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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/ .
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