Piper Jaffray Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Mill Valley Film Festival's Children's FilmFest
07 October 2004 - 5:32AM
PR Newswire (US)
Piper Jaffray Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Mill Valley Film
Festival's Children's FilmFest MILL VALLEY, Calif., Oct. 6
/PRNewswire/ -- Piper Jaffray & Co. is pleased to celebrate the
10th anniversary of the Mill Valley Film Festival's Children's
FilmFest. The Children's FilmFest is part of the larger California
Film Institute's 27th Mill Valley Film Festival taking place
October 7-17 at venues throughout southern Marin County. As
founding sponsor of the Children's FilmFest, Piper Jaffray has
supported for the last decade the Institute's efforts to offer kids
quality film programming from around the world with groundbreaking
workshops and seminars for young aspiring filmmakers. "We are
thrilled to be sponsoring the Mill Valley Film Festival and in
particular, the Children's FilmFest in its 10th year," said Mark
Zielinski, regional director of Piper Jaffray's Private Client
Services business in San Francisco. "Each year the Festival
provides children and families with thought-provoking and
educational programming and more importantly, the invaluable
opportunity to discuss broader issues that face our society today."
This year's Children's FilmFest kicks off on Saturday, October 9
with the North American premiere of "Taina 2: A New Amazon
Adventure," the sequel to "Taina: An Amazon Adventure." The opening
event will include refreshments, balloon sculpting and face
painting and the stage show comedy "The Wizard School of Art and
Science." The heart of Children's FilmFest, however, is the lineup
of workshops and seminars that teach children and young adults the
tricks of the filmmaking trade, and give them what is often their
first opportunity to make a film and show it to an audience in a
theater. In addition, the Children's FilmFest will feature
screenings, in some cases with a director and other filmmakers
present, of domestic and international films with educational value
that are relevant to today's youth. The films and guest speakers
engage students, families and artists in discussions on a wide
range of socially relevant, multicultural and community issues.
Going beyond the FilmFest, the California Film Institute works with
Bay Area schools throughout the year to offer various outreach
programs that communicate valuable lessons to students and
community groups through the rich visual images of film and the
people who make them. Similar to the aim of the Children's
FilmFest, the Institute's programs strive to foster global
awareness and tolerance within our community, while promoting media
literacy in youth. Its Outreach Screenings Program enables students
to view thoughtful and compelling films from across the globe.
These screenings are free to schools throughout the Bay Area and
for many children, offer the first opportunity to see a film in a
movie theater, let alone a film from a foreign country. Last year,
the Institute's outreach programs reached over 3000 students from
over 30 Bay Area schools. Clients interested in attending the Mill
Valley Film Festival should contact their Piper Jaffray
representative. About Mill Valley Film Festival The Mill Valley
Film Festival, California's longest-running fall festival, is known
internationally as a high profile, prestigious event celebrating
the best of independent international cinema. The Mill Valley Film
Festival's long-term commitment to helping launch independent
films, both American and foreign, into the US market has made it
the festival of choice for filmmakers worldwide. Founded in 1978,
the eleven-day Festival includes features, documentaries, shorts,
new media and video; and hosts around 200 filmmakers from around
the world. Sections at the Festival include the Official Premieres
Selection, World Cinema, US Cinema, the VFest, Valley of the Docs,
the Children's FilmFest and Five@Five, the daily shorts program.
About Piper Jaffray & Co. Piper Jaffray & Co. is the chief
operating subsidiary of Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE:PJC), a
focused securities firm dedicated to delivering superior financial
advice, investment products and transaction execution within
selected sectors of the financial services marketplace. The company
operates through two primary revenue-generating segments: Capital
Markets and Private Client Services. Investment Research, an
independent group reporting to the CEO, supports clients of both
segments. Piper Jaffray & Co. has served corporations,
government and non-profit entities, institutional investors and the
financial advisory needs of private individuals since 1895.
Headquartered in Minneapolis, Piper Jaffray has approximately 3,000
employees in 111 offices in 23 states across the country and in
London. For more information about Piper Jaffray, visit us online
at http://www.piperjaffray.com/ . Since 1895. Member SIPC and NYSE.
DATASOURCE: Piper Jaffray & Co. CONTACT: Dana Wade of Piper
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