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Film Festival Support and Promotion Sponsorship
CO-FILM-FEST-SPONSOR · Colorado
Summary
COFTM-administered sponsorship for Colorado film festivals, particularly newer festivals. Helps communities start and host successful film festivals. Distinct from CO-FILM-FEST (the tax-credit program) — this is direct sponsorship cash, not a tax credit. Distinct from CO-FILM-COALITION (Coalition-membership sponsorship) — this is broader.
Benefit
- Percentage
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- Flat
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- Duration
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- Max annual
- — (taxpayer)
- Max total
- — (taxpayer)
- Carryforward
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Program metadata
- Distribution
- allocated
- Claimant subject
- business
- Refund/transfer election
- none
- Program family
- —
- Effective
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- Sunset
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- Application deadline
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- Transfer discount
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Hard requirements (2)
- industry_keywordActivity must be a film, television, or video-game industry event taking place in Colorado.
- local_approval_requiredApplication + approval required by COFTM (Colorado Office of Film, Television and Media), a division of OEDIT.
Preference / tiering rules (0)
None.
NAICS industries (0)
Any.
Geo zones (1)
- statewide — · Colorado Statewide
Tags (0)
None.
Source
OEDIT COFTM division
Last verified: 2026-04-30
CO-statewide. Festival must take place in Colorado. Award amounts not surfaced — rule_status=partial. Sibling-program note: CO-FILM-FEST (tax credit, HB25-1005) addresses larger festival entities; this sponsorship typically supports smaller / newer festivals.