Support emerging voices
Partners help create opportunities for filmmakers to screen work, meet audiences, join conversations, and build meaningful industry relationships.
Partners
Join Our Network
We collaborate with a diverse range of organizations to bring the best of independent cinema to Catalina.
Shared mission
Supporting film, education, community, and place.
Catalina Film Festival & Institute is made possible through the support of partners who believe in independent cinema, filmmaker development, cultural access, and the distinctive power of Catalina Island as a destination for storytelling.
Our partners help sustain screenings, educational programs, filmmaker opportunities, community events, press visibility, hospitality, year-round initiatives, and the festival experience itself.
Partner With Us
Why partnership matters
Every partner helps keep the festival alive, visible, and accessible.
Partnership support allows the Institute to invest in artists, audiences, students, local community programs, and cultural experiences that extend beyond a single festival weekend.
Expand learning access
Support helps sustain workshops, panels, student pathways, filmmaker development, and educational programs connected to the Institute’s mission.
Strengthen Catalina
Partnerships help connect the festival to Catalina Island’s local culture, businesses, venues, visitors, and year-round community life.
Corporate Tier
With thanks to our Corporate Partners.
Our partners help sustain independent film, education, community programs, festival hospitality, media visibility, and the Catalina island experience.
Corporate Partner
Big Building Image Group
Corporate Partner
Catalina Express
Corporate Partner
Hedonistas Mezcal
Corporate Partner
Legacy Entertainment Partners
Corporate Partner
PTD Business Management
Corporate Partner
StormMaker Productions
Corporate Partner
CAFARO Group
Corporate Partner
The Patrick K. Willis Company
Signature Tier
With thanks to our Signature Partners.
Our Signature Partners help sustain independent film, education, community programs, festival hospitality, media visibility, and the Catalina island experience.
Signature Partner
Antipodes
Signature Partner
Bezalel
Signature Partner
Brando Motu Gin
Signature Partner
Catalina Candle
Signature Partner
Catalina Landing
Signature Partner
Rangoni Spirits
Signature Partner
Rezbev
Signature Partner
Rodeo de las Aguas
Signature Partner
UPrinting
Signature Partner
City of Avalon
Signature Partner
Lloyd’s of Avalon
Premier Lodging
With thanks to our Premier Lodging Partners.
Our Premier Lodging Partners help support festival hospitality, guest experience, filmmaker stays, and the Catalina island experience.
Other Partners
Complete partner list
Afishianado Charters, Tours & Cruises
Official Provider
Catalina Flyer
Leadership Partner
Catalina Freight Line
Leadership Partner
Haute Sisque
Leadership Partner
Power Twersky Derparseghian, LLP
Leadership Partner
Denver Nuggets
Auction Partner
Golden State Warriors
Auction Partner
Jeff Dunham
Auction Partner
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Auction Partner
Antonio’s Pizzeria
Dining Partner
Cafe Metropole
Dining Partner
El Galleon
Dining Partner
Lloyd’s of Avalon
Dining Partner
Maggie’s Blue Rose
Dining Partner
Mi Casita
Dining Partner
Original Antonio’s
Dining Partner
Original Jack’s Country Kitchen
Dining Partner
Steve’s Steakhouse
Dining Partner
Taste of Catalina Food Tours
Dining Partner
Toyon Grill
Dining Partner
Catalina Boat House Hotel
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Catalina Island Inn
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Catalina Island Vacation Rentals, Inc.
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Catalina Lodge
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El Terado Terrace Mini Suites
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Glenmore Plaza Hotel
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Hermit Gulch
Camping Grounds
Hotel Atwater
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Hotel Catalina & Courtyard Garden Suites
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La Paloma Las Flores
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Pavilion Hotel
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Seacrest Inn
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St. Lauren
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The Avalon Hotel
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The Edgewater Hotel
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Avalon KISL 88.7FM
Media Partner
CBS 2 / KCAL 9
Media Partner
CSQ Magazine
Media Partner
Modern Public Relations
Media Partner
Stormmaker Productions, Inc.
Media Partner
The Catalina Islander
Media Partner
Partnership opportunities
Partner with a festival where cinema, culture, and destination meet.
Partnership opportunities may include festival visibility, program support, hospitality, education, community initiatives, media collaboration, branded experiences, venue support, filmmaker awards, or year-round Institute programs.
Be seen by a curated audience
Connect your organization with filmmakers, film lovers, industry guests, community members, island visitors, and cultural partners.
Fund meaningful experiences
Support screenings, panels, awards, workshops, student initiatives, filmmaker resources, and community-facing events.
Join the Catalina story
Align your organization with a festival shaped by cinema, place, hospitality, conservation, education, and cultural memory.
Become a partner
Let’s build the next chapter together.
If your organization would like to support Catalina Film Festival & Institute, we would be glad to discuss partnership opportunities, sponsorship packages, program alignment, media collaboration, in-kind support, or custom activations.
Tell us who you are, what kind of partnership you are interested in, and how you would like to support independent film, education, community programs, or the Catalina festival experience.
