Virtual Film Festival
LunaFest 2020. Watch for 2021 updates.THANK YOU FOR MAKING OUR EVENT A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS!
JUNE 25th, 2020
11th Annual LUNAFEST Film Festival
LUNAFEST 2020 will be LIVE STREAMED with a PRE-EVENT Zoom Party on Thursday, June 25th! Tickets are $25 per person and include 7 unique short films and a lively conversation at our POST-EVENT CHAT. You can also buy a chance to win the DINNER & MOVIE Raffle Basket: click HERE.
“DOORS” OPEN 7:30pm • SHOWTIME 8pm
100% of your admission goes to Hirsch Programs!
Join us for our 11th Annual LUNAFEST fundraising event. LUNAFEST is the only film festival in North America to celebrate the power of storytelling by combining women filmmakers and community fundraising campaigns to support local nonprofits.
LUNAFEST has been creating opportunities for women in film since 2000. In years past the talented women directors brought wonderful short stories from all over the world. This year will be no different. We have seven short films by women and about women that are timely, thought provoking, and inspiring for men and women.
Ticket Sales End, Thursday, June 25 at 5 PM!
Sponsor LUNAFEST
Sponsorship Levels
Luna Event Sponsor- $1,000+ Donation
Receive (8) Tickets, Name Recognition at Event and on Hirsch Website
Full Moon Sponsor- $500+ Donation
Receive (4) Tickets, Name Recognition at Event and on Hirsch Website
Blue Moon Sponsor- $250+ Donation
Receive (2) Tickets, Name Recognition at Event and on Hirsch Website
Pay It Forward – You can DONATE Lunafest Gift Tickets and we’ll invite Cancer Survivors and Caregivers to attend the event at no cost!
Purchase Online tickets in increments of $25.00.
For this Virtual Film Event a streaming link and password will be emailed to all Sponsors receiving tickets by 3pm show day June 25.
Here’s how you can become a Lunafest 2020 Sponsor
• Donate Online at HirschWellnessNetwork.org
• Checks are Payable to: Hirsch Wellness Network
1250 Revolution Mill Drive, Studio 130, Greensboro, NC 27405
Please reply with your Sponsorship Gift by June 20th to receive the above benefits.
How to Gift a Seat
Hirsch Wellness and LUNAFEST – Celebrating the Healing Power within Our Stories
Each year at LUNAFEST, Hirsch Wellness reserves free seats for those in our community touched by cancer. We are asking you to consider donating Gift Tickets so cancer patients in treatment, survivors
Here’s how you can do it:
• Select “Donate Gift Tickets” below, where you can buy tickets in increments of $25. Consider donating $50 for a pair or $100 for four tickets!
• Not able to come? Pay it Forward! You can still donate Gift Tickets in $25 increments and provide an evening of community and enjoyment for area cancer survivors and their families.
General Donations are gladly accepted and can be done online through our DONATE Button or by check. Please mail to:
Hirsch Wellness Network, 1250 Revolution Mill Drive, Studio 130, Greensboro, NC 27405
LUNAFEST 2020 presents 7 critically acclaimed short films
Seven Films!
This year’s films bring light to our human experience through the lens of women all over the world. Films stills from selected features include: “Lady Parts” and ”Ballet After Dark.”
Game
A new kid in town shows up at the high school boys’ basketball tryouts and instantly makes an impression. Will talent and drive be enough to make the team?
Filmmaker: Jeannie Donohoe, Brooklyn, NY
Xmas Cake–This American Shelf Life
The coming-of-middle-age story follows a pop singer’s journey from hot to not, and what ensues across cultures from New York to Tokyo.
Filmmakers: Petra Hanson, New York, New York and May Yam, San Jose, California
How To Swim
In the last days of her pregnancy, a terrified mother-to-be kidnaps a maternal stranger for an afternoon of hijinks.
Filmmaker: Noa Gusakov, Tel Aviv, Isreal
Ballet After Dark
A young woman finds strength after an attack by creating an organization to help survivors of sexual abuse and domestic violence through dance therapy.
Filmmaker: B. Monet, New York, New York and Los Angeles, California
Purl
An earnest ball of yarn gets a job at a fast-paced, high energy, bro-tastic start-up.
Filmmakers: Kristen Lester and Gillianm Libbert-Duncan, Emeryville, California
There You Are
A trans woman must dress like a man to say goodbye to her dying grandmother.
Filmmaker: Lisa Donato, Austin Texas
Lady Parts
A struggling actor finally gets her big break, only to realize the glass ceiling can also be a camera lens.
Filmakers: Erin Dye and Jessica Sherif, Los Angeles, California
Thanks to Our Local & National Event Sponsors!
Donna Burick, Holistic Life Coach, Energy Therapist
Dr. Jan Hessling, Dr. Valerie Fields, and Teresa Lewis, BS CT
Melissa Greer, Realtor, Berkshire Hathaway
Kathy Adams and Bobby Doolittle
Molly and Andy Haile
Dr. Rita Layson
A DIFFERENT KIND OF COMPANY ~ The Clif Bar Company is the maker of the Whole Nutrition Luna Bar made to enhance Women’s Health and create a healthy sustainable global food system. Lunafest is a way to give back, do more good, and care about the people, places and communities served.
Hirsch Wellness Cancer Support Network is a 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to serving the emotional needs of individuals touched by a cancer diagnosis. Our commitment to putting “ART at the HeART of Healing” provides essential healing arts and wellness programs that celebrate self-expression as a means of cultivating strength, renewing the spirit and fostering hope.
If you are interested in becoming a Silent Auction Sponsor, volunteering with us, or you have other questions, please contact Ginger Lambrecht at admin@hirschcenter.org for more info.
CONTACT US
Call 336-209-0259
E-mail us here.
LOCATION
1250 Revolution Mill Drive, Suite 130 Greensboro NC 27405
