<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The 13 Annual Short. Sweet. Film Fest. will be held on Wednesday,
February 28 through Sunday, March 3 at Atlas Cinemas Shaker Square.  We
are showing nearly 300 films with 23 countries represented and 100 films were
made in Northeast, Ohio.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">The Short. Sweet. Film Fest. strives to showcase the best local,
national, and international films from up-and-coming filmmakers. What better
way to watch independent cinema than in the historic <a href="https://atlascinemas.net/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Atlas
Cinemas </a>in <a href="https://www.thisiscleveland.com/about-cle/cleveland-neighborhoods/shaker-square" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Shaker
Square</a>?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Tickets and full film schedule can be found at <a href="https://shortsweetfilmfest.com/" style="color:blue">https://shortsweetfilmfest.com/</a></span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Wednesday, February 28</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> - Opening Night, doors open at
6:00pm and films will run from 7:00-10:00pm, followed by a Q & A with
filmmakers.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Thursday, February 29</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> - Student Filmmaker's Night -
doors open at 6:00pm and student films will run from 7:00-10:15pm, followed by
a Q & A with filmmakers.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Friday, March 1 </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Local Filmmaker's Night &
Short. Sweet. + (LGBTQ + Discussion) + Comedy/Drama + Horror, doors open at
6:00pm and films will run from 7:00-10:30pm.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Saturday, March 2 </span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">- Comedy, Animation, Music Videos,
Action/Thriller, Drama, Horror, International, and Experimental doors open at
10:30am and films will run from 11:00am-8:00pm.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Sunday, March 3</span></strong><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> - Local Filmmaker's Matinee,
Environmental, Documentary, Comedy/Drama, International, Best of the Fest, and
the Short. Sweet. Film Competition. doors open at 10:30am and films will run
from 11:00am-9:30pm.</span></p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">Food
and drinks will be available to purchase at the concession in the lobby.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in">





















</p><p style="margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">For
more updates please check out our Facebook page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ShortSweetFilmFest" target="_blank" title="https://www.facebook.com/ShortSweetFilmFest" style="color:blue">Short.
Sweet. Film Fest</a>, Instagram: @short.sweet.film.fest or TikTok:
@short.sweet.film.fest.</span></p></div>