Thank You, Cincinnati
Dear Cincinnati,
On the heels of a very trying 2020, THANK YOU for showing up in 2021. The film industry came back with a vengeance and you were there to roll out the red carpet.
Productions spent over $150 million in the city of Cincinnati
Over 2,000 jobs were created
5 major motion pictures came to town in 2021
A special thank you to the Haile Foundation. Film Cincinnati would not be as successful without your partnership, investment, and commitment to our region. Thank you, Carl, Martha, and Matt Lindner. Your investment has catapulted Cincinnati’s position in the industry worldwide. Thank you to our donors and supporters. Your unwavering dedication allowed us to focus on supporting the local crew base through the pause of 2020, and concentrate our energy on bringing back production in an impactful way.
Thank you to Film Cincinnati’s Board of Trustees and loyal volunteers/ interns. We appreciate your steadfast allegiance to the mission of the organization and fierce determination to turn Cincinnati into a world-class destination for production.
Thank you TritHealth and Gravity Diagnostics for creating a comprehensive strategy to keep our clients and crews safe. You planned for every situation movies could face with the virus and designed treatment plans for every possible scenario. Together with Gravity Diagnostics, you have helped us create a safe environment with cutting-edge science and resources.
To the City of Cincinnati (Mayor and Council) thank you for assisting us in coordinating each and every production with the utmost professionalism and thoughtfulness for our community.
Thank you to the University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University for creating a curriculum where students can learn and cultivate their passion and talent prior to entering the industry. Students graduating with industry knowledge and experience pays dividends in retaining talent in our region.
Thank you ArtsWave for your partnership and your commitment to support local art.
Thank you Enterprise for your support of our organization and continuously facilitating the needs of production.
Thank you to our partners at Gameday Communications for telling our story better than anyone and sharing it with EVERYONE. Thank you to Brave Berlin for your incredible help with branding, activations, Backlot, and making sure Cincinnati sees the future in our great city.
Thank you 3CDC for your assistance in location scouting and opening the doors for productions. Thank you to the Airbnb's, the hotels, the GCCVB, and the NKY CVB. You never cease to drop everything and assist us in landing motion pictures.
Thank you to the Reds organization who entertain filmmakers and make their experience working here more vibrant. Thank you FC Cincinnati and to the Cincinnati Bengals for sharing our teams and culture with visitors.
Thank you to the crew who continue to raise the bar with your talent and dedication. Thank you D. Lynn Meyers for finding great faces, committed actors and actresses, and incredible local talent. And, thank you to the talent, who continue to lend your time, your craft, and your love for cinema by constantly showing up.
FINALLY, Thank you to the people of Cincinnati. You open YOUR arms to the motion picture industry. We succeed together by creating jobs, dollars, and opportunities. We promise an incredible 2022 - and we could not do it without you.
Happy Holidays and “keep rolling,”
Film Cincinnati
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
It's time to get back together!
Film Cincinnati will host a film industry happy hour on the Martin Luther King Holiday, January 17th, 2022.
Come see old friends, network with other industry professionals, and hear about what’s coming in 2022.
This in-person event will be at OTR StillHouse at 6:00 pm.
INTERN SPOTLIGHT: Chance Sparks & Xiyanna Kellogg
Chance Sparks attends the University of Cincinnati with a major in digital media and a minor in screenwriting.
He dreams of one-day writing and directing his own films/television shows. He then wants to cast himself in them because, in his words, "nobody is just going to do that on their own."
Sparks interns with Film Cincinnati assisting with marketing efforts. He leans on his graphic design skills to help Film Cincinnati build graphics and social media content.
"Helping out at Film Cincinnati has been hugely beneficial to me. It's given me the opportunity to practice my graphic design skills and has made me get the most out of my Adobe creative cloud subscription," says Sparks.
Spark's creativity has been additive to the organization in more ways than one. An intricate, interactive giveaway to be released in 2022 by ArtsWave was the brainchild of Sparks.
"Interning with Film Cincinnati has exposed me to added layers of the industry, especially within Cincinnati," Sparks adds. "Working within the organization responsible for bringing major motion pictures to Cincinnati is inspiring and eye-opening."
Xiyanna (Z-eye-yawn-na) Kellogg attends the University of Cincinnati studying film and media production with a minor in communications and a certificate in deaf studies. During her internship at Film Cincinnati, she was accepted into UC's marketing master's program. She dreams of one day being a film producer.
Xiyanna works as a digital marketing intern at Film Cincinnati. She assists with the extensive database which houses photographs of potential film locations all across the region. Each location is organized by subject - bookstore, gas station, church, etc., and further broken down into multiple sub-folders, for example, Catholic Church, Baptist Church, Rural church, etc.
Film Cincinnati breaks down a script by location and compiles an electronic lookbook. These compilations show filmmakers what their film could “look like” while shooting in Cincinnati. For every one location, Film Cincinnati tries to give up to ten options. Kellogg has been organizing all of these locations.
“Once I got into the groove of things I wanted to help beyond the scope of what was assigned. I wanted to impact the next set of interns and provide a better resource for their experience. I created a step-by-step how-to guide.” Kellogg adds. “I am beyond grateful for the opportunity to work with Film Cincinnati, students like myself often do not receive a real-world experience in the filming industry. Film Cincinnati made sure that I got the best experience and allowed me to grow as an individual."