[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] FESTIVAL'S AWARD-WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED

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FESTIVAL'S AWARD-WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED

For Immediate Release: March 18, 2004

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

Independent Pictures and the Ohio Independent Film Festival are=20
pleased to announce the winners of the 8th Annual Ohio Indie Awards,=20
bestowed to the best films from the 2003 Ohio Independent Film=20
Festival. The winners were selected by a jury from a set of nominees=20
that were chosen by the audience. Five categories comprise the Ohio=20
Indie Awards.

=85And the winners are:

MOST INNOVATIVE
The Green Sheik by Cosmo Segurson

BEST SHORT
Taringa 4068: Our Place & Time by Dennis Tupicoff

BEST COMEDIC SHORT
25 Ways to Die by David Chai and Steve Stanchfield

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality by Patrick Shen

BEST FEATURE
Art of Revenge by Simon Gornick

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

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 &=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,=20
National Endowment for the Arts, The Offset Theory, Ohio Arts=20
Council, Sherwin Williams, Steen Editorial, United Labor Agency, the=20
Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate
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.

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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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