AIFF Sponsors
2025 Supporters & Sponsors
You know you want to sponsor one of the Coolest Film Festivals in the World—and we would love to collaborate with you, too! Contact Us to become an official sponsor, helping AIFF bring exceptional independent films and filmmakers to Anchorage.
Discover how your support enables growth in your community and provides your employees and clients with access to high-quality cultural events year-round.
Sponsors
The Ellsworth Foundation
The Ellsworth foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit founded by Kari and John Ellsworth, Jr. The Foundation focuses on supporting the Anchorage community by donating to programs we believe create opportunities for our city to expand, support local youth, and overall make Anchorage a better place to live.
Atwood Foundation
Perhaps no family has had more influence on the development of Alaska’s social, economic and civic life than that of Bob Atwood and his wife, Evangeline Rasmuson Atwood.
Over a period of almost 70 years, Bob, Evangeline and their daughters Marilyn and Elaine made change and progress a part of their lives. Their efforts and leadership inspired visions of greatness and hope among those who were part of Alaska in territorial days and in the years that followed after statehood became a reality.
The Atwood Foundation was established in 1962 to benefit and advance the community of Anchorage, Alaska, particularly its young people, by financially assisting the initiation, completion and maintenance of non-profit organization projects and programs in the fine arts, journalism, history and other civic enterprises.
The Wildbirch Hotel
The Wildbirch Hotel located in downtown Anchorage, our hotel places you at the intersection of cultural discovery and outdoor adventure. Wake up to sweeping views of the Chugach Mountains, Denali, or the iconic Sleeping Lady, then watch the evening sky glow over Cook Inlet. Every room is designed with you in mind, a retreat inviting you to relax before you explore. With staff ready to guide you and share tips and insights, we forge a connection between you and the adventures just outside our door. From the moment you arrive, The Wildbirch Hotel becomes a waypoint for your journey.
Rasmuson Foundation
Rasmuson Foundation is an Alaska-focused family philanthropy working to promote a better life for Alaskans by providing grants, bringing people and organizations together and encouraging others to give back. Learn more about our Foundation’s history, the exceptional family behind this organization and the leaders and individuals who execute our work.
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Anchorage Wolverines
The Anchorage Wolverines gained membership in the North American Hockey League in March of 2021. They joined the Midwest division of the league, and became the third NAHL team in the state of Alaska, alongside the Fairbanks Ice Dogs and the Kenai River Brown Bears.
The Wolverines Organization is committed to supporting youth hockey in Anchorage, and helping strengthen competition in order to keep Alaskan players in Alaska. Players and coaches participate in youth hockey development throughout the season to cultivate strong relationships with the strong youth hockey programs in Anchorage.
Greatland Adventures
Southcentral and Interior Alaska’s go-to tour operator. Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city, boasts world-class restaurants, nightlife, museums, and public spaces all set amidst the amazing backdrops of the Chugach Mountains and Cook Inlet. Fairbanks, located in the heart of our state, offers incredible aurora borealis experiences and access to the starkly beautiful Arctic region, plus excellent opportunities for dog mushing, skiing, and hiking.
Locals know how to enjoy their beautiful surroundings and they know where to go for maximum fun. Greatland Adventures is proud to call both Anchorage and Fairbanks our home cities.
Visit Anchorage Alaska
Discover Anchorage, where winter and adventure combine with city comforts. Ski down high mountaintops situated at sea level with stunning views. Try fat tire biking on groomed trails through the city. Experience a wintertime festival that celebrates the culture and pioneering spirit of the people. Go dog sledding or cheer on a musher in a local race. See the northern lights shimmer across the night sky. Dine atop a mountain with a view you’ll want to take home. Meet community, where visitors become locals.
Alaska Native Heritage Center
The Alaska Native Heritage Center (ANHC) is a living cultural center located in Anchorage, Alaska that promotes active observance of Alaska Native culture and traditions. As the only statewide cultural and education center dedicated to celebrating all cultures and heritages, ANHC serves as a statewide resource for Alaska Natives from birth until Elder.
