[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] EXTENDED DEADLINE JULY 3 FILMS/SCRIPTS; JUDGES ALSOBROOK, RICE, WOLFROM, BIRNHAK

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EXTENDED DEADLINE JULY 3 FOR FILMS AND SCREENPLAYS; ALSOBROOK, RICE, 
WOLFROM, BIRNHAK TO JUDGE

For Immediate Release: July 1, 2002

Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Artistic and 
Executive Directors of the OIFF, (216) 651-7315

Deadline to submit films and screenplays to the Ohio Independent Film 
Festival extended to POSTMARKED BY JULY 3, 2002, visit 
http://www.ohiofilms.com/ for detailed submission information.  We 
are honored to have film producers Jane Alsobrook, TC Rice, Dawn 
Wolfrom, and Sandra Birnhak to judge the screenplay competition.  In 
addition to her producing work, Ms. Alsobrook has been a senior VP at 
Columbia Pictures and the president of Australia's largest 
independent film production and distribution company.  Mr. Rice is VP 
Distribution for Manhattan Pictures Intl., a distribution and 
production company founded by Paul E. Cohen; he has also worked with 
Stephen Baldwin's Next Millennium Entertainment and Stratosphere 
Entertainment.  In addition to her work producing films (recently 
NEVER AGAIN to be released by USA Films July 13), Ms. Wolfrom has 
also moved into television, having sold shows to Paramount with 
Kelsey Grammer's company Gramnet.  Ms. Birnhak is CEO of Worldview 
Entertainment in addition to her award-winning work as a film and 
television producer.

In keeping with our focus on supporting writers and filmmakers to 
professional careers, winning screenplays receive promotion by 
WritersScriptNetwork.com.  Through their services, 65 writers have 
either gained writing work or sold or optioned their scripts, 55 
writers have gained representation and 18 shorts have been 
sold/optioned; two recent successes include six-figure sales.  Place 
your script, subscribe to free newsletter, or find exactly the type 
of script you're looking for with WritersScriptNetwork.com.  

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SUPPORTERS: The George Gund Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, 
Ohio Arts Council, Writers Guild of America East, Sherwin Williams, 
IBM, IFC/Bravo, Hankins Foundation, Association of Independent Video 
and Filmmakers, Filmmaker Magazine, Media Design Imaging, 
TVWriter.com, Hollywood.com Indie Films, FilmStew.com, 
WritersScriptNetwork.com, WriteSafe.com, Final Draft, Scr(i)pt 
Magazine, Cleveland Public Theatre.  

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Ohio Independent Film Festival
1392 West 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102 USA
(216) 651-7315
(216) 651-7317 Fax
OhioIndieFilmFest at juno.com
http://www.ohiofilms.com/




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