Film Streams At the Ruth Sokolof Theater 2009 Year-End Report Dear Film Streams Friends, For our second annual fundraiser gala, Feature What an incredible two and a half years it has been! We’re so 2009, Film Streams welcomed acclaimed actress fortunate to have a wonderful staff, board of directors, and Debra Winger to the Holland Performing Arts volunteers keeping the momentum going, and whether you’ve Center for a spirited and entertaining conversation seen films at the Ruth Sokolof Theater, brought friends to the with Oscar-winning filmmaker and Film Streams movies, become a member, volunteered, or given a significant Board Member Alexander Payne. The event raised donation, all of you have helped Film Streams to grow into a vital more than $149,000 for the Ruth Sokolof Theater. part of the Omaha/Council Bluffs area. The fact that we reached our fundraising goals in 2009, a difficult year for nonprofit arts “Places like Film Streams are now organizations, is an amazing tribute both to your generosity and making us realize that there’s to our community’s passion for this unique arts venue. something [about experiencing The most gratifying thing about being the Director of Film cinema in a theater with an Streams is constantly hearing from so many of you about your audience] that can’t be examined. experiences here at the Ruth Sokolof Theater. More than 40,000 It just has to be acknowledged. people came to our community cinema in 2009. Visitors bought It’s important.” tickets for little-known American Independents like MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY and SITA SINGS THE BLUES; foreign films — Debra Winger (Feature 2009, September 13, 2009) from France, Israel, and Italy set in India, Lebanon, and Argentina; documentaries on subjects ranging from saving dolphins in Japan to women’s liberation in Liberia to Ivy League college football; classic films as they were meant to be seen—on the big screen, with an audience. Thousands came for our Collaborative Film Events with other nonprofits and participated in screenings and discussions with local experts, film subjects, and the filmmakers themselves.
In 2010, you’ll see some major upgrades at our concessions stand, more new films from all over the world, and a local filmmaker initiative to launch careers here in Omaha and the surrounding region. We’ll continue to fulfill our promise of presenting enriching, community-building experiences around cinema. Debra Winger and Alexander Payne.
I’m so excited to continue to watch Film Streams grow and evolve!
Thank you all so much for contributing to the cultural vibrancy of our wonderful community and engaging with the potential and power of the art of film. As always, please feel free to contact me with questions, comments, and requests (402.933.0259, ext. 12; [email protected]).
All my best wishes for 2010!
Feature 2009 Event Chairpersons Annette and Paul Smith with Film Rachel Jacobson Streams Director Rachel Jacobson and special guest Debra Winger. Director, Film Streams at the Ruth Sokolof Theater First-Run Films From internationally acclaimed directors like Jane Campion (BRIGHT STAR), Francis Ford Coppola (TETRO), and the Coen brothers (A SERIOUS MAN) to rising filmmakers such as Ramin Bahrani (GOODBYE SOLO), Steve McQueen (HUNGER), and Lynn Shelton (HUMPDAY), the past year brought a wonderful variety of new films to the Ruth Sokolof Theater. In all, we premiered 35 new films in 2009, including a diverse selection of American independents, documentaries, and foreign films from more than a dozen countries.
Top 10 Most Popular Premieres of 2009 1. Food, Inc. (USA) 2. A Serious Man (USA) 3. Bright Star (UK/Australia/France) 4. Chéri (UK/France/Germany) 5. Oscar Shorts – Animated & Live Action (Various countries) 6. Gomorra (Italy) 7. The September Issue (USA) 8. Goodbye Solo (USA) 9. Waltz with Bashir (Israel/Germany/France/USA) 10. The Messenger (USA)
“The value & inspiration Repertory Films & introspection & More than 90 classics returned to the big screen in 2009 as part of Film Streams’ repertory curiosity that Film program. We celebrated great directors (John Cassavetes), performers (Henry Fonda, Debra Streams brings to our Winger), genres (Westerns), an extraordinary era (New Hollywood: American 70s, sponsored by Sam Walker and Elizabeth Emlen Walker), new 35mm restorations (LOLA MONTÉS, THE lives is immeasurable!” WILD CHILD, MANHATTAN) and much more in what has become one of the most extensive —Film Streams Members Amy classic film programs in the country. In addition, we expanded our children’s programming & Stuart Chittenden (supported in part by Lincoln Financial Foundation) to 13 family-friendly films.
