Baby Cow buys Kino on Ebay

Baby Cow Manchester 'Buys' Film Festival - On eBay

The Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film Festival has found a headline supporter to celebrate its tenth anniversary. As part of Baby Cow's policy of working alongside new and established northern talent, Baby Cow Manchester has bought the support package after it appeared on eBay.

Baby Cow Productions was set up in 1999 by award winning comedy creators Steve Coogan and Henry Normal and has since gained an enviable reputation for producing new British Comedy talent. With the help of North West Vision, Baby Cow moved to Manchester in May with Heather Coogan (formerly Head of Entertainment at Granada), Lindsay Hughes (Baby Cow's head of talent) and Ric Michael (Head of Development) to run the Northern wing.

"We're both honoured and delighted to have secured the support of such a prestigious production company," said John Wojowski, Director of the Kinofilm Festival. "Thanks to productions like 24 Hour Party People and The Parole Officer, Baby Cow means 'film' to most Mancunians, and as Manchester's longest established international film festival the partnership with Baby Cow Manchester offers many opportunities to both parties."

So, how did the eBay connection come about?

"We had been discussing ways of getting involved in short comedy film and in the film infrastructure of the region when I received an email from Kino pointing us to the eBay auction," explained Ric Michael, "Buying into a film festival like this appealed to our sense of humour and seemed like a great way of confirming that we are serious about northern talent - both in front of and behind the camera."

Alice Morrison, Chief Executive at North West Vision said:
"What a fantastic, innovative way of securing support for a film festival. It is new ways of thinking and originality such as this that will make festivals an ongoing success. "

The Kinofilm, 10th Manchester International Short Film Festival, supported by Baby Cow Manchester, will take place at various venues in Manchester between February 24th and 5th March next year.

Kinofilm also has a number of other sponsorship opportunities available to suit any size of budget including Awards Sponsors and Programme Sponsors, which will also be offered on eBay shortly.
For further information about supporting the festival contact John on 0161 288 2494 or email john.kino@good.co.uk Please visit the web site for more information: www.kinofilm.org.uk

Find out more about Baby Cow Productions at www.babycow.co.uk