Drum Song Films LLC
An Alaskian-based media production company. We work in close cooperation with Indigenous peoples across Alaska to tell their stories from an authentic, local perspective. We specialize in social justice, climate justice, and cultural documentaries.
Alaska 4x4 Rentals
Alaska 4×4 Rentals is a 100% Alaskan owned business. We strive to provide our customers with excellent customer service and high quality, capable vehicles for your Alaskan adventures.
We are a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta Leasing, LLC, which offers vehicle and equipment leasing solutions to commercial customers. We feature one of the largest commercial work-truck fleets in Alaska.
National Water Resource Association
Access to water is a fundamental necessity for life, a cornerstone of civilization and the key to economic stability, growth and prosperity. For more than eighty years, members of the NWRA have been providing clean water to families, farms, businesses and communities throughout the West. The NWRA is a nonprofit federation of agricultural and municipal water providers, state associations, and individuals dedicated to the conservation, enhancement and efficient management of our nation’s most important natural resource: water.
TOTE Maritime
Alaska Airlines
For 90 years, Alaska Airlines and the people who make us who we are, have been guided by integrity, caring, ingenuity, professionalism, and a unique spirit—a spirit that has grown out of our geographical roots.
Who we are today is a direct result of our history and the amazing people involved in it; a long list of aviation milestones, paired with countless stories of people being remarkable to help others.
All these milestones, good deeds, and community involvement have helped us grow from a small regional airline to an international carrier. With more than 44+ million customers a year, our route system spans more than 120 destinations and five countries.
Alaska Jewish Museum
In 2004, a group of Alaskans, led by Rabbi Joseph Greenberg of the Alaska Jewish Campus, recognized the need to provide the people of Alaska with a way to explore its Jewish history and culture and, by doing so, to honor the significant Jewish contributions to that state and the greater United States.
The mission of the Alaska Jewish Museum (AJM) is to provide a home for Jewish history, art and culture in Alaska.
Alaska State Council on the Arts
Celebrating the rich cultural heritage and artistic expressions of Alaska Native peoples through preservation, mentorship, and community connection.
Anchorage Museum
To be a museum for people, place, planet, and potential, in service of a sustainable and equitable North, with creativity and imagination for what is possible.
A place of ideas and transformation, narratives and perspectives, resilient and relevant communities, responsive to a rapidly changing world toward a better future for all.
Richard L & Diane M Block Foundation
Richard and Diane Block created the Richard L & Diane M Block Foundation to support charitable, social service, and cultural & arts organizations throughout the great state of Alaska.
The Foundation focuses its grantmaking on the young who will lead and power the state’s future; the cultural organizations that inspire the community intellectually and artistically; and the social service organizations that lift up the poor so they may permanently and independently share in Alaska’s bounty.
For social service agencies that apply, the Foundation requires that they demonstrate they will address the causes of the needs they are serving and that they are making efforts to fix the underlying problem.
Robin Crum & Sean McPhilamy
SAG AFTRA
SAG-AFTRA represents approximately 160,000 actors, announcers, broadcast journalists, dancers, DJs, news writers, news editors, program hosts, puppeteers, recording artists, singers, stunt performers, voiceover artists and other media professionals.
SAG-AFTRA members are the faces and voices that entertain and inform America and the world. With national offices in Los Angeles and New York, and local offices nationwide, SAG-AFTRA members work together to secure the strongest protections for media artists into the 21st century and beyond.
Spenard Roadhouse
Located in Anchorage’s eclectic Spenard neighborhood, we serve up contemporary comfort food with a twist! From Bacon of the Month, mac & cheese and pizza, to hearty salads, jambalaya, and eggs benedict, there’s something for every taste! Save room for dessert—our peanut butter pie and s’mores are local legends.
Our full bar features small-batch bourbons, house-infused vodkas, and a rotating lineup of creative cocktails dreamed up by our talented bar team. We pour eight local beers on tap, offer a carefully curated wine list, and shake up plenty of fun non-alcoholic specialties.
Venues
Alaska Experience Theatre
E Street Theater
