'TIS THE SEASON FOR GIVING
Independent Pictures Apparel and Holiday Gift Items

For Immediate Release: December 19, 2002

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

As the holiday season is upon us, Independent Pictures (IP) asks that
you support the Ohio Independent Film Festival and all of its
programs and workshops by visiting www.cafepress.com/filmfest, our
online store for Independent Pictures apparel and holiday gift ideas.

Currently available at www.cafepress.com/filmfest are durable,
comfortable 100% cotton IP logo T-shirts, baseball jerseys, preshrunk
sweatshirts, as well as coffee mugs, wall clocks, mouse pads and
numerous other gift ideas to show your support for a media arts
organization dedicated to freedom of expression and the ideals of
social justice and equality.

Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season:
· IP cards
· postcards
· ornaments
· gift stocking
· messenger bags and much more...
...are also available at www.cafepress.com/filmfest.

Independent Pictures supports emerging media artists and the
exhibition of their films and video projects to a wider audience
through the Ohio Independent Film Festival and other programs such as
the Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, Script Mill, film training
programs, and workshops.

www.cafepress.com/filmfest is an innovative online service that takes
all the hassle out of overhead, warehousing, and shipping out of
online business, which makes a perfect venue for a non-profit
organization such as Independent Pictures to get our products into
the hands of friends, family members, and supporters and lovers of
independent cinema.

PRINT MEDIA SPONSOR: Cleveland Scene SPONSORS: The George Gund
Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin-
Williams, Funding Exchange, IBM, Association of Independent Video &
Filmmakers, Media Design Imaging, Filmmaker Magazine, Cleveland
Public Theatre, 90.3FM WCPN, The Offset Theory, Marriott's Residence
Inn, Hampton Inn, Great Lakes Brewing Company, TVWriter.com,
Hollywood.com Indie Films, FilmStew.com, WritersScriptNetwork.com,
WriteSafe.com, Final Draft, Scr(i)pt Magazine, Mandy.com.
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Ohio Independent Film Festival
1392 West 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102 USA
(216) 651-7315
(216) 651-7317 Fax
OhioIndieFilmFest@...
www.ohiofilms.com