MOVIE SCREENINGS 20182001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968) • A FANTASTIC WOMAN • AGAVE: SPIRIT OF A NATION • A WRINKLE IN TIME • ATHENS RISING: THE SICYON PROJECT • BEAT STREET (1984) BEAUTIFUL BOY • BLACK PANTHER • BLAZEBLACKkKLANSMAN • BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY BOMBSHELL: THE HEDY LAMARR STORY BOY ERASED • CALL ME BY YOUR NAME CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? • CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)CRAZY RICH ASIANS • DARKEST HOUR DISOBEDIENCE • DISTANT SKY • E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982) • EIGHTH GRADE FACES PLACES • FAHRENHEIT 11/9 • FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (1986) • FIRST REFORMED FREE SOLO • GONZORIFFIC • HALLOWEEN (1978) • HAROLD & MAUDE (1971) • HEARTS BEAT LOUD • HEREDITARY • I, TONYA • ISLE OF DOGS • JUICE (1992) • KNIGHTS TO KINGS: JOURNEY TO ETHIOPIA • LOVING VINCENT MANDY • MARY & THE WITCH’S FLOWER MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS • MAYA ANGELOU: AND STILL I RISE • MIRAI • MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO (2002) • PHANTOM OF THE OPERA (1925) • PUZZLE • RBG • READY PLAYER ONE REM AT THE BBC • ROMA • SEARCHING SHIFTING BASELINES • SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY • SORRY TO BOTHER YOU • STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI • SUSPIRIA • YELLOW SUBMARINE (1968) • THE BIG LEBOWSKI (1998) THE DEATH OF STALIN • THE DISASTER ARTISTTHE FAVOURITE • THE GRAND ILLUSION (1937) THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT • THE OLD MAN & THE GUN • THE PARTY • THE POST • THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW (1975) • THE ROOM (2003) • THE SHAPE OF WATER • THE TRIPLETS OF BELLEVILLE (2003) • THE UNAFRAID THE WELL PLACED WEED • THE WIFE • THREE IDENTICAL STRANGERS • THUNDER ROAD WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? • WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? • YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

...AND MANY MORE!

Highlighted Special Guests & Events

Sybil RosenBLAZE

Heather McIntoshHAL

BLACK PANTHERPanel

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600 Ciné Members

2018 BY THE NUMBERS

LatinXFilm Series

SHOCKtoberfestFilm Series

Art HouseTheater Day

Athens Jewish Film Festival

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Northeast Georgia’s only nonprofit cinema

178,000 dollars received in donations

10,000 popcorns sold to moviegoers39,000 movie tickets sold

500 public school students that attended sponsored screenings 300 films and events268 the average dollar amount of donations from our supporters

78 percent of every dollar earned through operations 20 volunteer board members 14 part-time staff 2 full-time staff

Our mission is to inspire, educate, entertain and build community through film and other arts.

Athens Picture ShowAthFest Weekend An estimated 50,000 visitors enjoy Ciné’s

2000 screenings and 150 events annually.

2 screens

Community Events • Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement

• Athens Jewish Film Festival • ATHFest Hip-Hop Showcase • Avid Bookshop

2018 Achievements

2019 Goals

• Executed a capital campaign to purchase our building

• Secured a mortgage on the historic Ciné building and established a $78,000 reserve

• Expanded the board from 12 to 20 members and added an advisory board

• Explore opportunities to enhance and expand facilities by adding a third theater, improving bar design, and renovating façade

• Become operationally sustainable: produce $1 of revenue for every $1 spent

• Double our membership • Build and sustain an operating reserve of $160,000

• Decrease mortgage debt • Obtain local property tax exemption

Concessions & Box Office $427,404.00Membership $54,055.00Grants & Support $105,839.00Facility Rentals $76,110.00Total Operating Income $663,408.00

2018 FINANCIALS

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Honors & Awards • Governor’s Award for the Arts & Humanities

• The Red & Black “Best Date Spot”

• Federation of Neighborhoods • Gonzoriffic • The Georgia Review • Willson Center for Humanities & Arts • UGA TEDx

...and many more!

