36th cleveland international film festival :: march 22 - april 1, 2012
Film Festival Blog

Screenings

March 31st, 2011 @ 11:19am

Coming up for air at last!

Wow, I disappeared, didn't I? I had it all planned out that, after the screening of Facing Forward, I'd toss up one more blog post including the fourth and final part of last year's Closing Night ceremony. I really intended to, too! But I had no idea that I'd ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 30th, 2011 @ 4:00pm

Take Two at the Capitol

Okay, I'm absolutely, positively, and in all other ways certain this time that this really is the night we're at the Capitol Theatre. I'm still blushing over that mix-up, I'll have you know! And still hoping none of you actually made the trek out to the West Side last night! Most of you were definitely a lot more on the ball than... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 29th, 2011 @ 12:34pm

Do the Film Festival Shuffle!

One of the fun things that we can do, now that we have all of the Tower City Cinemas theaters, is shuffle films around to accommodate crowd demands! The other night, we shuffled around which film was in which theater to make sure that everyone who came for ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2011 @ 5:45pm

Gearing Up For Knight Night!

Can you believe how far the Festival is traveling? Now our special off-site screenings are reaching as far away as Akron! This year we're launching our first "Knight Night," showing The High Cost of Living at the ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2011 @ 3:25pm

If Superman Landed...

I just sat in on an amazing Q&A session. It followed the first Festival screening of Facing Forward, Laura Paglin's documentary about an inner-city charter school here in Cleveland and the challenges its students and teachers face on a daily basis. I have somet... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2011 @ 8:15pm

Danny Greene makes CIFF attendance records EXPLODE!

I am in AWE. If you were down in the walkway, or the food court, a little before 7:00, you're probably in awe, too. You might have even been in the lines that were leaving me speechless! For our final showing of Danny Greene, more than 750 of you lined up to see the film, necessitating some last-minute reshuffling of theaters to accom... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 26th, 2011 @ 11:21am

The First Saturday Buzz is Up!

Haven't picked out your films for the day? Our own Meaghan Earley will take you through some of the best bets! She'll also give you a look inside the Bone Marrow Registry HQ and show you just how easy it is to register for the chance to be a real-life hero and save someone's life. Plus, meet Irene Malinga, who will tell you about our Pan-African... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 25th, 2011 @ 6:00pm

...Hey, where did the "rounds" go?

If you've been attending the Film Festival for the last few -- or several -- years, you're probably familiar with the "rounds" of films that occur throughout the day, to the point where we referred to them that way. Films were in "the 4:00 round," or "the 7:00 round," or "the 9:00 round," and so on. And if you've been looking through this year's ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 24th, 2011 @ 8:30pm

Be Part of the Story!

Now that everybody is watching the film, it's time to unveil the new CIFF Trailer! You'll be seeing it before every film in the Festival, but here's your chance to watch it as often as you like... and if you're like most of us, you'll want to put it on repeat. This is just such a lovely trailer, one of the best we've ever had. Enjoy! ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 24th, 2011 @ 6:15pm

And it begins again!

Hello everybody! I can't believe that it's been a whole year since we last did this, but it's Festival time again and we're getting ready for our opening night. At the moment, the Tower City Cinemas are probably as quiet as they'll be all night, as the staff and volunteers gather in preparation for your arrival. There are so many am... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2010 @ 5:12pm

Just one more round left...

Wow. Just... wow. As those of you on Twitter have probably already seen, we officially broke last year's attendance record during the 2pm round, and that was still with time to spare to set a new record tonight! It's not counting the round that just went in, after all, and there's still one more round to go! So it's time to talk about the ... more

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March 28th, 2010 @ 2:25pm

Now it's time for the Final 4pm round!

Time keeps flying so quickly around here! We're rocketing toward our Closing Night ceremony and I want things to slow down a little so I can savor them. I hope everyone has been getting to enjoy their films, and savor this last day, too. Unbelievably, it's already time for me to talk about the 4pm round! (I can tell because things are so quiet ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2010 @ 12:30pm

One more 2pm round for us, and it's hot!

The noon round is already in? Wow! All I did was blink! (Okay, and run down to the store to correct a slight... uh... wardrobe malfunction. No, not that bad.) Anyway, it's a lot quieter up here at the moment, probably because things are thronging down by the theater. It's probably calmed down there at this point, though, too. Ev... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2010 @ 11:10am

Our last noon round is around the corner

It's hard to believe just how much time has passed. I feel like I just got here, but now suddenly, it's the last day of the Festival and everything's moving so fast. (Or maybe I'm just moving really slowly. That's actually more likely!) A lot of the noon round films are on Stand-By, so you should probably be here already, or hurry down... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 28th, 2010 @ 8:00am

Good morning, one more time!

Wow, I really did go home and crash! Sorry about that! Does dreaming about putting this post up last night count? I don't have a whole lot of time to say something about our morning round, but in the interest of speed and brevity, I still want to tell you about our two late additions playing this morning. We added screenings of... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2010 @ 9:30pm

Our final Midnight round of the Festival!

Wow, I feel like I've done almost nothing today. Things have been so wild -- and wonderful -- and they're only getting wilder as the night goes on! Now that everybody's in the 9pm round, I'm going to do a quick report on the midnight round before I'm kicked out. I'll have to report on the morning round from home! (If I don't collapse right away... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2010 @ 7:35pm

Saturday night's 9pm round is HOT!

Oh wow, I'm sorry I haven't gotten many posts up today... we've been deluged in the Media Hub with all kinds of awesome filmmakers, and I can't stop having the most interesting conversations with them! As a film student, it's so wonderful to actually get to talk to, and compare notes with, people who have actually gone through the whole process an... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2010 @ 4:45pm

Saturday Night Stand-Bys at Seven (alliteration for the win)

How crazy is today? Things have just been bustling up here in the Hospitality Suite, and we've had non-stop guests coming into the room, a stream of intereviews, all kinds of exciting things going on! As I write this, we have Kevin Richards (the director of ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2010 @ 2:30pm

The many languages of our 4pm round

This day is going wild! I don't think I've managed to stay in my seat for more than five minutes before something new starts happening. And now it's already time to talk about the 4pm round! This round is on Stand-By. This whole round is on Stand-By. Just making sure you saw that, because if you haven't already read up on ... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

March 27th, 2010 @ 12:30pm

It's already time to talk about two o'clock!

Now that the noon round is in and I've had a moment to catch my breath, I'm going to talk about the 2pm round because things are now going into overdrive. The crowds are thronging in -- hey, is that you in there? -- and almost everything is either on Stand-By or playing in two theaters to keep it off Stand-By. Remember, Stand-By d... more

Posted by Lara Klaber

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