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OIFF CLOSING NIGHT NOV. 9 HIGHLIGHTS: AWARD WINNING SCIENCE FICTION=20
DEBUT AT 2P AND COMMISSIONED LOCAL FILMS AT 8P
A Decade Under the Influence: 10 Year Anniversary OIFF November 1-9,=20
2003

For Immediate Release: November 8, 2003

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

Cleveland, Ohio- Hailed by Variety as "Deeply moving and finely=20
realized," director Greg Pak's debut feature film ROBOT
STORIES makes its Ohio premiere at 2p, Sunday, November 9 at the 10=20
Year Anniversary OIFF at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Road=20
(admission $10). ROBOT STORIES is science fiction from the heart in=20
four stories about love, death, family=85 and robots. The film
stars Tamlyn Tomita (JOY LUCK CLUB) and Sab Shimono (WATERWORLD).=20
Film festivals around the country, including Florida, Hamptons'=20
International, and Asian Festival of Dallas, have bestowed awards=20
upon ROBOT STORIES.

This past August, Independent Pictures, in collaboration with Sparx=20
in the City, commissioned eight filmmakers to create eight short=20
films, shooting in one day on eight different street corners in=20
Cleveland.  These films, shown as a collection at 8p, Sunday,=20
November 9, comprise the closing program of the 10 Year Anniversary=20
OIFF at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Road (admission $10).

Call (216) 651-7315, email OhioIndieFilmFest at juno.com, or visit=20
www.ohiofilms.com for hotel information and schedule details for the=20
10 Year Anniversary OIFF, November 1-9, 2003. Visit www.ticketweb.com=20
for directions and tickets in advance. Attend the festival for the=20
details on after-festival parties Thursday, Friday and Saturday=20
nights.

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established=20
in 1993. IP is the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film=20
Festival, Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Film Production=20
Training Program, regional AIVF Salons, Fiscal Agent Sponsorship=20
Program, Speakers Bureau, annual Director of Photography Workshop,
and a variety of curatorial programs.

INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video &
Filmmakers, Audio Visual Rentals, Cleveland Cardiovascular Research=20
Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland=20
Public Theatre, Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, Convention &=20
Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland Inc., Filmmaker Magazine, The=20
George Gund Foundation, Hampton Inn, www.InkTip.com, Marriott=20
Residence Inn, Media Design Imaging, Miller Beer, Northern Ohio Live,
The Offset Theory, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Steen=20
Editorial, United Labor Agency, West Side Cardiology Associates, the=20
Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment=20
for the Humanities

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




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