what your business does best with visiting filmmakers, and let the festival return the favor with visibility among a passionate, creative audience.
Filmmaker Benefits Program
Give filmmakers a reason to choose Manhattan
Filmmakers arriving for the festival need what your business already does well. The Filmmaker Benefits Program connects them with you — at no cost to participate.
Discounts & offers
Extend special pricing on food, lodging, services, or experiences to credentialed festival filmmakers.
Services & consultations
Lend your expertise — legal, accounting, production, wellness — to creators building their careers.
MFF approved
Every benefit is reviewed by the festival, so filmmakers receive offers they can trust — and your brand appears beside quality.
Participation is free. All offers are subject to Manhattan Film Festival approval.
See the Filmmaker Benefits Program
Sponsorship & Advertising
Be seen where cinema happens
From opening night to the closing credits, sponsorship, advertising, and product placement opportunities place your brand inside the festival experience — on screen, in the venue, and in the story filmmakers tell about their week in New York.
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Your business could be part of the next premiere
Tell us what you'd like to offer. We'll review it, feature it to our filmmakers, and raise the curtain on a partnership that lasts beyond festival week.
Become a Partner