[NEohioPAL] ISA Cleveland Third Thursdays 2/21

[Mary L. Davis]

https://www.networkisa.org/modules/events/individual/view/third-thursdays-cleveland-monthly-mixer-for-filmmakers-in-northeast-ohio

Join us again for Third Thursdays with the ISA in Cleveland! Come meet other
local filmmakers and have a chance to win a door prize! Join us for this fun
evening of socializing, and let's build a community of screenwriters!  This
event is free and open to all. Producers, directors, actors and all other
members of the film and television community are encouraged to attend.

WHEN: February 21, 2019 7:00pm - 9:00pm 

WHERE: Brooklyn Branch - Cuyahoga County Library
4480 Ridge Road • Brooklyn, Ohio 44144

HOW MUCH: Free and open to all!  
Featured Guest:  Joann Hess, award winning screenwriter and ISA Connect
member.
JoAnn Hess is a multi-award winning, optioned screenwriter who who writes
dramas and thrillers that involve consequential stakes, complex characters and
powerful secrets. Her stories revolve around the socially-disenfranchised,
those whom society has forgotten, who struggle to find a place in the world.
Her work is highly demanded by producers and has written several scripts on
paid-assignment in Crime Drama, Thriller and Action/Thriller genres.
JoAnn was named one of ScreenwritingU’s, “Most Recommended Writers of
2014.”
JoAnn’s scripts have placed in numerous, prestigious award competitions
including PAGE Awards (2017 FINALIST; 2016 Semi/Quarterfinalist; 2014
Quarterfinalist), Final Draft’s BIG BREAK (2016 Semi/Quarterfinalist), New
Hope Film Festival 2014 WINNER, Cleveland International IndieGathering Film
Festival: 2016 Best Feature Script, 1st Place Dramatic/Comedy; 2014 1st Place:
Action/Thriller Script, and more.
Along with FRAMER, The Devil's Dandruff (JC Pictures, LLC) is set to film with
Peter Field (World War Z, Edge of Tomorrow) directing. Fakers (JC Pictures,
LLC) has Tom Delmar (SNATCH) attached to direct. She has produced two short
films, DEBRIS (2015) and the multi-award winning, OUR FATHER (2014), starring
Michael Gross.
Door Prizes for the Night include:
•	 One free script entry to NEW MEDIA FILM FESTIVAL
•	 One free script entry to FINISH LINE SCRIPT COMPETITION
•	 50% off 6+ pages of script development notes and free script entry from
FINISH LINE SCRIPT COMPETITION
Please note: you must register in advance through the ISA web site to be
included in the drawing for door prizes. You must be present to win door
prizes.
https://www.networkisa.org/modules/events/individual/view/third-thursdays-cleveland-monthly-mixer-for-filmmakers-in-northeast-ohio


Meet your host:  Mary Davis
 
Writer's Coach and Script Consultant. Coaching provides support and direction
as you develop your skills and your writing process. Consulting on your script
involves a line by line study of your script that takes your script from good
to great and helps you develop your understanding of what it takes to get your
idea onto the page and onto the screen.
Event Sponsors:

New Media Film Festival Honoring Stories Worth Telling - All Ages, All
Cultures, All Media. New Media Film Festival works hard to produce a festival
that highlights and honors the hard working and uprising content creators in
the New Media Industry. It is a unique festival that diligently works to find
opportunities, including distribution for almost all of the submitted content,
not just those programmed. Accepts all stories in text format (books, event
scripts, reality etc.) 
Finish Line Script Competition Redefining the screenwriting competition,
embracing the rewrite as an essential component in any successful screenplay,
and incentivizing every entrant to dig deeper, find their best draft, and win.
With the guidance of a seasoned script consultant, you can work on your
rewrites AFTER submitting your script to the competition and then, after
reviewing their notes, RESUBMIT your script to us, having improved your draft
and thus bettering your chances to WIN!