[NEohioPAL][OIFF-News] CLEVELAND’S OFFICIAL OSCAR NIGHT® PARTY TO BENEFIT INDEPENDENT PICTURES

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CLEVELAND'S OFFICIAL OSCAR NIGHT=AE PARTY TO BENEFIT INDEPENDENT PICTURES
sponsored by National City Bank

For Immediate Release: January 25, 2006

Contact:	Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Artistic Directors, (216)=
 651-7315
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(Cleveland, OH) You don't have to live in Hollywood to experience the magic=
 and=20
excitement of Oscar Night.  Residents of Cleveland can join in the festivit=
ies when the=20
Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences stages its 78th Academy Awards=AE=
 on Sunday,=20
March 5, 2006, by attending Cleveland's own Academy-sanctioned Oscar Night =
America=20
party.  The Cleveland party is one of 46 official parties that will be held=
 across the country=20
on Oscar Night.=20=20

The Windows on the River audience will watch the Academy Awards=AE telecast=
 on large=20
screens through the courtesy of News Channel 5, WEWS, the Cleveland affilia=
te of the ABC=20
Television Network, which broadcasts the Academy Awards presentation.  ABC =
and the=20
Academy are cooperating for the 13th year with local charities to support t=
hese official=20
Oscar Night viewing parties.  This year marks the third year that the Cleve=
land party has=20
been officially sanctioned by the Academy.=20=20

"Watching the Academy Awards Show is one of the great American traditions,"=
 said=20
Academy Executive Director, Bruce Davis.  "Since the public can't come to L=
os Angeles to=20
attend the Awards Presentation, we created Oscar Night America, which allow=
s these local=20
parties to tie into the excitement of Oscar Night and to support some very =
worthy causes."
Official Oscar Night parties last year raised over $2.2 million for local c=
harities in 44 cities.=20=20
All money raised stays in the community; none of it goes to the Academy.=20

The Academy will make available to party guests in Cleveland the same offic=
ial program=20
distributed to guests seated at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and Highland=
=AE in=20
Hollywood, CA.  Copies of the 78th Academy Awards commemorative poster, des=
igned by=20
Joan Maloney of Studio 318, also will be available.  With the Academy's hel=
p, our guests=20
will feel like they are part of the A-list.  We had an incredibly enthusias=
tic turnout last=20
year.  We hope to raise even more money for Independent Pictures this year.=
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Benefiting Independent Pictures, the Cleveland Oscar Night celebration will=
 be held at=20
Windows on the River, 2000 Sycamore Street, Cleveland, OH,  beginning at 7:=
00pm.=20=20
Tickets are now on sale by going to www.ticketweb.com or by calling Indepen=
dent Pictures=20
at (216) 651-7315.=20=20

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. It was founded in
1993 by artistic directors Annetta Marion and Bernadette Gillota, and maint=
ains a rich=20
history of bringing unique and engaging film events to Cleveland, Ohio and =
other=20
communities. IP is the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film Festival,
Film Production Training Program, regional AIVF salons, Fiscal Agent Sponso=
rship
Program, Speakers Bureau, annual Director of Photography Workshop, and a va=
riety of=20
curatorial programs.

Independent Pictures is a member of Greater Cleveland Community Shares.  Co=
mmunity=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 &
Filmmakers, Audio Visual Rentals, Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, Fi=
lmmaker
Magazine, The George Gund Foundation, www.InkTip.com, Media Design Imaging,=
 Ohio=20
Arts Council, Sherwin Williams

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Independent Pictures
1392 West 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102 USA
(216) 651-7315
(216) 651-7317 Fax
OhioIndieFilmFest at juno.com
http://www.ohiofilms.com/






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