OHIO INDIE AWARDS JOIN THE OFFICIAL OSCAR NIGHT(R) PARTY IN CLEVELAND
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For Immediate Release: February 26, 2004

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

Cleveland, Ohio-The official presentation of Independent
Pictures' Ohio Indie Awards, presented to the winning films from
the 2003 Ohio Independent Film Festival, will add to the festivities
at Cleveland's own Academy-sanctioned Oscar Night(R) America
party. The Cleveland party is one of 46 official parties that will be
held across the country when the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences stages its 76th Academy Awards(R) Presentation on Sunday,
February 29, 2004.

Benefiting the Ohio Independent Film Festival, and hosted by
filmmaker Robert C. Banks, Jr. and Donald C. Shingler, D.D.S. (who
was just highlighted this past December in the Plain Dealer's
Sunday Magazine for his attention to worthy causes), the Cleveland
Oscar Night celebration will be held, complete with spectacular views
of Cleveland and Lake Erie, in the Tower at the Tower Press Building,
1900 Superior Avenue, beginning at 7 pm. Tickets ($25) are now on
sale by calling Nina Yancer at (440) 323-2032. Call now to get
tickets; space is limited and the event is expected to sell out.

The Cleveland audience will feel like stars themselves, dressed in
fashion-forward black tie optional attire, as they witness WEWS-TV 5
News Anchor Tonya Strong awarding the Ohio Indie Awards, watch the
Academy Awards telecast, and sustain themselves with wine and
appetizers. The Academy will make available to party guests in
Cleveland the same official program distributed to guests seated at
the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland in Hollywood, California.
Copies of the 76th Academy Awards commemorative poster, designed by
Burton Morris, will also be available in Cleveland.

Says host Donald C. Shingler, DDS, "We are excited about this
incredible venue. We have secured the 5-Story Tower of the Tower
Press Building. It may be the only time that some Clevelanders can
see the Tower with its spectacular views of Cleveland and Lake
Erie."

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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 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, 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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Independent Pictures
1392 West 65th Street
Cleveland, Ohio 44102
(216) 651-7315
(216) 651-7317 fax
OhioIndieFilmFest@...
http://www.ohiofilms.com