Come Celebrate with filmmakers and the small business owners that participated in the first ever, Commercial Film Challenge.  Awards for the winning commercial will take place.  

When: Tuesday, December 8th.

Location:  Bookies Sports Bar & Tavern (2 blocks behind the Fox Theater)

Time:  7:00pm to 12:00pm

The FilmEmerge Commercial Film Challenge is the first film competition of its kind that uses local student filmmakers to create affordable commercials for small business owners.

Student and experienced amateur filmmakers and their teams–write, create, film, and edit small business commercials to compete for scholarships and other prizes.

Small business owners will get a :60 second commercial to help promote their business to their local target audience.  FilmEmerge will promote the commercials online through it’s partnerships with other web marketing companies.  In addition, through it’s non-profit foundation, The FilmEmerge Foundation, it will assist business owners with promotion of their commercials to local broadcast networks and cable companies.

100% of net proceeds from the FilmEmerge Commercial Film Challenge raise funds for The FilmEmerge Foundation

About The FilmEmerge Foundation

The FilmEmerge Foundation, a Michigan 501c3 non-profit, assisting deserving students in scholarship programs for film schools and theater arts programs.  Additionally, the foundation assist in the retraining of displaced workers into job retraining programs for the film and motion picture industry.

The FilmEmerge Foundation is raising awareness towards the homeless, raising funds for it’s Movies For Shelters Program.  The Movies For Shelters Program, provides homeless shelters with spiritual, positive, and uplifting films.

FilmEmerge Foundation  |  440 Burroughs Street  |  Suite 93  |  Detroit, Michigan  48202  |    248.229.5502  |  filmemerge.org  |  filmemerge.com/challenge/