Heineken®,
the official beer sponsor of the Tribeca
Film Festival (TFF),
announced enriched event experiences that will take
consumers from passive observers to active participants at
this year's Festival. These experiences, taking place over
the duration of the Festival from April
16 – April
27, 2014 in New
York City,
include the second year of Heineken's Green Room Sessions,
the reveal of #15SecondPremiere, supporting US-based Latino
filmmakers through Tribeca Film Institute's Heineken VOCES
Grant, sponsorship and presentation of the annual TFF
Audience Awards, as well as an official film after-party and
the official TFF event Wrap Party.
Heineken takes sponsorship to new levels at
its signature Green Room Sessions. Following the screenings
of the dark comedy, Summer of Blood, and the feel-good
comedy, The Bachelor – the traditional Q&A experience will
be transformed as guests relive each film within the Green
Room Session walls through film-themed décor, catering,
staff uniforms and general ambiance. Attendees enjoy a cold
Heineken as the Green Room Host interviews the talent behind
each film. The program will also provide an exclusive look
into the films, and an opportunity for attendees to mix and
mingle with the cast and crew involved.
With the help
of their agency of record Wieden+Kennedy New York, Heineken
will also premiere the winning entry of their social
call-to-action, #15SecondPremiere, during a private
screening event on April
23rd. Last
month, fans were dared to submit a movie pitch in a single
tweet– but only if they believed they had what it took to
publicly premiere their short film during the Festival,
brought to life courtesy of Heineken. Out of hundreds of
submissions, Dennis
Lazar's pitch
was ultimately chosen, produced and directed by a Hollywood film
crew, turning his 140 character pitch into 15 seconds of
finished film. Dennis will be flown to New
York City to
attend a private Q&A event at TFF, where Heineken will
screen his movie, which features a cloned Abe
Lincoln with
a not-so-nice agenda. Plucked out from behind the safety and
anonymity of his keyboard, Dennis will have to stand behind
his mini-masterpiece in person – amidst all the fanfare,
hoopla and questions that go into a premiere event – all
after viewing the end result of his 140 character tweet for
the first time.
"In our sixth
year as a proud sponsor of Tribeca Film Festival we want to
bring film-goers new, unexpected experiences," saidPattie
Falch,
Director or Sponsorships and Events at Heineken. "We're
excited to partner with Tribeca Film Festival to present
events like Heineken
Green Room Sessions and
#15SecondPremiere that will allow people to go beyond their
comfort zone and try something new to open their
world."
In conjunction
with Tribeca Film Institute, Heineken will also continue its
ongoing support of Hispanic filmmakers with the presentation
of the annual Heineken VOCES Gran t. This year's VOCES
recipients – Rodrigo
Reyes, for his
documentary Sanson and Me, and Yolanda
Cruz, for her
feature La
Raya – will
be honored during a private event hosted by Heineken on
April 17. In addition to cash prizes, the winners will
receive year-round project support from Tribeca Film
Institute. For more information please visit:
www.tribecafilminstitute.org/pages/latin_fund_voces
As a passionate supporter of the film community, Heineken is also proud to
sponsor the After Party of the critically-acclaimed film X/Y,
starring America
Ferrera, as
well as the TFF Audience Awards and Wrap Party. Throughout
the Festival, attendees will have the chance to vote for
their favorite films by completing nomination ballots upon
exiting screenings of films. Final results will be tabulated
and announced during the official Wrap Party at Slate and
concluding TFF celebration on April
26.
To enjoy the Tribeca Film Festival experience
with Heineken, please follow us on Twitter or Instagram, @Heineken_US,
#HKNGREENROOM,
Please visit the Heineken Facebook page, www.facebook.com/Heineken
and watch the #15SecondPremiere onYouTube.
Green Room Session Details
TFF ticketholders are invited to
participate in the following Heineken Green Room
Sessions upon viewing the films in theatres at the Festival:
-
Thursday, April 17,
6:00PM (film); 7:45PM (Green
Room Session) –
"Summer of Blood"
-
Tuesday, April 22, 8:30PM (film); 10:45PM (Green
Room Session) –
"Bachelor Weekend"
-
Thursday, April 24, 9:45PM (film); 11:30PM (Green
Room Session) –
"Summer of Blood"
Films with corresponding Green Room Sessions
will also be noted on the general Festival schedule,
available on the TFF website
www.tribecafilm.com/stories/heineken-green-room-series-tribeca-film_festival_tff-2014
About HEINEKEN USA
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Light, Amstel
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