SCREENPLAY COMPETITION WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Sponsored by Independent Pictures and www.InkTip.com

For Immediate Release: November 4, 2005

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

(Don't miss the 2005 Ohio Independent Film Festival, November 6-13, http://
www.ohiofilms.com/filmfestival.php)

Independent Pictures (IP) is proud to announce the finalists for the 2005 Ohio
Independent
Screenplay Awards, the organization's ten-year-old screenplay competition. Drum
roll
please…

The winner of IP's Best Voice of Color Screenplay is "Micheaux" by Bart Sumner.

The winner of IP's Best Northcoast Screenplay is "The Greatest Thing Since
Sliced Bread" by
Betty Gabrielli.

The winner of IP's Best Screenplay is "What the Postman Knows" by Dorine Rivers.

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.

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