[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] CONGRATULATIONS TO FESTIVAL AWARDS NOMINEES

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CONGRATULATIONS TO FESTIVAL AWARDS NOMINEES

For Immediate Release: February 19, 2004

Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Founding Artistic=20
Directors of Independent Pictures, presenter of the OIFF, (216) 651-
7315

Congratulations to the nominees for the Ohio Indie Awards bestowed to=20
the winning films from the 2003 Ohio Independent Film Festival. This=20
year marks Independent Pictures' eighth year of presenting awards
to filmmakers. The 2003 audience chose the nominees from all films=20
presented. The winning film in each of the five categories will be=20
determined by a jury and announced February 29, 2004. The five=20
categories comprising the Ohio Indie Awards and their accompanying=20
nominees are as follows:

MOST INNOVATIVE
The Best Thanksgiving Ever
The Green Sheik
Black Gulch
Gilroy
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BEST SHORT
In Search of the Podnar Papers
Taringa 4068: Our Place & Time
Woyat's Nest
Instant Muscles

BEST COMEDIC SHORT
Knock, Knock=85 Who's There
Airband: The Oxygen Story
Tic(k)
25 Ways to Die
Short on Sugar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Hip-Hop Resurrection: From NY to NZ
Partners of the Heart

BEST FEATURE
The Deviants
Look for the Woman
Flyfishing
Art of Revenge
The Sleep of Reason
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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 (OIFF), Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Film Production=20
Training Program, regional AIVF Salons, Fiscal Agent Sponsorship=20
Program, Speakers Bureau, annual Director of Photography Workshop,=20
and a variety of curatorial programs.

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DEADLINES TO SUBMIT FILMS, VIDEOS, AND SCREENPLAYS FOR THE 2004 OHIO=20
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (OIFF) ARE: JUNE 1; JULY 1 (LATE).

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

Independent Pictures is a member of Greater Cleveland Community=20
Shares. Community Shares supports 35 local nonprofits working for=20
long-term, sustainable solutions to build a stronger Cleveland. Learn=20
more about Community Shares and supporting social justice through=20
workplace giving at www.communityshares.org.

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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