36th cleveland international film festival :: march 22 - april 1, 2012
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April 2nd, 2011 @ 12:05pm

Time for a parking update!

Well, yesterday was pretty spectacular, parking-wise, in spite of all of our nervousness. The amazing people at Tower City managed to find room for everybody who needed a parking space yesterday, and became the heroes of our story for the day! We think they're going to do the same phenomenal job today. The next Indians game is at 1:05 pm today... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 26th, 2011 @ 5:04pm

A few reminders

With so much going on in the Festival, it can get easy to forget something you meant to do until it's too late. So here are a few things you should definitely make time to do: Have you signed up for the bone marrow registry? If you've seen ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 26th, 2011 @ 3:15pm

The Perennial Parking Problems

Like it or not, finding a parking space is becoming one of the major Film Festival rites of passage. If you're driving in, this can be a major issue. Tower City Center's parking garage is often full of professional commuters during the weekdays, and a variety of events in the evenings and on the weekend -- aside from the Festival itself -- have p... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 20th, 2011 @ 8:30pm

Who will be the mayor of the 35th CIFF?

It’s hip to be Foursquare. Again this year, the Cleveland International Film Festival is using Foursquare to elect a mayor of this year’s festival. The mayor, who will be announced on the final day of the festival — Sunday, April 3 — will receive a special CIFF polo shirt. To get started, all you need is a Foursquare account (sign up at www.... more

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March 25th, 2010 @ 4:00pm

It's Booth Appreciation Day!

There's an amazing team that, when everything is going well, you probably don't even know is here: the guys in the booth. And when something isn't going well, they're the ones making the herculean efforts to get things working again as fast as possible. They deal with missing discs, damaged reels, films cells catching fire, and anything else that... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 21st, 2010 @ 9:32am

It's Bill's buzz... but where's Bill?

Well, Bill is swamped at the moment, keeping seats open for as many people as possible in all of our films. But he still has buzz to share, and so our own Patrick Shepherd has stepped into the buzz seat for the moment to tell you all about it. We hope to have Bill back soon... once things calm down a little around here! ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 20th, 2010 @ 9:12pm

Stand-By, Late Additions, and Dear Lemon Lima

Since there are a few Stand-By related issues that have come up so far this weekend, I wanted to discuss a few of them here. We really want to make sure that the Festival is, and stays, as enjoyable for everyone as possible. First, we really are sorry that nobody in D... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 19th, 2010 @ 3:20pm

Watch out for monsters tonight...

Did I mention that the 7pm round was going to be wild and crazy? I wasn't kidding. We're mid-way through the 2pm round, and I've verified that six out of our seven films in the 7pm round are already on Stand-By... and there's a very good chance that the seventh will go on Stand-By soon. This means that, if you haven't already bought your ticke... more

Posted by Lara Klaber