Film Cincinnati HEADs TO CANNES FILM FESTIVAL

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Team Profile

With films premiering at Cannes in two out of three years, Film Cincinnati has established the Queen City not only as a place to shoot a feature film, but as a metropolitan area hosting Oscar-worthy directors, actors and film-crews on a regular basis.

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TEAM OPPORTUNITY

The critically acclaimed "The Killing of a Sacred Deer," rife with scenes from Cincinnati and starring Colin Farrell and Nicole Kidman, was debuting in Cannes and nominated for the coveted Palme D'or award. 

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GAME DAY PLAN

Accompany the Executive Director of Film Cincinnati, Kristen Schlotman to Cannes for a media tour and red carpet appearances to promote efforts to bring more film to Cincinnati. 

THE RESULTS

Media Summary

The media outreach efforts for “Film Cincinnati Heading to Cannes Film Festival” yielded the followingresults:

  • Earned media value: $749,395

  • Total media impressions: 10,726,820

Highlights of Media Coverage

There were 76 stories about Film Cincinnati as related to the Cannes Film Festival over the two-week period with TV time resulting in 47 minutes and 50 seconds.

TV Coverage

All four TV stations covered the Film Cincinnati to Cannes Film Festival extensively with the following number of stories airing:

  • WLWT (NBC): 17

  • WCPO (ABC): 20 • Local 12 (CBS): 18• FOX 19: 15

Print Coverage

Print coverage was highlighted by a feature interview with Nicole Kidman along with features in The Cincinnati Enquirer, CityBeat, Business Courier, Soapbox and Cincinnati People.

Cincinnati People Partnership

In collaboration with Cincinnati People, a weekly digital digest, the Film Cincinnati trip to Cannes FilmFestival was covered in the May 24 issue with an email blast sent to 900 local influencers, media and elected officials.

Total reach to Cincinnati influencers: 8,367

Email Open Rate: 32%
Website Visits to Film Cincinnati edition: 3,176

Facebook Reach to Film Cincinnati post: 2,022 Instagram Reach to Film Cincinnati post: 409 Twitter Reach to Film Cincinnati post: 496 Linkedin Reach to Film Cincinnati post: 2,264

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