TALENT AVAILABLE FROM SPEAKERS BUREAU
-a program of Independent Pictures

For Immediate Release: June 29, 2005

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

Established in 1998, the year-round IP Speakers Bureau offers your
civic, professional, philanthropic, library or social organization an
educational forum that addresses a variety of film topics. These
topics include but are not limited to:
1. critiquing films
2. programming films
3. independent film: current state of, trends, etc.
4. media literary
5. film production management
6. writing a screenplay for a low budget production
7. basic legal issues for the first-time producer
8. budgeting for film
9. scheduling for film
10. film producing and line producing
11. directing
12. how filmmakers can get the most from festival entry fees
13. film festivals: domestic and international
14. telling the same story both in film and theater

Please call the IP office at (216) 651-7315 for rates and
availability.

The IP Speakers Bureau has been featured at: Ajijic International
Film Festival, Ajijic, Mexico; Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY;
Ashland University, Ashland, OH; AugustArt (interdisciplinary arts
festival), New York, NY; Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, OH;
Cleveland International Film Festival, Cleveland, OH; Cleveland State
University, Cleveland, OH; Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH;
Cuyahoga County Public Libraries, Cleveland, OH; Dancing in the
Streets, Cleveland, OH; Downtown Arts and Cultural Festival,
Cleveland, OH; East Cleveland Public Library, Write On Program, East
Cleveland, OH; Hanna Perkins Center, Case Western Reserve University,
Cleveland, OH; Indie Cleveland, Cleveland, OH; Lollapalooza,
Cleveland, OH; Midwest Music Conference & Film Festival, Louisville,
KY; Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH; Ohio Valley Regional Media Arts
Coalition's Fall Media Institute, Yellow Springs, OH; Playhouse
Square, Cleveland, OH; Reel Round Table weekly series, New York, NY;
Sparx in the City, Cleveland, OH; Thursdays in the Park, Case Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, OH; Twinsburg Public Library,
Twinsburg, OH; University of Akron, Akron, OH; Wright State
University, Dayton, OH.

Independent Pictures (IP) is a nonprofit organization established in
1993. IP is the proud sponsor of Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards,
Ohio Independent Film Festival, Film Production Training Program,
regional Association of Independent Video & Filmmaker Salons, Fiscal
Agent Sponsorship Program, Speakers Bureau, and a variety of cultural
programs.

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SPONSORS: The George Gund Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Ohio
Arts Council, Greater Cleveland Community Shares, Association of
Independent Video & Filmmakers, Media Design Imaging, Cleveland
Public Theatre, Filmmaker Magazine, www.WritersScriptNetwork.com

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Independent Pictures
1392 West 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102 USA
(216) 651-7315
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