SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Underwriting Sponsorships | Programming Sponsorships | Benefits

A financial commitment to local arts and culture has big rewards. Your support of Red River keeps dollars in the community, enhances the quality of life for your employees and places your name in front of our patrons-- who are proven supporters of businesses with community values.

Red River Theatres sells more than 3,000 movie tickets each month. Our e-newsletter goes out to over 4,200 patrons every week.Increasingly, Red River Theatres is a regional attraction, drawing audiences from Nashua in the south, Plymouth and the Lakes Region, New London and the I-89 corridor and easterly from Durham. We have won numerous awards, including NH Magazine’s 2008 “Best Movie Theater for Movie Lovers.”

Red River Theatres is a dynamic cinema committed to making central New Hampshire a destination for movie lovers and for those looking to take advantage of quality entertainment while visiting the state capital. We are interested in working with our corporate sponsors to build the sponsorship package best suited to your marketing and client needs.

For more details, contact Allyson Piper, Marketing Director, at marketingdirector@redrivertheatres.org or 224-4697, x12.

Underwriting Sponsorships

On-Screen Underwriting
Imagine your company’s message on-screen promoting your products and services to a captive audience before each showtime 30 times a week to over 850 moviegoers. Your full-color slide is shown as part of the five-minute slide show that runs on-screen 15-20 minutes pre-show in the two large cinemas. Each slide appears on-screen for 10 seconds and will be shown at least 3 times before each film. Download rate sheet and contract

Flick Flash e-newsletter
Reach over 3600 Red River supporters and patrons each week by advertising in our Flick Flash e-newsletter. This weekly e-newsletter lists shows, coming attractions and special events. A larger block of underwriting will be displayed at the bottom. Only two spots available!

Movie Phone 603-224-4600
Your name and a 10 second message will welcome callers to Red River Theatres’ movie and ticket information line.

Weekly Now Showing Flyer
Your block underwriting will appear inside along with your logo and sponsor mention on the front cover of our two-page flyer listing film showtimes, special events and upcoming films. The flyer is available in the lobby and at 25 locations in the greater Concord area.

“New Hampshire-made” Films (4/year)
One of the most exciting roles an art house can play is to be a venue for local artists. Opportunities for talented filmmakers in our state to screen their works are very limited and Red River Theatres welcomes quality filmmakers working in the industry to exhibit their works in our state-of-the-art auditoriums. Such films bring in a diverse audience, ranging from fellow townsmen, friends and kin, to artists and audiences who want to encourage those working in the film arts to settle and work in New Hampshire. Sponsorship wrecognition includes on-screen logo/name recognition in advance of each NH-made screening, a public thank you before each show and mention in all promotional materials for the NH-made film series.

Documentary Films w/ filmmaker discussions (4/year)
Documentaries are by far the most popular genre of film in the independent film world. They give us an artfully-arranged glimpse of the real world—or a corner of it--from the perspective of one filmmaker. Having the opportunity to discuss the film with the filmmaker is a gratifying way of extending the film’s meaning and impact. Audiences tend to show up in droves if they know the filmmaker will be in the audience to answer questions after the show. Note: Our schedule of films with filmmakers is not set for the year. To date, we’ve screened a sell-out film For the Bible Tells Me So sponsored by PFLAG. Life.Support.Music, sponsored by Bernstein Shur and the Brain Injury Association of New Hampshire, will screen in August. Sponsorship recognition includes on-screen logo/name recognition in advance of each film event, a public thank you before each show and mention in all promotional materials for the series.

Toddler Time
A 2-hour drop-in program for toddlers and caregivers one morning a week in our Jaclyn Simchik Memorial Cinema. Programming will include a collection of independently-produced short films appropriate for young ages, presented in a toddler-friendly environment. Children may move freely about the room or sit on floor cushions and caregivers will not have to worry about disrupting other film-goers. Child-friendly and healthy snacks will be made available at the Concession Stand. Sponsorship recognition includes weekly signage in the lobby and on the screen prior to the weekly show. Sponsors will also be mentioned in all promotional materials related to the Toddler Time program.

Senior Film Program
Red River Theatres offers a Tuesday afternoon matinee for seniors once a month. Red River Theatres would like to expand outreach to other senior organizations and keep the senior matinee ticket price at $5. Sponsorship recognition would include your name on a thank-you slide on the big screen before each matinee and sponsor mention in all promotional materials for the Senior Film Program.

Screenwriter Series: SPONSORED by NH Film & Television Office
Organized in conjunction with the New Hampshire Film and Television Office, this 3-part annual series is dedicated to fostering a forum for film writers to network with actors, investors and other artists interested in the craft of film-making.

This series invites three established screenplay writers to Red River Theatres to have their latest scripts read by professional actors with professional direction. Each reading will be attended by the writer and there will be an opportunity for discussion afterwards. This is a rare opportunity for audiences to hear the artistic conversation that goes on behind-the-scenes.

Community Conversations
Community Conversations is Red River Theatres’ platform for the public to talk about salient social issues and concerns (e.g., homelessness, immigration, societal violence, war), explored through the medium of film.  This program doesn’t shy away from controversial subjects, though the films screened must always pass the filter of peer-review in the film community. Community Conversations are done with a local partnering non-profit or organization with expertise on the topic at hand and a. facilitated conversation with movie-goers follows each film.  This series is free for members and $5 for the general public.

Angel Tickets
Good films are good for everyone and everyone should have the opportunity to see good films. Your sponsorship can help Red River Theatres provide complimentary tickets to community organizations that serve a wide range of individuals whose access to cultural programming might be limited. Sponsors will be recognized on our website, in our Annual Report and in our promotional materials for the Red River Theatres Program Fund.

Benefits for Programming Sponsorships:

• For each program sponsorship, sponsors will be mentioned in all marketing materials related to that program and will receive a designated number of complimentary tickets to that program. Sponsor name and logo will be shown on-screen before each program and, in the case of live events and discussions, the sponsor will be publicly thanked during the event.

• All programming sponsorships at the $1,000 level and above will be recognized during the year of their sponsorship on our Lobby’s “Thank You Benefactors” plaque.

• All programming sponsorships at the level of $2500 and above will receive the opportunity to use our Jaclyn Simchik Memorial Cinema for one private function free-of-charge, dates to be arranged according to Red River Theatres’ programming schedule.