genna p- day 3

photo from: clevelandfilm.org


haha! that rhymes!


so yeah- yesterday i felt like a princess! i saw four films and about 400 of my closest friends at tower city cinemas. reports from staff indicated that during the 7:00 run there were over 2,000 people in theatres! holy smokes! if all of those people gave a measely $5, and theatres are filled like that for the rest of the festival, reaching the $33,000 goal will be easy as pie! we might be able to exceed it! are you familiar with the challenge match? read up and donate! film festivals as grand as this one in our own fair city don't just HAPPEN, people!


from the CIFF website:

Thank you in advance for participating in the 33rd CIFF Challenge Match. The challenge to you - our audience — is to raise $33,000, which will then go twice as far because it will be matched by Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. The Challenge Match is our annual campaign and, therefore, it is the only time of year that we ask for your support (we do not send out solicitation letters around the holidays or any other time of year).

Your donation will be used for Film Festival operations, which include staffing, Program Guide printing, theater rental, film rental, and guest travel and accommodations. In essence, your seat in the theater really costs the Film Festival $27.72. You can help make up the difference between your ticket cost and our cost by making a donation to the Challenge Match.

Be sure to stop by the Challenge Match area (located in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas) whenever you visit the Film Festival. Once you make your tax deductible donation, you’ll be able to enter our drawings for prizes and pick-up this year’s collectors’ set of lapel buttons. Because of your commitment to the Cleveland International Film Festival, we look forward to not just reaching, but even exceeding our goal this year. Thank you!

caught the midnight screening of tokyo and was half asleep driving home, but oh so satisfied! stay tuned for more about my adventures during day 3 of the cleveland international film festival, including, but not limited to: reviews and comments on the independent shorts 3, ciao bella, the world's best commercials and tokyo!

tell us about your film fest experiences! email messy at info@messymagazine.org