Overview SCAD Savannah Film Festival is the largest university-run film festival in the world. The Savannah College of Art and Design stages it every fall across eight days in Savannah's National Historic Landmark District, with gala premieres, competition screenings, panels and workshops. It has become a regular stop for awards-season films, and passes routinely sell out before single tickets go on sale. On site Screenings run in SCAD's restored theaters, led by the Art Moderne Trustees Theater on Broughton Street and the Lucas Theatre for the Arts with its original Wurlitzer pipe organ. Broughton Street turns into a red carpet in the evenings, with fans lined along the barricades for honorees. Panels, master classes and student showcases fill the days, and some programs use Savannah Film Studios, SCAD's 11-acre campus with an LED volume stage and backlot. Audience More than 63,000 people attend: film lovers from Savannah and out of town, entertainment industry professionals and press, and thousands of SCAD students. The crowd splits almost evenly between men and women, most attendees are 21 to 59, and more than half report household incomes between $90,000 and $200,000. Talent and Influencers Each festival honors a new group of actors, directors and craftspeople. Recent guests include Spike Lee, Kristen Stewart, Oscar Isaac, Amanda Seyfried, Brendan Fraser, Park Chan-wook, Jon M. Chu, Tessa Thompson and Mark Hamill. Past honorees range from Kevin Costner, Amy Adams and Colman Domingo to Ava DuVernay, Richard Linklater and Jerry Bruckheimer. Track record The festival has screened more than 200 Academy Award-nominated films and honored more than 170 guests. It draws over 2,000 submissions a year for more than 100 competition slots in nine categories. Recent Audience Award winners include Frankenstein, and Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, Deadline, IndieWire and the Associated Press cover it every year. Brand presence Sponsors come in at Star, Executive, Associate, Supporter, Contributor and Friend levels, with partner titles in vehicle, visual media, production and media. Genesis is the exclusive vehicle sponsor, Canon and Profoto are visual media partners, and ESPN Films, National Geographic Documentary Films, Coca-Cola Bottling United and Bon Appetit support at the Executive level. SCAD also builds custom packages with brand activations, product placement and named awards.