<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; font-size: 16px; "><div style="font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; background-color: white; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-width: initial; border-color: initial; "><div style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'times new roman'; font-size: 16px; "><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left:
0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Hi everyone,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 12px; ">The sixth annual Akron Film Festival is coming up <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235920720_0" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">April 2-5</span> at the <span class="yshortcuts"
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-webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">March 13-15</span></span>, teams will again compete to make a short film in 48 hours based on given prompts. <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.audio-technica.com/" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_1">Audio-Technica</span></a> (located in </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Stow</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">!) has generously donated our first prize: a microphone and headphone set valued at over $700.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;
"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Two runner-up teams will receive ten tickets (per team) to the <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_2" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; background-color: transparent; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235920720_3" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial; -webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">Cleveland International Film Festival</span></span>, which
starts <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_3" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235920720_4" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">on March 19<sup>th</sup></span></span>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">This week we’ll start taking registrations for the five free workshops that will
take place during our festival (<span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_7" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; ">April 2-5</span>), so look for another email about that. One workshop that is already available for registration is Kendra Minadeo’s “Cameraless <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_8"><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235920720_5">Filmmaking</span></span>,” which takes place BEFORE the fest, <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_9" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235920720_6" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; background-image: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; -webkit-background-clip: initial;
-webkit-background-origin: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; ">on March 21</span></span>, at the </span></font><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_10" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-bottom-color: rgb(0, 102, 204); cursor: pointer; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Akron</span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">Art Museum</span></font></span><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">. She’ll show you how to make a handmade film – without a camera, mind you – and the results will screen during the festival. Sign up for this one through the museum – check it out <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
href="http://www.akronartmuseum.org/calendar/details.php?unid=1042" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_11">here</span></a>.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; ">See you soon,</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial;
">AFF</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial; "><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.akronfilmfestival.com/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1235661789_14">www.akronfilmfestival.com</span></a></span></font></p></span></div></div></div></span></div><div style="position:fixed"></div></div></body></html>