[NEohioPAL]IMMEDIATE RELEASE- Attention Filmmakers: [seize the day]

Fri Mar 4 12:11:36 PST 2005

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Hey, all!!!

Mitch, here! I've been reading the disheartening news about Ohio film and local orgs taking advantage of OUR particular working class (ENT. INDUSTRY) in Scene Mag., etc..I leave for a few months and when I come back everything's bleak? What is going on?! Can anyone see we are our worst enemies in this film market? Cleveland has adopted a loser mentality in so many areas...sports, government, schools and some film that looks for the easy way out and it reflects to surrounding cities. 

Well, NOT ANYMORE DAMNIT!! 

Did you hear the news? 

"Tribeca Offers Break for Filmmakers"

I'm putting it out there:

If any respectable filmmakers are out there looking to take advantage of this opportunity listed in the story below and with the AP and you need any help at all, I want let you know that you have myself and people around me who love indie film in the areas of writing, acting, directing and will contribute to aid you in the team effort you require to meet the deadlines. LET'S MAKE A SHORT FILM! You never know. 

One thing that's for sure...we're right here. All you have to do is reach out, kill the negativity that's out there and put the egos away that you picked up since reading the news about the Cleveland Film Commission. Let's do something worthy and show these markets we KNOW FILM and we KNOW entertainment.

Offer: Copy, Credit, Respect (for the art of filmmaking). We're looking to assist in team efforts that ONLY support real quality work and meet new, genuine friends in film. Pay can be determined through an exchange of MORE work on future projects. 

THAT IS NOT THE EMPHASIS here. Making something noteworthy is.

The competition will accept films between two and seven minutes in length, appropriate for PG-13 audiences, to be submitted through April 13. Let us know!

Mitch Berlingeri
Millennial Partner since 2001
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By KAREN MATTHEWS, Associated Press Writer 
NEW YORK - Filmmakers desperate for their big break now have a shot, courtesy of the Tribeca Film Festival. 

Related Links•Tribeca Film Festival 
Festival founder Robert De Niro (news) and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos announced a short film competition on Thursday that allows budding filmmakers to submit films for the chance to win a $50,000 grant and have their projects screened at a downtown theater. 

"The Tribeca Film Festival has always recognized the importance of short films, and we're excited about supporting the people who make them," De Niro told reporters. "The contest will undoubtedly help discover important new filmmakers." 

The competition will accept films between two and seven minutes in length, appropriate for PG-13 audiences, to be submitted to the Amazon.com Web site through April 13. 

Online customers will then be able to view the films and rate them. Organizers said the software will prevent viewers from voting repeatedly or even from choosing which film they can rate. 

"Instead of you picking the film that you want to review, the software picks the film that you get to review," Bezos said. "And so that way you can't sort of coordinate this army of friends. ... They won't be able to select which film they want to review." 

At the end of May, the five highest-rated films will be featured on the Web site, and customers will choose a winner. That filmmaker will win the money, provided by American Express, the Tribeca Film Festival's corporate sponsor since its inception in 2002. 

The five finalist films will also be screened later this year at a Tribeca theater that is one of the main viewing spots for the festival, which runs from April 19 to May 1. 

The festival, now in its fourth year, was designed to help the neighborhood rebound economically after the 2001 World Trade Center attack. Last year, it featured more than 250 films from 42 countries

MORE FOCUSED THAN EVER and STILL makin' things happen!

It's March, 2005-Do you know where your MITCH is?

