Be a Donor
Ticket sales and event fees only cover 60% of our annual operating expenses. Please help us make up the other 40% through a donation to DC Shorts, a non-profit arts organization.
Become a Member of the Red Carpet Society!!!! (Donation Request: $1,000)
Help support our largest and most needed expense, our venue rentals. As a member of the Red Carpet Society will ensure that we will always have a home to screen the incredible films and stories our filmmakers have to tell.
PERKS (For Two)
(1) Reserved and Priority Seating
(2) Recognition (Electronic and in Print)
(3) Sneak Peak and Advance Notice of DC Shorts Film Festival
(4) Two All Inclusive All Access Passes to DC Shorts Fall Film Festival
(5) Complimentary Tee and Swag Bag
(6) Two Tickets to All Programs
(7) Admission to Special Mentor’s Graduation Reception
(8) Discounts to Partnered Film Festivals
(9) Society Only Events
Become a Superstar!!!! (Donation Request: $250)
Help support our educational programs! As a DC Shorts Superstar you will help us support (1) to support our filmmaker education programs (Mentors, Fall Festival Seminar Series), (2) to support and expand our educational internship program, (3) to bring filmmakers and other industry professionals to DC for educational and other programming events.
PERKS
(1) Priority Seating
(2) Recognition (Electronic and in Print)
(3) Sneak Peak and Advance Notice of DC Shorts Film Festival
(4) Comped All Inclusive All Access Passes to DC Shorts Fall Film Festival
(5) Complimentary Tee and Swag Bag
(6) Discounts to All Other Programming
(7) Discounts to Partnered Film Festivals (APA Film, etc.)
(8) Admission to Special Mentor’s Graduation Reception
For more information on how to become a Member of the Red Carpet Society or becoming a Superstar, email Paul Marengo, our Director of Development at paul.marengo@dcshorts.com.
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- The DC Shorts Film Festival is the largest short film festival on the East Coast. In 2017, we screened 170 films from 30 countries over 11 days. In 2017, our audience from DC Shorts and other events topped over 10,000 participants.