[ Community groups choose Cine as their gathering place ]

We asked patrons for their thoughts in the 2018 National Art House survey. Take a glance at Cine’s community impact:

EXPANDS MY WORLD

MAKES LIFE ENJOYABLE

IMPROVES DIVERSITY

FILM & HISTORY APPRECIATION

SPARKS CURIOSITY

CREATES LEARNINGOPPORTUNITIES

General Operating Expenses $233,494.00Salaries $262,860.00Film Licensing Expenses $143,852.00Concession Expenses $49,463.00Depreciation & Taxes $56,450.00Total Operating Expenses $746,199.00

LETTER FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTORMy heartfelt thanks to each one of you, our wonderful nonprofit cinema members, supporters, and friends. In 2018 we had the opportunity to purchase our building and were able to do so with incredible community generosity and support!

A generous bequest from the estate of Christine Pavlak provided the foundation of our capital campaign. Christine was a passionate lover of film and one of Ciné’s very first members. Her friendship and presence at the theater is deeply missed. We were also very fortunate to receive an anonymous gift in 2017 that jumpstarted our fundraising.

Long-term Ciné members and supporters Kathy Prescott and Grady Thrasher helped us formally kick off our Let’s Buy Ciné campaign in April 2017 with a benefit premiere screening of their newest film ATHENS IN OUR LIFETIME. The event allowed us to make our first public fundraising pitch to a packed house of appreciative community members.

Deeds Publishing donated the production of a campaign video promoting matching challenges that brought in support from the Athens community and from across the country (including from the family of independent art house theaters). Thank you!

Other fundraising events that helped us in 2018 include:

• The “Take Your Seat at Ciné” campaign

• Fundraisers at board members’ homes

• “From Broadway To Hollywood,” at The Foundry, produced by Pat Priest and stage managed by Leara Rhodes, featuring Athens musicians performing songs from the screen

• “Stars in Their Eyes,” at the Seney-Stovall Chapel, produced by Lorraine Thompson, showcasing Athens’ gifted young performers

• A spectacular Turkish rug sale

In 2018, we secured a $2 million mortgage from the local Athens First American Bank & Trust with the help of a $250,000 low-interest loan from Georgia Cities Foundation as part of the down payment. Our thanks as well to the Athens Downtown Development Authority who approved the submission.

Ciné’s immediate focus and goal is now to achieve operational stability and to pay down our new mortgage. This means increasing our income. We need to expand our member base, the heart and soul of Ciné; successfully apply for grants; and grow our programmatic partnerships and signature film festivals such as HEAR (Holistic Health + Empathy + Accessibility + Recovery), our new, upcoming film series in partnership with Nuci’s Space and Family Counseling Service, Inc. And of course, we look forward to our 2019 annual fundraising campaign.

Thanks to the AFAI Board of Directors for your immense effort. Thanks to the wonderful Ciné staff for all your great work, and for the warm and welcoming atmosphere you create for all of Ciné’s patrons. I am very honored to be at the helm of this treasured community institution. I can’t thank you all enough for your continued support.

With best wishes,

Pamela KohnExecutive Director,Ciné

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Pamela KohnExecutive Directordirector@athenscine.com(706) 546-5454

Athens Film Arts Institute (AFAI) Board of DirectorsRuta Abolins (President)Cassie Bryant (Secretary)Stephanie Lynn (Treasurer) Patrick AllenJoseph ArndtAllan AycockBryan CenterMary Lillie ChamberlinBen DavisJamon HoltElizabeth KatzTodd KellyKaren Kenyon Elizabeth LyleDave MarrRichard NeupertEd PavlićJoe SilvaSusanne WarrenfeltzMark Weathersby

