[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2005 OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 6-13

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HIGHLIGHTS OF THE 2005 OHIO INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, NOVEMBER 6-13
For Immediate Release: November 1, 2005

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 2005 Ohio Independent Film Festival,=
 November 6
-13. All events are presented at Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Roa=
d, and are=20
$10/program unless otherwise noted. Surf www.ohiofilms.com for the complete=
 festival=20
schedule, and www.travelcleveland.com for hotel and visitor information. Vi=
sit=20
www.ticketweb.com for directions and advance ticket sales. Attend the festi=
val for details=20
on after-festival parties Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. Some daily=
 highlights=20
include:

=B7 Sunday, November 6, 9a-6p: 6th ANNUAL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (DP) WORK=
SHOP=20
AND AIVF SALON with Richard Walsh (Ireland) and Cleveland legend Robert C. =
Banks, Jr. An=20
IP signature event, this wildly popular, hands-on workshop allows participa=
nts to help DPs=20
light and shoot scenes on 16mm film, which is then screened the next weeken=
d at the=20
festival. Fee is $50, which includes lunch the day of the workshop and one =
admission to=20
the festival the following weekend. Limited seating available, reservations=
 must be made=20
and paid for in advance, deadline November 3. Location is at the Hyacinth L=
ofts, 3030 East=20
63rd Street.

=B7 Monday, November 7, 7p: Opening Night Feature Film, the Ohio premiere o=
f MY BIG FAT=20
INDEPENDENT MOVIE (A comedy from Film Threat's Chris Gore including spoofs =
of some=20
of the indie film world's most renowned movies).

=B7 Tuesday, November 8, 7p and 9p: a feature film at 7p and a short film p=
rogram at 9p=20
including the World premiere of SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST about American's ob=
session=20
with youth and beauty.

=B7 Wednesday, November 9, 5p, 7p and 9p: at 5p, the Ohio premiere of featu=
re=20
documentary SONG OF OUR CHILDREN (integrating children with disabilities in=
 classrooms=20
with non-disabled peers) at a special event ($20 admission) with Greater Cl=
eveland=20
Community Shares in celebration of 20 years of supporting social justice co=
-presented by=20
Community Shares member Learning Disabilities Association, a short film pro=
gram at 7p,=20
and a feature film at 9p.
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=B7 Thursday, November 10, 9a-8p: OHIO DAY, films written, directed, photog=
raphed, and=20
starring Ohioans, starting at 9a and ending at 8p, one highlight at 5p is t=
he Cleveland=20
premiere of feature film OF ASHES AND ATOMS (Explore through the eyes of th=
e men and=20
women that built and operated NASA's only research reactor in the 1960's an=
d 1970's at=20
NASA Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio. Narrated by Kate Mulgrew).

=B7 Friday, November 11, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and night=
, one highlight at=20
6p is the Ohio Premiere of the feature film: FAIR GAME (Two co-workers who =
are former=20
lovers are forced to become temporary housemates).

=B7 Saturday, November 12, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and nig=
ht, one highlight=20
at 2p is the Ohio premiere of the feature film THE WILD GUYS (Four men lost=
 in the=20
wilderness are forced to come to terms with deeply hidden fears. The weeken=
d where=20
nothing goes right becomes the weekend that changes everything).

=B7 Sunday, November 13, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and night=
, one highlight=20
at 6p is the Ohio premiere of feature film THE MILK CAN (A football rivalry=
 between two=20
small towns escalates into a full-scale conventional war).

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It was founded in=
 1993 by=20
artistic directors Annetta Marion and Bernadette Gillota, and maintains a r=
ich history of=20
bringing unique and engaging film events to Cleveland, Ohio and other commu=
nities. IP is=20
the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film Festival, Film Production Tr=
aining=20
Program, regional AIVF salons, Fiscal Agent Sponsorship Program, Speakers B=
ureau,=20
annual Director of Photography Workshop, and a variety of curatorial progra=
ms.

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.

INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video & Filmmake=
rs,=20
Audio Visual Rentals, Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, Community Part=
nership for=20
Arts and Culture, Filmmaker Magazine, The George Gund Foundation, www.InkTi=
p.com,=20
Media Design Imaging, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, www.withoutabox.=
com






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