36th cleveland international film festival :: march 22 - april 1, 2012
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March 29th, 2012 @ 6:30pm

Photo Round-Up: From the CIFF Flickr Stream!

Things get wild in the Media Hub, and everyone ends up falling, flying, or floating through the clouds! Check out some of the cool pictures that have been going up on our stream in the last few days! Captions will be forthcoming just as soon as I can grab the photographers and get names. ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2012 @ 1:45pm

Have you received a proper General Education?

Get ready to have it upgraded to a hilariously improper one! The wild and crazy guys behind General Education, a brilliant comedy starring Chris Sheffield, ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2012 @ 11:45am

One more chance to get an even closer look at The Girls in the Band!

Well, the film itself went in fifteen minutes ago, but if you're reading this as you come out of the screening around 1:00, or if you weren't able to fit the film into your schedule... or if you watched it one of the previous days but didn't get a chance to talk... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 26th, 2012 @ 4:30pm

Another chance to hang out with the Girls in the Band!

Or, at least, to hang out with writer/director/producer Judy Chaikin! If you're attending the 5:25 screening of The Girls in the Band, or were in too much of a hurry to get to your next film yest... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 25th, 2012 @ 9:30pm

What a wonderful Sunday it's been!

It's amazing how quickly the days go during the Festival. So much is happening that I only ever get to see a small fraction of it, and there are so many things that I plan on reporting that never make it in! Today, two more of our brilliant guest filmmakers were given their Focus on Filmmakers awards: ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 25th, 2012 @ 3:45pm

Get to know the Girls in the Band!

...Well, maybe not literally. After all, these girls had their heydays long ago... but we do have a special event connected to the film taking place afterward! If you're going to see Girls in the Band today, make sure to come out to the -Ation desk, loc... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 24th, 2012 @ 4:30pm

We have a surprise guest joining our visiting filmmakers!

Sometimes, unexpected things happen that thrill us. Prashant Bhargava, the writer/director/editor of Patang (The Kite), initially didn't think he could make it to the Festival, but he has managed t... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

April 2nd, 2011 @ 3:05pm

Keep an eye out for Dan O'Shannon!

My favorite guest-lecturer, from when I was a film student at CSU, is in the house! And every bit as awesome as I remember! If you've ever seen Cheers, or ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 31st, 2011 @ 7:30pm

A not-so-short post about short films

I really need to talk about some of the short film directors that I've been meeting, because they're awesome! We usually have a lot of guest filmmakers in attendance at the Festival, and this year there are a huge number of filmmakers from the short film programs. It's really cool! One of our short filmmakers is actually a lady I've kno... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 30th, 2011 @ 2:00pm

Someone you should be dying to meet!

I love having my blogging station up in the Media Hub! It means that I get to meet a lot of amazing people as they show up for their films' screenings. Today I had the pleasure of meeting Biagio Messina and Steve Mazan, the director and the star of Dying to Do Let... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2010 @ 12:00pm

Meet the Mayor of the Festival!

So you've probably heard of our Foursquare competition for the Mayor of the Festival, where the person who checked in at the most Festival-related Tower City locations, throughout our run, would become the Mayor of the Festival itself. (It's wacky; I'm still figuring it out myself, and I think I... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 25th, 2010 @ 3:20pm

Meet Anna Easteden!

Earlier this week we were graced with the presence of a lovely, wonderful actress, Anna Easteden. ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 25th, 2010 @ 1:15pm

Meet Doug Dearth of "9000 Needles"

Director Doug Dearth is an Ohio boy -- he grew up in Canton -- who moved to California to pursue a career in films. He comes back to Ohio to screen his very personal documentary, "9000 Needles." "I am more excited to be showing my film in Cleveland than just about anywhere else," Dearth tells The Daily. "For one, my entire family w... more

Posted by Anne M. DiTeodoro

March 25th, 2010 @ 12:15pm

Interview with Marc Meyers, director of "HARVEST"

With space limited in The Daily, it's often difficult to post a full interview with the filmmakers who visit the Festival, even when they're especially fascinating people. Marc Meyers, director of Harvest, did a wonderful interview with us, but we only had room fo... more

Posted by Bridget Kriner

March 22nd, 2010 @ 1:22pm

Here's Someone To Watch - Jesper Ganslandt

If you weren't able to get down here this weekend, you missed out on a chance to meet Jesper Ganslandt, one of our Someone To Watch award recipients and a brilliant director from Sweden. But you haven't completely missed your chance to get to know him and his work, because we have a lovely little video interview with him on our YouTube chan... more

Posted by Lara Klaber