FILO Partners with Boys & Girls Clubs of America for Nickelodeon Event

On Saturday, September 21st, FILO Productions and Boys & Girls Clubs of America teamed up at Nickelodeon’s Worldwide Day of Play to produce a family-fun activities area.

During the one-day festival in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park, over 3,000 people passed through our event space that included a pitching inflatable, hitting inflatable, custom signage and photo opportunity; in addition to two PGA inflatables. Over 450 photos were taken and given away during the 6-hour event, which created more than 25,000 impressions for BGCA.

FILO was responsible for creating and producing signage, load-in, setup, event activation, strike and load-out. FILO was also responsible for managing signage and some equipment at the NBA exhibit space, inside the Nickelodeon festival.

“The atmosphere at the event was spectacular with so many families playing and smiling together that day,” said Lou Bavaro, who was on-site for FILO. “It was packed, and the kids couldn't get enough of the photo opportunity and the inflatables.”

RENS Inaugural Gala Dinner

FILO Productions Inc. took part in the RENS Inaugural Gala Dinner at Cipriani Wall Street in lower Manhattan, NY. Dan Klores, an award-winning filmmaker and playwright, and Co-Founder/Executive Director of the New Renaissance Basketball Association for youngsters, hosted the Gala which honored John Marino, Managing Partner/Director of DKC Public Relations and Orin Snyder, Partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.

Donors and guests at the event were also welcomed by the likes of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, as well as NBA Legends Bernard King, John Starks, Sam Perkins and others.
The Gala event featured The Big Money $hot for a chance to win $250,000. Of the 85 tables spanning the luxurious New York landmark, 25 tables each costing $20,000 were given the opportunity for one representative per table to shoot a 3/4 court shot.

FILO’s event day responsibilities included the installation of sport court, event signage, and the basketball hoop system. Throughout the planning stages of this project, FILO worked with a New York based Event Associates, Inc. to assist in the shipping, warehousing, and travel logistics of the NBA owned assets. All proceeds from the event went to the New Renaissance Basketball Association.

FILO a Finalist for Stillwater Summer Festival (2014)

FILO Productions, Inc. was selected as one of three finalists to present an idea or concept for a 2014 Stillwater (MN) Summer Festival that will take place at Lowell Park, next July.

FILO first heard about the Stillwater Summer festival and the possibility of it going out for RFP at the end of July when Manager, and long time Stillwater worker, Tom Butina, overheard the city wanted to bring the festival back.

“It was like Christmas morning for me when I heard it was coming back! Lumberjack Days was one of the greatest festivals in the state of Minnesota—everyone loved it,” Tom mentioned.

Lumberjack Days hasn’t been around since 2011 after some legal issues and unpaid bills with the former event producer. For decades, it was an annual event that brought in anywhere from 20,000-60,000 people over a 3-day span.

Over 28 packets of the RFP were sent out to companies and personnel interested in the project. The three finalists presented their proposal to the four city council members, the mayor of Stillwater and Bill Turnblad, community development director, who led the RFP process.

FILO’s experience, reliability and credibility with some of the biggest name brands around the world helped grant them a spot in the final three. They proposed a FREE, family-friendly event that would include three separate areas: a kids event area, a cultural area to showcase the historical fabric of Stillwater, and a small concert series area that would include two small, local, headline bands on Friday and Saturday evening. They also included a lumberjack exhibition zone to incorporate the authentic history of Stillwater.

The proposals were heard on Tuesday, October 15 and a decision should be made by Tuesday, October 29.

MN Wild Opening Weekend

With the Minnesota Wild in a new division for the upcoming 2014 season, they wanted to kick the year off with a bang. Part of that bang was creating a pre-game fan festival with interactive activations for Wild fans, prior to face-off.

FILO Productions set-up a photo op. display and a customized Minnesota Wild hockey inflatable for the first two games of the 2014 season. The displays were set-up above the ticket office and on Kellogg Boulevard prior to game-time at the Xcel Energy Center. Wild fans partook in pre-game activities that included shooting at the hockey inflatable, listening to a live broadcast of KFAN, enjoying a live band, face painting, autograph signings and walking away with a FREE photo souvenir.

FILO is proud to be working with the Minnesota Wild and looks forward to more collaborative events in the future. Keep an eye out for FILO as you enter the Xcel Energy Center for Minnesota Wild home games this season.