Top 10 Most Popular Classics of 2009
1. The Wizard of Oz 1939 2. Amadeus 1984 3. Gone with the Wind 1939 4. The Never-Ending Story 1984 5. 12 Angry Men 1959 6. The Good, The Bad and the Ugly 1966 7. Lawrence of Arabia 1962 8. The Princess Bride 1987 9. The Wild Child 1970 10. Minnie & Moskowitz 1971 Education Each and every month, students can experience great cinema Omaha/Council Bluffs metro area, 14 colleges and universities for FREE as part of our Student Nights program (supported in Nebraska and SW Iowa, and more than 40 other schools throughout the country. While we like those numbers, we want by the Peter Kiewit Foundation) and High School Film Club to see them grow significantly in 2010. Please help us by telling (supported by the Qwest Foundation). In 2009, more than every student you know about the free opportunities available 1,000 students took advantage of these programs, including to them at Film Streams’ Ruth Sokolof Theater! For more info, students from over 20 high schools or middle schools in the visit our Education page at filmstreams.org. Community Development & Special Programs
In addition to presenting great cinema 365 days a year (weather permitting!), we also strive to create arts opportunities beyond the films themselves. The past year brought a wonderful variety of special events to the theater, including numerous collaborative screenings overseen by our outstanding Community Development Committee.
An Evening with Seymour Cassel Breaking Away (Jul 9, 2009) Reporter (Oct 27, 2009) (Feb 13, 2009) Screening and discussion with Screening and discussion with director Special screening of MINNIE & former Omaha planning director Eric Metzgar and Dr. Ngwarsungu MOSKOWITZ with post-show Marty Shukert, presented Chiwengo of Creighton University, Q&A with star Seymour Cassel. with Activate Omaha. presented with KANEKO. Antwone Fisher (Mar 10, 2009) Wild About Omaha (Jul 24, 2009) American Stories Screening and discussion with Free screenings of THE LAST (Oct 30 – Nov 12, 2009) Antwone Fisher in person, WALTZ & MONTEREY POP in Eight documentaries and two presented with Project Harmony. conjunction with an outdoor concert director screenings presented at Slowdown, part of Mutual of with the Nebraska Humanities The Battle for Whiteclay Omaha’s centennial celebration. Council and Federation of State (Mar 28, 2009) Humanities Councils. Special screening and discussion Food, Inc. (August 4, 2009) with director Mark Vasina and Special screening and Hollywood Chinese (Nov 5, 2009) activist Frank LaMere. panel discussion. Screening and discussion with director Arthur Dong, presented Gone with the Wind The Assassination of Jesse James with the Nebraska Humanities (Apr 17-23, 2009) by the Coward Robert Ford Council and Federation of State Presented with Lauritzen Gardens (Aug 23, 2009) Humanities Councils. and Omaha Community Playhouse. Special screening and discussion with author Ron Hansen, presented with Revolution ’67 (Nov 6, 2009) Amadeus (Apr 24-30, 2009) the (downtown) Omaha Lit Fest. Screening and discussion with Presented with Omaha Symphony, directors Marylou Tibaldo- and featuring a special screening with The Miracle Worker (Aug 25, 2009) Bongiorno and Jerome Bongiorno, Music Director Thomas Wilkins. Screening and panel discussion presented with the Nebraska presented with the Nebraska Humanities Council and Federation Two Million Minutes (May 5, 2009) Foundation for Visually of State Humanities Councils. Screening and discussion presented Impaired Children (NFVIC). with the Youth Leadership The Insider (Nov 17, 2009) Omaha Ambassadors. Soul Power (Oct 6, 2009) Screening and discussion with Special screening and discussion with attorney Charles J. Mikhail, presented Food Fight (Jun 2, 2009) Peggy Jones and Dr. Zebulon Miletsky with UNO’s College of Arts & Screening and discussion with from UNO’s Dept. of Black Studies. Sciences, the Dept. of History, and the director Christopher Taylor, University of Nebraska Foundation. presented with Alegent Health. Inherit the Wind (Oct 13, 2009) Screening and discussion Objectified (Dec 17, 2009) presented with ACLU Nebraska. Screening and discussion presented with design alliance OMAha and Omaha Creative Institute. Ongoing Collaborations
