SCREENPLAY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Sponsored by www.InkTip.com

For Immediate Release: October 26, 2004

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

(Don't miss the 2004 Ohio Independent Film Festival, November 7-14,
http://www.ohiofilms.com/2004festival/index.html)

Independent Pictures (IP) is proud to announce the three award-winning
screenplays for the 2004 Ohio Independent Screenplay Awards, IP's eighth annual
script
competition. This marks the third year for the organization's Best Voice of
Color Award,
which highlights the writing achievements from a screenwriter whose voice, story
and
characters speak to generally marginalized audiences.

Winner of the Best Voice of Color Screenplay: RIVER STREET by Jacqueline
Elizabeth Pardue. After a tragic fire decimates the family business, a husband
and wife
struggle to give their love another chance. The 1st runner up in this category
is
SOMEWHERE NOT HOME by Kip Knott.

A favorite both for screenplay submitters and Independent Pictures, the Best
Northcoast Screenplay Award focuses on stories that are set in Northern Ohio.
Winner of
the Best Northcoast Screenplay: AURORA RUN by Tony Davies. A mystic thriller
that
captures two Cleveland eras. The 1930's Kingsbury Run Torso murders are
happening
again. Eliot Ness' modern counterpart has to defy history to unmask the past and
present
killers in the only case Ness never closed. The 1st runner up in this category
is HALCYON
DAYS by Daniel P. Moriarty.

Finally, the Best Screenplay Award goes to the most overall well-written and
crafted story. Winner of the Best Screenplay: THE MOST BIGGEST SLEEPOVER EVER by
Rick
Fonte. Instead of a summer of US History, Tommy must hide in the Mall of America
while
he works to clear his father's name and plot revenge on the dirty cops who
framed him.
The 1st runner up in this category is NOT HERE, YOU WON'T by Jack Kilpatrick.

And an Honorable Mention to THE BOY WHO LOOKED LIKE SHIRLEY TEMPLE by Walton
Dornisch & Kerrigan.

Many thanks to IP's team of over seventy readers. Please join us at our 2004
Ohio Independent Film Festival, November 7-14. All programs are presented at
Cleveland Public Theatre, 6415 Detroit Road, and are $10/program unless
otherwise
noted. Surf www.ohiofilms.com for hotel information and complete festival
schedule. Visit
www.ticketweb.com for directions and sales. Attend the festival for details on
after-festival parties Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights.

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 Public Theatre,
Community Shares of Greater Cleveland, 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.

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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