CONGRATULATIONS TO FESTIVAL AWARDS NOMINEES

For Immediate Release: February 19, 2004

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

Congratulations to the nominees for the Ohio Indie Awards bestowed to
the winning films from the 2003 Ohio Independent Film Festival. This
year marks Independent Pictures' eighth year of presenting awards
to filmmakers. The 2003 audience chose the nominees from all films
presented. The winning film in each of the five categories will be
determined by a jury and announced February 29, 2004. The five
categories comprising the Ohio Indie Awards and their accompanying
nominees are as follows:

MOST INNOVATIVE
The Best Thanksgiving Ever
The Green Sheik
Black Gulch
Gilroy

BEST SHORT
In Search of the Podnar Papers
Taringa 4068: Our Place & Time
Woyat's Nest
Instant Muscles

BEST COMEDIC SHORT
Knock, Knock… Who's There
Airband: The Oxygen Story
Tic(k)
25 Ways to Die
Short on Sugar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality
Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Election
Hip-Hop Resurrection: From NY to NZ
Partners of the Heart

BEST FEATURE
The Deviants
Look for the Woman
Flyfishing
Art of Revenge
The Sleep of Reason

Independent Pictures is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established
in 1993. IP is the proud sponsor of the Ohio Independent Film
Festival (OIFF), 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.

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DEADLINES TO SUBMIT FILMS, VIDEOS, AND SCREENPLAYS FOR THE 2004 OHIO
INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL (OIFF) ARE: JUNE 1; JULY 1 (LATE).

INDEPENDENT PICTURES' SPONSORS: Association of Independent Video &
Filmmakers, Audio Visual Rentals, 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, The
Offset Theory, Ohio Arts Council, Sherwin Williams, Steen Editorial,
United Labor Agency, the Ohio Humanities Council, a state affiliate
of the National Endowment for the Humanities

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.

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