[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] CALL FOR “VOICES OF COLOR” SCREENPLAYS

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CALL FOR "VOICES OF COLOR" SCREENPLAYS
-2003 Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Voice of Color category
-sponsored by www.WritersScriptNetwork.com

For Immediate Release: April 3, 2003

Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Artistic and=20
Executive Directors, (216) 651-7315

Independent Pictures, presenter of the Ohio Independent Film Festival=20
& the Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, is seeking screenplays for=20
its Best Voice of Color Screenplay Award.  The award emphasizes=20
Independent Pictures' commitment to people of color, their
stories, and getting those stories to the big screen.

"=85Too many writers only enter the big contests, in which the
odds are not good for screenplays that don't fit the typical=20
Hollywood formula.  Few, if any, of those contests have a special=20
category to recognize writers of color or scripts that concern=20
minorities," says Rich Figel, winner of the 2002 Best Voice of Color=20
Screenplay Award for his script INUGAMI.

The Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards introduce aspiring writers to=20
the professionals who can propel real writing careers.  2003 marks=20
the 7th annual screenplay competition.  Since the inception of the=20
awards, winning screenplays have been produced into full-length=20
feature films, and other winners have been "optioned" for
future production.  Additionally, some winning writers are now well=20
on their way to professional writing careers.

The Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards boasts a fair and seasoned=20
judging process.  Personal coverage and feedback from the judges will=20
be available to every screenplay entrant.  Finalists and winners are=20
submitted to various Hollywood and NYC producers, literary agents,=20
talent management companies and production companies, which can=20
become a major step to a writing career.  In addition, winners=20
receive cash, magazines, software, professional screenplay reading,=20
and representation/promotion by WritersScriptNetwork.com.=20

Deadlines for the 2003 Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards are: JUNE=20
1.  Late entries will be accepted no later than JULY 1.  Please call=20
(216) 651-7315, email OhioIndieFilmFest at juno.com, or visit=20
www.ohiofilms.com for screenplay entry information.
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SPONSORS: The George Gund Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio=20
Arts Council, Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers, Media=20
Design Imaging, Cleveland Public Theatre, www.WritersScriptNetwork.com

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




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