CALL FOR FILMMAKERS FOR PROJECT WITH CLEVELAND'S FIRST INGENUITY FEST

For Immediate Release: May 31, 2005

Contact: Annetta Marion or Bernadette Gillota, Co-Founding Artistic Directors of
Independent Pictures, presenter of the OIFF, (216) 651-7315

Cleveland, Ohio-Ingenuity Cleveland '05, in collaboration with Independent
Pictures, is
seeking proposals for filmmaking on the streets during Ingenuity. Ingenuity is
the
Cleveland Festival of Art and Technology, when James Levin and Thomas Mulready
plan to
crowd Euclid Avenue from Public Square to E. 9th Street with people, arts, and
technological demonstration. Filmmaking on the city streets will take place on
Friday,
September 2nd and allow all of Ingenuity Cleveland to watch or even become a
part of one
of the four films to be shot. This one-day filming spectacle will utilize FOUR
local
filmmaking teams to create FOUR different short films that capture the theme
"Architects
of the Apocalypse". Each selected filmmaker will receive a stipend upon turning
in his or
her completed film.

Filmmaking teams will shoot on designated street corners in downtown Cleveland
(all near
the heart of the Ingenuity activities) on September 2nd. Each filmmaker will
have to
prepare a treatment around the theme "Architects of the Apocalypse". Filmmakers
will
have to assemble their team, actors, and equipment, and should feel free to
incorporate
any surrounding Ingenuity activity into their films. Preference will be given to
projects that
will be shot on either super 8 or 16mm film. The films will be shot from 10 am
to 10 pm
that Friday, September 2nd and will premiere at the Ohio Independent Film
Festival in
November at Cleveland Public Theatre.

Contact Bernadette at Independent Pictures (216) 651.7315 or
ohioindiefilmfest@... for more details and the Application Guidelines.
Deadline for
application submission is July 15, 2005. Selected filmmakers will be notified by
July
30,2005.

For a complete list of all Ingenuity Events visit ingenuitycleveland.com, or
call (216) 589
-9444.

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

Independent Pictures is a member of Greater Cleveland Community Shares.
Community
Shares supports 35 local nonprofits working for long-term, sustainable solutions
to build
a stronger Cleveland. Learn more about Community Shares and supporting social
justice
through workplace giving at www.communityshares.org.

DEADLINES TO SUBMIT FILMS AND VIDEOS FOR THE 2005 OIFF ARE: JUNE 10 (LATE); JULY
7
(WWW.WITHOUTABOX.COM ONLY DEADLINE).

INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers
Audio Visual Rentals, The Cleveland Foundation, Community Shares of Greater
Cleveland,
Filmmaker Magazine, The George Gund Foundation, www.InkTip.com, Media Design
Imaging, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams

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