[NEohioPAL]Cleveland Film Society Online News

[Dan Kilbane]

CLEVELAND FILM SOCIETY ONLINE NEWS
http://www.clevelandfilm.org

In this edition:
(1) CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL ARTS AND CULTURAL SUMMIT -- PART TWO
(2) CFS FILM APPRECIATION CLASS: "YOU PICK THE SHORTS"
(3) MEET "SEX WITH STRANGERS" FILMMAKER HARRY GANTZ
(4) IMAX FILM FESTIVAL AT THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER

27th Cleveland International Film Festival
March 20-30, 2003

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(1) CLEVELAND CITY COUNCIL ARTS AND CULTURAL SUMMIT -- PART TWO
Wednesday, October 2, 2002
@ 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
@ Cleveland City Hall: 601 Lakeside Ave, Cleveland - Downtown

Keynote Speaker: Richard Florida
Richard Florida is the author of the provocative book, "The Rise of the
Creative Class: And How It's Transforming Work, Leisure, Community, and
Everyday Life."  He is Professor of Economic Development at Carnegie Mellon
University.  His groundbreaking work describes the 38 million Americans who
create for a living and the economic and social changes they are making in
our society.

Following Dr. Florida's remarks will be the presentation of the results from
the May 15, 2002 Arts and Cultural Summit.

Other featured speakers:
* City of Cleveland Mayor Jane L. Campbell
* Cleveland City Councilman Joe Cimperman
* Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora
* Cleveland City Council President Frank Jackson
* Executive Director, Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) Andrew E.
Randall
* President and Chair, US Bank, NE Ohio Andrew E. Randall

REGISTRATIONS will be taken by the Community Partnership for Arts and
Culture via e-mail, CleveArtsSummit at aol.com, or telephone, 215.575.0331.

For updated information, check out www.culture4me.org.
Event sponsored by Council of Smaller Enterprises (COSE) and US Bank
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(2) CFS FILM APPRECIATION CLASS: "YOU PICK THE SHORTS"
Thursday, October 24, 2002
@ 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
@ CFS offices - 2510 Market Ave, Cleveland - Ohio City

Instructor:  Jesse Epstein
Class Limit:  24
Members:  $40
Non-members:  $50

During this one-night class students will learn what happens to a short film
once it is entered into our Film Festival.  Students will view and evaluate
actual films submitted for consideration to the 27th Cleveland International
Film Festival (CIFF).  These films will include many genres and styles of
filmmaking (narrative, documentary, experimental, and animation), giving the
students an opportunity to compare different types of films.  The short
chosen by last year’s class ended up claiming the prize for Best Documentary
Short.

Jesse Epstein is Senior Producer at Cleveland’s Cinecraft Productions, where
he directs and produces video, multimedia, and film projects.  Epstein also
teaches video, multimedia, and electronic communications at the Cleveland
Institute of Art and has been the chairperson for the CIFF’s shorts program
for eleven years.
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(3) MEET "SEX WITH STRANGERS" FILMMAKER HARRY GANTZ

The Cleveland Film Society and the Madstone Centrum Theater invite you to
meet filmmaker Harry Gantz after the screening of his film SEX WITH
STRANGERS on Friday, September 20 at 7:15 pm.  Harry will lead a Q & A after
the film.  Please present this e-mail for an exclusive admission price of
$6.00 for this special screening.

For some married couples, sex is an obsession that overwhelms their belief
in strict monogamy. The ability to act out their sexual fantasies is more
important than upholding any convention of love or marriage. Sex with
Strangers paints an authentically intimate portrait of three such couples,
from the euphoria of fantasies fulfilled to the desperation of splintering
relationships, showing how their lives are profoundly affected by the
lifestyle they lead. With unprecedented access to their lives, Sex with
Strangers explores the reality of living out one's fantasies and offers an
insightful story of open sexuality, communication, joy, jealousy and
sometimes disappointment.

For this, the first theatrical feature by Joe and Harry Gantz (creators of
HBO’s fascinating Taxicab Confessions), the brothers spent months
auditioning more than a dozen couples around the country who seek sex from
strangers as a lifestyle. The effect is so riveting, and the cameras so
psychologically penetrating, you may be left breathless - but satisfied.
While Hollywood can meticulously plot a dozen scripts, hire excellent actors
for each one and still come out with a slew of terrible narrative films, the
Gantz brothers achieve a much better effect by bypassing that process
entirely
-- John Dentino,  LA Weekly

The Madstone Centrum Theater is located at 2781 Euclid Heights Blvd at the
corner of Coventry Road in Cleveland Heights.  216.320.1194
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(4) IMAX FILM FESTIVAL AT THE GREAT LAKES SCIENCE CENTER

Between September 16 and October 3, 2002, the Cleveland Clinic Omnimax
Theater will become a blast from the past as our film guy digs deep into the
archives for a three-week-long Film Festival at the Great Lakes Science
Center!

Adventure Week
September 16 - 21
Strap on your pith helmet and gravity boots, because Adventure Week will
send you into the deepest, creepiest places on earth, and into orbit!
Check out Destiny in Space, Amazing Caves and Alaska: Sprit of the Wild.

Exotic Places Week
September 22-28
Check your guide book and don’t drink the water.  During Exotic Places Week,
you’ll trade in Midwest living for the far-flung wilds of Antarctica, Amazon
and The Greatest Places!

Bringing Back the Best
September 29 - October 3
Who’s to say why some movies attract folks like ants to potato salad?
These three titles have been some of the most popular at the Science Center:
Everest, Dolphins, and Africa: The Serengeti.

For show times, call 216-694-2000, visit www.GreatScience.com or check your
local listings.
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Cleveland Film Society
http: //www.clevelandfilm.org
2510 Market Ave
Cleveland, OH   44113-3434
Tel: 216.623.3456
Fax: 216.623.0103
E-mail: cfs at clevelandfilm.org

27th Cleveland International Film Festival
March 20 - 30, 2003