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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>Mitch, here! I've been reading the disheartening news about Ohio film and local orgs taking advantage of OUR particular working class (ENT. INDUSTRY) in Scene Mag., etc..I leave for a few months and when I come back everything's bleak? What is going on?! Can anyone see we are our worst enemies in this film market? Cleveland has adopted a loser mentality in so many areas...sports, government, schools and some film that looks for the easy way out and it reflects to surrounding cities. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>Well, NOT ANYMORE DAMNIT!! </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>Did you hear the news? </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><STRONG><U><FONT color=#0000ff>"Tribeca Offers Break for Filmmakers"</FONT></U></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>I'm putting it out there:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>If any respectable filmmakers are out there looking to take advantage of this opportunity listed in the story below and with the AP and you need any help at all, I want let you know that you have myself and people around me who <U>love</U> indie film in the areas of writing, acting, directing and will contribute to aid you in the team effort you require to meet the deadlines. LET'S MAKE A SHORT FILM! You never know. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>One thing that's for sure...we're right here. </FONT><FONT color=#0000ff>All you have to do is reach out, kill the negativity that's out there and put the egos away that you picked up since reading the news about the Cleveland Film Commission. Let's do something worthy and show these markets we KNOW FILM and we KNOW entertainment.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff><STRONG><U>Offer:</U></STRONG> <EM><STRONG>Copy, Credit, Respect (for the art of filmmaking). We're looking to assist in team efforts that ONLY support real quality work and meet new, genuine friends in film. Pay can be determined through an exchange of MORE work on future projects. </STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff><EM><STRONG>THAT IS NOT THE EMPHASIS here. Making something noteworthy is.</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><FONT color=#0000ff>The competition will accept films between two and seven minutes in length, appropriate for PG-13 audiences, to be submitted through April 13. Let us know!</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV class=storyheadline><STRONG><FONT color=#0000ff>Mitch Berlingeri</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<P>NEW YORK - <FONT face=arial>Filmmakers desperate for their big break now have a shot, courtesy of the Tribeca Film Festival. </FONT>
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<P>Festival founder Robert De Niro (<A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/DailyNews/celeb/ap/ap_en_mo/film_tribeca_contest/14468583/*http://news.search.yahoo.com/search/news?fr=news-storylinks&p=%22Robert%20De%20Niro%22&c=&n=20&yn=c&c=news&cs=nw">news</A>) and Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos announced a short film competition on Thursday that allows budding filmmakers to submit films for the chance to win a $50,000 grant and have their projects screened at a downtown theater. 
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<P>"The Tribeca Film Festival has always recognized the importance of short films, and we're excited about supporting the people who make them," De Niro told reporters. "The contest will undoubtedly help discover important new filmmakers." 
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<P>The competition will accept films between two and seven minutes in length, appropriate for PG-13 audiences, to be submitted to the Amazon.com Web site through April 13. 
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<P>Online customers will then be able to view the films and rate them. Organizers said the software will prevent viewers from voting repeatedly or even from choosing which film they can rate. 
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<P>"Instead of you picking the film that you want to review, the software picks the film that you get to review," Bezos said. "And so that way you can't sort of coordinate this army of friends. ... They won't be able to select which film they want to review." 
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<P>At the end of May, the five highest-rated films will be featured on the Web site, and customers will choose a winner. That filmmaker will win the money, provided by American Express, the Tribeca Film Festival's corporate sponsor since its inception in 2002. 
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<P>The five finalist films will also be screened later this year at a Tribeca theater that is one of the main viewing spots for the festival, which runs from April 19 to May 1. 
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<P>The festival, now in its fourth year, was designed to help the neighborhood rebound economically after the 2001 World Trade Center attack. Last year, it featured more than 250 films from 42 countries</P></FONT></DIV></DIV><BR><BR><DIV>
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<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana><STRONG><FONT size=1>MORE</FONT> <FONT color=#ff0000 size=3>FOCUSED</FONT> <FONT size=1>THAN EVER </FONT></STRONG><FONT size=1>and </FONT></FONT><FONT face=Verdana><FONT size=1><STRONG><U><FONT size=2>STILL</FONT></U> </STRONG>makin' things happen!</FONT></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana color=#0000ff><STRONG>It's March, 2005-Do you know where your MITCH is?</STRONG></FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=1>(©1991 The MAB/EG<FONT face=Arial size=2>™</FONT>-----The MAB/EG<FONT face=Arial size=2>™</FONT> 2005©)</FONT></P>
<P align=center><FONT face=Verdana size=1>The OA: "Original Answer" since 1998</FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do You Yahoo!?<br>Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <br>http://mail.yahoo.com 
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