[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] DAY BY DAY AT THE 2004 OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 7-14, 2004

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DAY BY DAY AT THE 2004 OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 7-14, 2004
For Immediate Release: October 14, 2004

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

Cleveland, Ohio-Please join us for the 2004 Ohio Independent Film Festival,=
 November 7
-14, 2004. All events are presented at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detro=
it Road, and=20
are $10/program unless otherwise noted. Surf www.ohiofilms.com for hotel in=
formation=20
and complete festival schedule. Visit ww.ticketweb.com for directions and a=
dvance ticket=20
sales. Attend the festival for details on after-festival parties Thursday, =
Friday, and=20
Saturday nights. Some daily highlights include:

 =B7 Sunday, November 7, 9a-6p: 5th ANNUAL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (DP) WOR=
KSHOP=20
AND AIVF SALON with Tiffany Laufer (Los Angeles) and Cleveland legend Rober=
t C. Banks,=20
Jr. An IP signature event, this wildly popular, hands-on workshop allows pa=
rticipants to=20
help DPs light and shoot scenes on 16mm film, which is then screened the ne=
xt weekend=20
at the festival. Fee is $50, which includes lunch the day of the workshop a=
nd admission to=20
the 2004 OIFF Friday evening, November 12. Limited seating available, reser=
vations must=20
be made and paid for in advance, deadline November 4.  Location is at WVIZ/=
PBS-
IdeaStream, 4300 Brookpark Road.

 =B7 Monday, November 8, 7p and 8p: Film and Art Opening Night reception at=
 7p (free and=20
open to the public), and at 8p the Ohio premiere of the feature film NOISE.=
  A young=20
divorcee and recovering alcoholic moves into a Manhattan apartment that see=
ms a bit too=20
secluded to be true.  It is: upstairs lives Charlotte Bancroft (ALLY SHEEDY=
), who in addition=20
to having one of the all-time-great thriller names is a sociopath of some r=
eliability.

 =B7 Tuesday, November 9, 7p and 9p: a short film program at 7p including T=
HE SELECT FIT=20
by Mansfield, Ohio native Daniel Roemet (A video editor, with the power to =
manipulate=20
reality, gets enlightenment from two jaded angels.), and a feature film pre=
sentation at 9p.=20

 =B7 Wednesday, November 10, 7p and 9p: a short film program at 7p, and at =
9p the world=20
premiere of the feature film PHOTO-FINISH.  Photographer Joe Wilde is devas=
tated when=20
Elen Feathers leaves him to pursue an affair with wealthy James Wise.  Desc=
ending into a=20
spiral of jealous obsession Joe plots an orchestrated campaign of revenge a=
nd=20
voyeuristically pursues James' vulnerable wife Martha.  When he seduces her=
, the results=20
are catastrophic.  PHOTO-FINISH is a modern morality tale.  A psychological=
 drama dealing=20
with lust, betrayal and revenge.

=B7 Thursday, November 11, 9a-8p: OHIO DAY, films written, directed, photog=
raphed, and=20
starring Ohioans, starting at 9a and ending at 8p with a double feature: th=
e world=20
premieres of science-fiction feature films MARTIANS FROM VENUS and SHADES.

 =B7 Friday, November 12: noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and nigh=
t, one highlight=20
at noon is the Ohio premiere of the feature film IN THE LAND OF MILK AND MO=
NEY.  When=20
Mothers are the "monsters" how can we react?  "Are you now, or have you eve=
r been=85a=20
Mother?"  This outrageously daring comedy turns the `50s style sci-fi on it=
s head.  A=20
scathing social satire that is scarily relevant to today's world.  Bold, ex=
perimental, and=20
subversively funny.

 =B7 Saturday, November 13, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and ni=
ght, one=20
highlight at 4p is the Ohio premiere of the feature film SINKHOLE.  The sto=
ry of Jason=20
Griffin, a high school teacher dismissed due to alleged romantic relations =
with an=20
underage student.  When Jason, now working at the local landfill, discovers=
 the body of a=20
young woman among the refuse, he sets in motion a chain of events that ends=
 in violence=20
and emotional devastation.

 =B7 Sunday, November 14, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and nigh=
t, one highlight=20
at 8p is the Ohio premiere of the feature film SO GLAD I MADE IT.  The film=
 is the saga of=20
singer songwriter Roger Salloom, a 50-something former 1960s psychedelic ro=
cker and=20
1970s Nashville songwriter, who tries to jump-start his career after a 20 y=
ears absence=20
from the music business.

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established  in 19=
93. IP is the=20
proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film Festival, Ohio Independent Scree=
nplay=20
Awards, Film Production Training Program, regional AIVF Salons, Fiscal Agen=
t Sponsorship=20
Program, Speakers Bureau, annual Director of Photography Workshop, and a va=
riety of=20
curatorial programs.

INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video & Filmmake=
rs,=20
Audio Visual Rentals, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Public Theatre, C=
ommunity=20
Shares of Greater Cleveland, Filmmaker Magazine, The George Gund Foundation=
, Hampton=20
Inn, www.InkTip.com, Marriott Residence Inn, Media Design Imaging, National=
 Endowment=20
for the Arts, The Offset Theory, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams

Independent Pictures is a member of Greater Cleveland Community Shares. Com=
munity=20
Shares supports 35 local nonprofits working for long-term, sustainable solu=
tions to build=20
a stronger Cleveland. Learn more about Community Shares and supporting soci=
al justice=20
through 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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