FESTIVAL'S AWARD-WINNING FILMS ANNOUNCED

For Immediate Release: March 18, 2004

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

Independent Pictures and the Ohio Independent Film Festival are
pleased to announce the winners of the 8th Annual Ohio Indie Awards,
bestowed to the best films from the 2003 Ohio Independent Film
Festival. The winners were selected by a jury from a set of nominees
that were chosen by the audience. Five categories comprise the Ohio
Indie Awards.

…And the winners are:

MOST INNOVATIVE
The Green Sheik by Cosmo Segurson

BEST SHORT
Taringa 4068: Our Place & Time by Dennis Tupicoff

BEST COMEDIC SHORT
25 Ways to Die by David Chai and Steve Stanchfield

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Flight From Death: The Quest for Immortality by Patrick Shen

BEST FEATURE
Art of Revenge by Simon Gornick

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DEADLINES TO SUBMIT FILMS, VIDEOS, AND SCREENPLAYS TO 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,
National Endowment for the Arts, 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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