Milwaukee Film is equal parts Milwaukee and film. We're extraordinarily proud to have the support of a number of local programs and institutions, from small businesses to beloved eateries to impactful nonprofits. Our organization is all about fueling the connections that come from experiencing cinema in community, and our community partnerships help us connect to all of Milwaukee.


A.L.I.V.E MKE - Sponsor of Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
AAPI Coalition of Wisconsin - Sponsor of Homegrown: Future Visions
Acme Records - Sponsor of Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes
Africana Studies Program/Marquette University - Sponsor of Black Barbie
Alderman Khalif Rainey - Sponsor of Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Alice's Garden Urban Farm - Sponsor of A Witch Story
Alice's Garden Urban Farm & The Table - Sponsor of Black Lens Shorts
Alive and Fine - Sponsor of Give Me Pity!
Anodyne Coffee Roasting Co - Sponsor of 26.2 to Life
ARTS for ALL Wisconsin, Inc. - Sponsor of Is There Anybody Out There?
Athena Communications - Sponsor of Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
Bavette Butcher - Sponsor of LOVE, CHARLIE: THE RISE AND FALL OF CHEF CHARLIE TROTTER and The 'Vous
Bay Bridge - Sponsor of Black Barbie and Rise and Rebuild
Be Inspired Works - Sponsor of To Live And Die And Live
Bittercube - Sponsor of Alcarras
Black Arts MKE - Sponsor of To Live and Die and Live
Black Space - Sponsor of Black Lens Shorts
Bliffert Lumber & Hardware - Sponsor of Hundreds of Beavers
Bona Drag - Sponsor of MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE
Boswell Book Company 
Bounce Milwaukee
Bronzeville Collective - Sponsor of Category: Woman and The Angry Black Girl and Her Monster
Cactus Club - Sponsor of Anhell69
Cafe Corazón - Sponsor of El Equipo, Gods of Mexico and La Civil
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Sponsor of EL EQUIPO
Charles E. Fromage Bistro - Sponsor of Living Wine
Children's Wisconsin - Sponsor of Teen Screen Shorts: A Heightened Reality
Cigarette Break - Sponsor of MAX ROACH
CLARA Healing Institute - Sponsor of MADONNA: TRUTH OR DARE!!!
Classic Slice - Sponsor of ANHELL69
Clean Slate Milwaukee - Sponsor of Coyote
Cloud Red - Sponsor of What We're Hungry For: How Food Pantries Fed Rural WI During the Pandemic
COA Youth & Family Centers - Sponsor of Blueback
Company Brewing - Sponsor of I Like Movies
CopyWrite Magazine - Sponsor of Rise and Rebuild: A Tale of Three Cities
Cynthia's Breast Cancer Giving Circle - Sponsor of Mom & Dad's Nipple Factory
Cynthia’s Breast Cancer Giving Circle, Inc. - Sponsor of Mom & Dad's Nipple Factory
Danceworks - Sponsor of Call Me Dancer and Milwaukee Show II
Diverse and Resilient 
DJ Bizzon - Sponsor of Lowndes County and the Road to Black Power
ElevAsian - Sponsor of Enter the Dragon, Joyland and Riceboy Sleeps
Ellastic Designs - Sponsor of Black Barbie
Film Girl Film Festival - Sponsor of Losing Ground
Fling Milwaukee - Sponsor of Milwaukee Youth Show: Future of Fiction
Float Milwaukee LLC - Sponsor of 32 Sounds
Fondy Food Center - Sponsor of Alcarras
Girls Rock MKE - Sponsory of OKTHANKSBYE
Hacienda Taproom & Kitchen - Sponsor of Love Charlie
HEALIUM HOT YOGA - Sponsor of CALL ME DANCER
Helen Bader Office of Applied Gerontology - Sponsor of Golden Years
Hmong Wisconsin Chamber of Commerce (HWCC) - Sponsor of THE HARVEST
Janelle Gramling Studio - Sponsor of Mutt
Japanese American Citizens League - Wisconsin Chapter - Sponsor of Enter the Dragon
Jewish Museum Milwaukee - Sponsor of Last Flight Home
Keep Your Head Up Society - Sponsor of Jasmine is a Star
Key Milwaukee - Sponsor of Earlybird
La Causa, Inc. - Sponsor of Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberita
La Fincas Coffee House - Sponsor of God's of Mexico, I Don't Want to be Dust and The Punishment
La Gente Art Gallery - Sponsor of Black Lens Book Fair