Arthouse: Bemis Artists Talk Film The Metropolitan Opera: Live in HD Special screenings and discussions featuring Bemis Presented with Opera Omaha. Prelude talks in 2009 Center artists and moderated by Bemis Center curator featured Opera Omaha General Director John Wehrle, Stage Hesse McGraw. Films and topics in 2009 included Director Jim de Blasis, KANEKO Director Hal France, UNL François Truffaut’s, THE WILD CHILD, the works and Director of Opera William Shomos, Opera Omaha Resident influence of director John Cassavetes, Sidney Lumet’s Music Director J. Gawf, and Opera Omaha Artistic Advisor DOG DAY AFTERNOON, and a very special screening of & Principal Stage Director Garnett Bruce. THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER with artist-chef Paul Renner. 2009 Income & Expenditures Contributed Income Individual Giving $62,257.00 Theater Operations Foundation Gifts $136,700.00 Corporate Gifts $12,651.70 Feature 2009 $149,555.00 Government $49,660.00
Total Contributed $410,823.70 Administration Operational Income Box Office $257,544.00 Concessions $78,773.67 Programming Membership Dues $109,310.00
Interest, Rentals & Other Revenue $30,940.11 *Figures have not been audited time at of publication Sales Tax Reconciliation -$27,403.25 Expense Theater Operations $405,207.88 Total Earned Revenue $449,164.53 Programming $327,895.44 To/From Unrestricted Net Assets $60,353.69 Administration $187,238.60
Total Income $920,341.92 Total Expense $920,341.92
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Doug Mary & Tom Bernstein Jill & Mike Erman Fred & Marcia Backer Marshall John Detisch Mike Krainak & Janet Farber $5,000 – $9,999 Sandy & John Lehr Gail & Irv Veitzer & Hillary Nather-Detisch Flatiron Cafe Gifts In Jill & Terry Petersen Anonymous Kelly Anderson Tom & Sarah Waldman Howard Kaplan & Julie Frank Carol Gendler Memoriam Sam Walker Rabbi Aryeh & Elyce Azriel Arnold & Anne Weitz Michael Gallner Sandy Matthews & Elizabeth Emlen Walker Peter & Kristae Zandbergen David & Lea Bailis Jill & Joe Goldstein David & Linda Gardels In Memory of Bill Matthews, Douglas County Visitor Scott & Sheila Anderson Jerry Banks Don & Julie Stavneak Leonard & Shirley Goldstein in honor of Improvement Fund Bill & Monica Blizek Ann Bordwine Beeder, MD Whole Foods Market John M. 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Classic: Rosemary’s Baby Betiana Simon Julie Rowse First-Run: Hunger Classic: Faces Joe Knapp Paul G. Smith Timothy Schaffert Theater Staff Katie Weitz White Nancy Schlessinger Hallie Sharkey First-Run: Revanche William Steinke Membership Associate Classic: The Parallax View Advisory Board Lindsay Trapnell First-Run: Sita Sings the Blues Kurt Andersen Classic: Dog Day Afternoon Chris Viner David Weisser Theater Staff Myriel Boes Katie Weitz White, Chair Jason Kulbel Maggie Wood First-Run: The Beaches of Agnès Community Office & Operations Manager Classic: Faces Danny Lee Ladely First-Run: The September Issue Robb Nansel Development Classic: Rushmore Jim Foyt Joel Schlessinger Committee Projectionist Lyn Wallin Ziegenbein Jonathan Benjamin Alvarado Andrew Bouska First-Run: Gomorra Associate Manager Classic: Lawrence of Arabia Michael B. Yanney, Daphne Aronson Rabbi Aryeh Azriel First-Run: Bright Star Director Emeritus Classic: The Wizard of Oz Jeff Jenkins Ward Chambers Projectionist Finance Committee Jim Esch Amanda Fehlner John Carpenter Ben Gray Shift Manager Lindsay Trapnell Tina Cherica David Jacobson First-Run: Waltz with Bashir Education Program Coord. Classic: The Secret of NIMH First-Run: Bright Star Mark Javitch Patrick McNamara Classic: The Landlord Art McGill Magda Peck Aaron Haug Ted Warin Kristin Williams Shift Manager Connie White Balcony Booking Design Partner First-Run: Goodbye Solo Classic: Taxi Driver First-Run: Revanche Oxide Design Co. Classic: Johnny Guitar Cooper Moon Shift Manager First-Run: Tetro Classic: Rosemary’s Baby
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