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What is the REEL Recovery Film Festival?


Alcohol Justice and Writers In Treatment are co-producing the first REEL Recovery Film Festival - San Francisco Bay Area Edition to:

  • Give voice, visibility and venue to filmmakers who creatively use their art to explore the disabling disease of alcohol/drug addiction and the hope that recovery holds
  • Raise public awareness in the San Francisco Bay Area about the diseases of alcoholism, drug addiction and opportunities for recovery
  • Encourage those struggling with addiction to seek treatment as well as encourage those in recovery to sustain their sobriety and celebrate the gifts of recovery
  • Encourage public policy advocacy for the prevention of alcohol and other drug-related harm by showing their impact, especially on youth
  • Engage and activate the recovery community as a powerful advocacy constituency
  • Support of the good work of Alcohol Justice and Writers In Treatment.
For further information contact:

Michael Scippa: 415-548-0492 (Festival Director - Alcohol Justice)
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Leonard Buschel: 310-767-6970 (Writers In Treatment & REEL Recovery Film Festival)
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Michael Marovich: 415-250-1096 (Sponsorship Information - Alcohol Justice)
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This unique event will take place at the beautiful Delancey Street Theater on the San Francisco waterfront with special screenings for youth and families at the California Film Institute's Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

Watch the 2013 Highlights

2013 Highlights

Sponsorship Opportunities and Benefits


REEL Recovery Film Festival
Sponsorship Opportunities and Benefits


Diamond Sponsor: $10,000
  • Banner identification: Event referred to as “REEL Recovery Film Festival – San Francisco Bay Area Edition presented by Alcohol Justice, Writers In Treatment, and Your Name Here”
  • Company Banner inside theater
  • Company Logo on all email blasts, printed materials and projected between film sessions
  • Three timeslots for representative to introduce film or participate in post-film panel discussions
  • Hyperlinked Logo on REEL Recovery Film Festival Website
  • Full page facility or agency advertisement in thousands of festival programs
  • Facility/Agency/Corporation brochures featured in theater lobby
  • Priority sponsorship consideration for the 2 Annual RRFF-SF in 2015

Gold Sponsor: $5,000

  • Logo projected on screen between film sessions
  • One time slot for representative to introduce film or participate in post-film panel discussions
  • Hyperlinked Logo on REEL Recovery Film Festival Website
  • Half page ad in thousands of festival programs
  • Facility/Agency/Corporation brochures featured in theater lobby

Silver Sponsor: $2,500

  • Logo projected on screen between film sessions
  • Hyperlinked Logo on REEL Recovery Film Festival Website
  • Half-page ad in thousands of festival programs
  • Facility/Agency/Corporation brochures featured in theater lobby

Bronze Sponsor: $1,000

  • Logo projected on screen between film sessions
  • Acknowledgement on REEL Recovery Film Festival Website
  • Business card size acknowledgment in festival programs
  • Your business cards in festival theater lobby

Supporting Sponsor: $500

  • Acknowledgement on REEL Recovery Film Festival Website
  • Acknowledgement in festival programs

Friend of Recovery: $50 - $250

  • Acknowledgement on REEL Recovery Film Festival Website
  • Acknowledgement in festival programs (for any donation $50 - $499)



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Festival Schedule and Tickets


The REEL RECOVERY FILM FESTIVAL San Francisco Bay Area schedule is now available here.


Buy tickets to individual screenings or a festival pass for just $25!

Don't miss opening night featuring live music by Reckless in Vegas and a panel discussion called Chasing the Muse - Stone Cold Sober with Jan Wahl, Michael Pritchard, Beverly Allen, Scott Stevens, Jackie Bendzinski, Michael Shapiro and Mario Cipollina.







Submit Films


The deadline for submissions to the 2014 REEL Recovery Film Festival SF Bay Area has passed. To submit a film for consideration in upcoming festivals, please visit http://reelrecoveryfilmfestival.org/submissions/.


Sponsor or Donate

Sponsors--We Thank You!





Platinum Sponsor

Wells Fargo Bank - https://www.wellsfargo.com

WF Color Logo



Diamond Sponsor


Duffys-01

DuffysRehab.com



Gold Sponsors Center Point

Center Point - cpinc.org




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Reflections - livingatreflections.org


Silver Sponsors
  • Kaiser Permanente Marin/Sonoma Area -kp.org

Bronze Sponsors
  • The Michael Basso Foundation
  • Trent Cutler
  • Marin County Mental Health Substance Use Services
  • Muir Wood Adolescent and Family Services
  • The Newport Academy
  • Salesforce.com Foundation
  • San Francisco Fire Fighters Local 798

Supporting Sponsors
  • Caron Treatment Centers
  • Bruce Lee Livingston and Jodi Reid
  • Stephen and Pat Livingston
  • Michael and Janice Marovich
  • National Union of Healthcare Workers
  • Daniel and Kathleen Toney

Friends of Recovery
  • Bunny Chuah
  • ConocoPhillips
  • John Hanley
  • healthRIGHT 360
  • Karen Kuhn
  • Sarah Mart
  • MultiBusiness Solutions
  • Donna Marie Scippa
  • Michael Scippa and Sara Haynes
  • Ray Scippa & ScippaGroup, LLC
  • Tiffany Elizabeth Tan
  • Cathy Summa-Wolfe
  • Bruce Wolfe

Media Sponsors
  • KRON-TV
  • Michael Pritchard
  • The Recovery Station T.V. Series - Nick Moorhatch
  • Jan Wahl
Sponsor or Donate

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