Latinas Connect Milwaukee - Sponsor of LA CIVIL
Latino Arts Inc. - Sponsor of Land of Gold
Legal Aid Society of Milwaukee - Sponsor of Rise and Rebuild
LuLu Cafe & Bar - Sponsor of Being Mary Tyler Moore
Lutheran Social Services of Wisconsin and Upper Michigan (LSS) - Sponsor of The Grab
Madison365 - Sponsor of This World is Not My Own
Marquette University - Sponsor of King Coal
Marquette University's Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures - Sponsor of And the King Said, What a Fantastic Machine and Passages
Married In Milwaukee - Sponsor of Date Night Shorts
Matties Memory Inc - Sponsor of Birth/rebirth
Meat on the Street - Sponsor of Let's Get Animated
Milwaukee Art Museum's Photography Council - Sponsor of Lakota Nation vs. United States
Milwaukee Community Acupuncture, Inc. - Sponsor of The Quiet Epidemic
Milwaukee Lutherie - Sponsor of Ennio
Milwaukee Preservation Alliance - Sponsor of Casa Susanna
Milwaukee Public Library - Sponsor of Little Richard: I Am Everything
Milwaukee Rep - Sponsor of Earlybird
Milwaukee Scylla Women's Rugby Club - Sponsor of Periodical
Milwaukee Taiko Group Hibiki - Sponsor of Finding Her Beat
Milwaukee Visionaries Project and ArtsECO - Sponsor of Oink
MKExpanded LLC/Milwaukee Day - Sponsor of Black Barbie
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Southeast Wisconsin - Sponsor of The Year Between
OCA Wisconsin - Sponsor of Ajoomma
PEAK Initiative - Sponsor of Dear Thirteen
Penfield Children's Center - Sponsor of JASMINE IS A STAR and KOKOMO CITY
Public Allies Wisconsin - Sponsor of Black Barbie and Kokomo City
Purple Door Ice Cream
Reagan IB High School - Sponsor of I Like Movies, Milwaukee Youth Show I and RICEBOY
Real Tinsel - Sponsor of Finding Satoshi
Redemann Creative - Sponsor of Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV
Rooted MKE - Sponsor of THE RIGHT TO READ
Ruckus & Glee - Sponsor of Kids Shorts Size Small
Rushmor Records - Sponsor of ENTER THE DRAGON
SkyHigh Skateboard Shop - Sponsor of Enter the DRAGON
Slick talk with scalez podcast - Sponsor of Little richard
Social X - Sponsor of Little Richard
Strange Town - Sponsor of LIVING WINE
Susan G. Komen - Sponsor of Mom &Dad's Nipple Factory
The Alice Wilds - Sponsor of The Milwaukee Show I

The Alliance Française de Milwaukee - Sponsor of Our Father, the Devil, Smoking Causes Coughing and Viking
The ASL Scene - Sponsor of OKTHANKSBYE and The Tuba Thieves
The BrandLab Milwaukeev - Sponsor of Milwaukee Youth Show: Future of Fiction
The Pasta Tree Restaurant & Wine Bar - Sponsor of Living Wine and Love Charlie
The Sugar Maple - Sponsor of Category: Woman
UBUNTU Research and Evaluation - Sponsor of The Angry black girl and her monster
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Film Studies Program - Sponsor of Huesera
UWM Black Student Cultural Center - Sponsor of Black Barbie and To Live and Die and Live
UWM Department of Spanish and Portuguese - Sponsor of Gods of Mexico
UWM German Program - Sponsor of Metropolis
UWM Roberto Hernandez Center - Sponsor of El Equipo
UWM, Program in French, Dept of Global Studies & Festival of Films in French - Sponsor of Falcon Lake and Notre père, le diable (Our Father, the Devil)
Vibrant Body Company - Sponsor of Mom & Dad's Nipple Factory
Volley Life - Sponsor of How To Blow Up A Pipeline
WAVE Educational Fund - Sponsor of Rise and Rebuild
WI-WIFT/Two Pie Films, LLC - Sponsor of Piaffe, Viking and We Live in Public
Winebow Wisconsin - Sponsor of Living Wine
Wisconsin Breast Cancer Showhouse - Sponsor of MDNF
Wisconsin Conservatory of Music - Sponsor of Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberita
Wisconsin Foodie - Sponsory of  - Sponsor of THE VOUS
Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce - Sponsor of It's Only Life After All
Yours Truly - Sponsor of SHORTS: GRAB BAG 2023
YWCA Collaborative Work Group Initiative - Sponsor of MDNF Opening Night
Zocalo Food Park - Sponsor of Milwaukee Show II