Board of AdvisorsBrian CarneyCarl MartinPeter SmithMargie Spalding

THANK YOU to our members, donors, and the community of Athens, GA

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THANK YOU to our members, donors, and the community of Athens, GA

DONATED SERVICES • Weekly Floral Arrangements from Ciné Member Kornelia Probst-MacKowiak

• Curation of Quarterly Art Exhibits by Mary Hallam Pearse

• Photography by Rinne Allen, Christy Rogers, and Jason Thrasher

• Online Captial Campaign Video Production by Deeds Publishing

• Online Capital Campaign Video Music from Kishi Bashi

• Pre-feature Video Production by Brimms & Riggs

MAJOR GRANTSAlex & Janet Patterson Fund at the Athens Area Community FoundationAlharoun Giving FundCMJ FundCoolidge Corner Theatre FoundationErika C. Lewis Family Fund at the Athens Area Community FoundationJames E. Huffer and Betty J. Huffer FoundationBill & Melinda Gates FoundationGeorgia Cities FoundationKirbo Charitable FoundationMichael E. Mills FoundationOrange County Community FoundationNorton Family Foundation at the Athens Area Community FoundationSynovus-Athens Fund at the Athens Area Community FoundationWeeks Family Fund at the Athens Area Community FoundationWiggans Family Fund at the Athens Area Community Foundation

INDIVIDUAL GIVING IN 2018$5,000 and aboveAnonymous The Rfp Fund, Inc.Rebecca & Kent SilverSusanne Warrenfeltz

$1,000 - $4,999Sara Beresford & Kevin Barnes Susie & Travis Burch Jeffrey Clippard Andrew Cole Sue Custance & Clint McCroryKatherine & Bertis Downs Susan Hable & Peter SmithLeslie & Jim De Haseth Kay Giese & David SweatTony EubanksNina & Wally Hellerstein Frances Hensley & Jim OkeyJane & Tom Keene Elizabeth & David Lyle Jinx & Gordhan Patel Tricia & Hugh RuppersburgSusan & James Ponsoldt Kornelia Probst-MacKowiak Ken Scoville Mary Lillie & Ray Watson Alice Woodruff

$500 - $999Barry Allen Sandra & Francis Assaf Nancy & Glenn BlackCassie & David Bryant Brian Carney & Mary Rugg

$500 - $999 continuedLisbeth Carney Mack Cawthon Anna & Charlie Eidsvik Robert Findly Sylvia GibsonK GreggMatthew Hall Sally & Ernest HarrisRonda Holloway Emily & Dale HoytSandra & Cecil Hudson Charlie JamesonCatherine Jones & Richard NeupertKaren & Tom Kenyon Jane & Bruce King Tricia Lyndon Angela & Richard Meltzer Parker & Kent MiddletonChatham Murray Suzanne & Chuck Murphy Rielle Navitski Network For GoodRegina Quick Margie Spalding Dot Sparer Madeline Van DyckApril & Martin WebbCarol & Rob WinthropThank you to all of our 2017 donors, and to the many 2018 donors not listed.

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• Athens Area Community Foundation

• Athens Downtown Development Authority

• Flagpole Magazine • First American Bank & Trust • National Parking Lots • The National Restaurant • UGA MBA Program

COMMUNITY PARTNERSWe enjoy a broad range of support from a variety of organizations, including:

School Screenings • A WRINKLE IN TIME • BLACK PANTHER with Boys & Girls Club of Athens

• Camp DIVE • JANE • MARY & THE WITCH’S FLOWER

• RBG • THE GREATEST SHOWMAN • THE HATE U GIVE • WHAT IS DEMOCRACY? • WONDER

COMMUNITY OUTREACHOur sponsors and community partners enable us to provide educational and mission-driven programming all year long.

Community Screenings • KNIGHTS TO KINGS: JOURNEY TO ETHIOPIA with Chess & Community

• THE UNAFRAID with U-Lead Athens