CALL FOR SHORT SCREENPLAYS for the inaugural Picture This: CSU/IP
2004 Screenplay Awards
-a program of Independent Pictures and Cleveland State Universary

For Immediate Release: December 23, 2003

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

Attention Ohio screenwriters and filmmakers: Cleveland State
University and Independent Pictures are sending out a call for
entries for the first-ever Picture This: CSU/IP 2004 Screenplay
Awards. One winner will be chosen from each of three categories:
Best Screenplay, Best Student Screenplay and Best Screenplay on the
2004 theme, The Right to Privacy. The competition is a project of
the Picture This: CSU Independent Film School, which is funded by the
2003 President's Initiative Fund, a partnership of The Cleveland
Foundation, the George Gund Foundation and Cleveland State
University. All screenplays submitted must be for a short, narrative
film (maximum 10 pages). One winner from the three will then be
eligible for 16mm production (pending funding). Entries must be
received by January 15, 2004. Winners will be chosen by March 15,
2004. There are no constraints on genre, content, year screenplay
was completed or subject matter. For complete guidelines and an entry
form, please visit the web site at
http://academic.csuohio.edu/kneuendorf/pictthis or
www.ohiofilms.com. Mail all submissions to: Picture This Screenplay
Competition, Dept. of Communication, Cleveland State University, 2121
Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44115. For more information, call
Independent Pictures at 216-651-7315, Cleveland State University at
216-687-3994, or email at OhioIndieFilmFest@... or
k.neuendorf@...

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established
in 1993. IP is the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film
Festival, Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, 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' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video &
Filmmakers, Audio Visual Rentals, Cleveland Cardiovascular Research
Foundation, The Cleveland Foundation, Cleveland Free Times, Cleveland
Public Theatre, Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, Convention &
Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland Inc., Filmmaker Magazine, The
George Gund Foundation, Hampton Inn, www.InkTip.com, Marriott
Residence Inn, Media Design Imaging, Miller Beer, Northern Ohio Live,
The Offset Theory, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Steen
Editorial, United Labor Agency, West Side Cardiology Associates, the
Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate of the National Endowment
for the Humanities

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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