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Palm Springs, Calif. (November 15, 2023) – Seeking to further expand its corporate relationships both within and beyond the desert region, the Palm Springs International Film Festival has finalized a beneficial new partnership with Oak View Group (OVG), the largest developer of sports and entertainment venues in the world.
Tapping its extensive connections to help identify and nurture new sponsorships for the Festival, Oak View Group joins a slate of other partners that have helped grow the Festival into one of the biggest and most prestigious film conclaves in North America, originally promoted by then-Palm Springs Mayor Sonny Bono in 1989 to shine a spotlight on international film.
With a prominent global footprint of its own, Oak View Group operates more than 300 venues across the globe, including the 11,000-seat Acrisure Arena in Palm Desert, a world-class venue for top musical events and home to the American Hockey League’s Coachella Valley Firebirds, both of which will receive ongoing support from the Palm Springs International Film Festival through a mutual marketing partnership.
“OVG is here to support both the people and events that are important to the residents of the Coachella Valley and it is clear that the festival is not only important, but also has grown solid roots in the greater Palm Springs region for the past three-and-half decades,” said Dan Griffis, president of Global Partnerships for Oak View Group. “We are excited to partner with the Palm Springs International Film Society to assist them in cultivating new sponsorship opportunities as the festival continues to fulfill its mission to serve as a beacon for cinematic experience around the globe.”
“The impact of Oak View Group here in the Coachella Valley is strong and growing, anchored by the massive draw of Acrisure Arena, which not only serves as home to the Coachella Valley Firebirds, but as a world-class performance venue which has already hosted such top artists as Sting, Peter Gabriel, The Eagles, Journey and Lizzo,” said Festival Chairman Nachhattar Singh Chandi. “This is a significant partnership for us with the mutual goal of bringing greater awareness to the Festival, and exposure to the greater Coachella Valley.”
The 35th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival will take place from January 4-15, 2024.
About the Palm Springs International Film Society
The Palm Springs International Film Society is a 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization whose mission is to cultivate and promote the art and science of film through education and cross-cultural awareness. The Film Society produces the Palm Springs International Film Festival
(PSIFF) and Film Awards every January and Palm Springs ShortFest in June. In addition to curating the best in international cinema, PSIFF’s Film Awards has come to be known as the first stop on the campaign trail for the Academy Awards® and our Oscar®-qualifying ShortFest is the largest short film festival and market in North America. Our festivals, year-round member screenings and educational programs manifest our organization’s mission by nurturing and encouraging new filmmaking talent, honoring the great masters of world cinema, and expanding audience horizons. For more on the Palm Springs International Film Society and its festival events, please visit https://www.psfilmfest.org.
About Oak View Group (OVG)
Oak View Group (OVG) is a global sports and entertainment company founded by Tim Leiweke and Irving Azoff in 2015. OVG is focused on being a positive disruption to business as usual in the sports, live entertainment, and hospitality industries and currently has eight divisions across five global offices (Los Angeles, New York, London, Philadelphia, and Toronto). OVG is world-renowned as the leading full-service live entertainment and hospitality group, with 11 major new arenas either open or under development including Acrisure Arena in Greater Palm Springs, CA; Climate Pledge Arena at Seattle Center; UBS Arena in Belmont Park, NY; Moody Center in Austin, TX; and CFG Bank Arena in Baltimore, MD; as well as arena development projects for Co-op Live in Manchester, UK; Anaheim Arena in São Paulo, Brazil; First Ontario Centre Arena in Hamilton, ON; a New Arena and entertainment district in Las Vegas, NV; a New Arena in Cardiff, Wales; and Vienna, Austria. OVG360 is a full-service venue management, hospitality solutions, and venue services company servicing more than 400 arenas, stadiums, performing arts centers, culture institutions, and convention centers worldwide. More information at OakViewGroup.com, and follow OVG on Facebook, Instagram, X, and LinkedIn.
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