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NOW SHOWING CIFF45 STREAMS
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WE SCREENED 117 FEATURES AND 182 SHORT FILMS, REPRESENTING 63 COUNTRIES. CIFF45 Streams is proud that 46% of its films –including 49% of its feature films – were directed by female-identifying filmmakers.
CIFF45 Streams hosted 64 Q&As, conversations, and CIFF Speaks podcast episodes, with participation from 250 filmmakers and other special guests.
Pre-recorded Filmmaker Conversations were presented by PNC. Live Happy Hours were presented by Great Lakes Brewing Company. CIFF Speaks was presented by Wayside Furniture.
SOCIAL MEDIA IMPRESSIONS
FACEBOOK | 1,226,375
TWITTER | 211,000
INSTAGRAM | 132,399
YOUTUBE | 85,415
The CIFF45 Streams audience cumulatively watched an astounding 2,316,784 minutes of film with an impressive 51,216 streams* throughout the Festival. Based on an average of two individuals watching any given stream, this means that CIFF45 Streams had 102,432 viewers.
The Festival created 1,655,189 social media impressions during its 14-day run.
*At this year’s Festival, a stream was counted if at least 70% of the feature or shor t was viewed.
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WINNERSFEATURE FILMS
$114,500 in cash prizes
Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award for Best Film Presented with generous support from the Callahan FoundationNOT GOING QUIETLY Directed by Nicholas Bruckman (USA)
George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition Endowed by The George Gund FoundationPREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME Directed by Lili Horvát (Hungary)
New Direction Competition Presented with generous support from Jules and Fran BelkinMY HEART CAN'T BEAT UNLESS YOU TELL IT TO Directed by Jonathan Cuartas (USA)
Portrait Documentary Competition May The Schwartz Be With You Director’s Award Presented with generous support from Nesnadny + SchwartzNO ORDINARY MAN Directed by Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt (Canada)
ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman Presented with generous support from Deborah Bachman RatnerCHRISTI COOPER for YOUTH V GOV (USA)
Ad Hoc Docs Competition Presented with generous support from Tom and Anita Cook & Anne E. BloombergMIRACLE FISHING: KIDNAPPED ABROAD Directed by Miles Hargrove (USA)
American Independents Competition Presented with generous support from Mike and Nicki CancelliereWOMEN IS LOSERS Directed by Lissette Feliciano (USA)
DReam Catcher AwardTODD STEPHENS
Global Health Competition Presented with generous support from Mark Smith & Janet Rosel SmithGENERATION GROWTH Directed by Mu Sun (USA)
Groundbreaker Award Presented with generous support from CoverMyMedsASHLEY O’SHAY
International Narrative Competition Presented with generous support from Tom Piraino & Barbara McWilliamsTHERE IS NO EVIL Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof (Germany, Czechia, Iran)
Local Heroes Competition Presented with generous support from Lauren Rich Fine & Gries Financial PartnersOPEN HEARTS Directed by Travis Pollert, Jacob Kostelli (USA)
$5,000
Greg Gund Memorial Standing Up Competition Endowed by The George Gund FoundationTOPOWA! - NEVER GIVE UP Directed by Philip Sansom, Inigo Gilmore (United Kingdom)
$7,500
FilmSlam® Streams Student Choice Award for Best Feature Presented with generous support from OverDriveBEST SUMMER EVER Directed by Michael Parks Randa, Lauren Smitelli (USA)
$2,000
$10,000
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Audience Choice Award for Best Short Film Overall Sponsored by Char and Chuck Fowler
ALA KACHUU - TAKE AND RUN Directed by Maria Brendle (Switzerland)
Best After Hours Short Award Sponsored by Friends of Patrick McFadden
THE LAST QUEEN ON EARTH Directed by Michael Shumway (USA)
Best Animated Short Award* Sponsored by MP Star Financial
MIGRANTS Directed by Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise (France)
Best Black Cinema Short Award Sponsored by Hingetown Browns Backers
A CONCERTO IS A CONVERSATION Directed by Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers (USA)
Best Comedy Short Award Endowed by David K. Ream
SWIPE Directed by Anthony Sneed (USA)
Best Documentary Short Award* Sponsored by Jules and Fran Belkin
THE SEEKER Directed by Lance Edmands (USA)
Best Family Short Award Sponsored by University School
MISHOU Directed by Milen Vitanov (Germany, Bulgaria)
Best Latinx Short Award Sponsored by La Familia Watilo Blake
ESTILO AMERICANO Directed by Miriam Kruishoop (USA)
Best LGBTQ+ Short Award: In Celebration of the Life of Nikki Babbit Sponsored by Jan and Harold Babbit
WHEN I'M HER Directed by Emily Schuman (USA)
Best Live Action Short Award* Sponsored by Anne E. Bloomberg and Alan Gordon Lipson & Judy Harris
DISTANCES Directed by Susan Béjar (Spain)
Best Ohio Short Award Sponsored by Bill and Teri Koeth
STILL HOME Directed by Keenan Wetzel (USA)
Best Student Short Award Sponsored by MP Star Financial
MASEL TOV COCKTAIL Directed by Arkadij Khaet, Mickey Paatzsch (Germany)
Best Women’s Short Award Sponsored by Jinny and John Johnson
POST SENTENCE Directed by Charissa Sanjarernsuithikul (USA)
FilmSlam® Streams Student Choice Award for Best Short Sponsored by OverDrive
TEAM MERYLAND Directed by Gabriel Gaurano (USA)
The Clover and Maggie Award: In Celebration of Life Sponsored by Barbara Hawley & David Goodman
FEELING THROUGH Directed by Doug Roland (USA)
The Ophelia Award: In Celebration of the Life of Dakota Ophelia Berg Sponsored by Jim Brumbaugh & Carolyn Berg
WE CAN'T BREATHE Directed by Miranda Winters, Rocky Romano (USA)
Programmers’ Choice Award: In Celebration of the Life of Toni Oliverio Sponsored by The Sloop Family
THE EPHEMERAL Directed by Jorge Muriel (Spain)
The Sammy and Jules Award in Celebration of the Short Film with the Biggest Heart and Strongest Spirit Sponsored by Marcie Goodman
THE INVISIBLE MONSTER Directed by Javier Fesser, Guillermo Fesser (Spain)
The Spalding and Jackson Award: In Celebration of Joy Sponsored by Marcie Goodman & John C. Williams
DISRUPTED BORDERS Directed by Alejandra Aragón (USA)
The Tom and Ginny Knoll Family Award: In Celebration of Acts of Kindness Sponsored by Tom and Ginny Knoll and The Knoll Family Fund Promoting Civility and Acts of Kindness of Akron Community Foundation
WELCOME STRANGERS Directed by Dia Sokol Savage (USA)
SHORT FILMS$1,000
* These award winners will qualify for consideration in the Short Films categories of the annual Academy Awards.®
WINNERS $114,500 in cash prizes
DReam Catcher was established in 2019 to honor the life and memory of David K. Ream (1949–2017), a beloved CIFF trustee.
CIFF45 Streams was thrilled to present its DReam Catcher Award and Program, recognizing pioneering LGBTQ+ filmmaker– and Ohio’s own –Todd Stephens. Todd’s “Ohio Trilogy” was included in CIFF45 Streams: SWAN SONG (2021), GYPSY 83 (2001), and EDGE OF SEVENTEEN (2000).
The Groundbreaker Award and Program offers educational opportunities about structural racism, and elevates and supports BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and people of color) filmmakers.
CIFF45 Streams was honored to recognize documentarian Ashley O’Shay as its first Groundbreaker Award recipient. Ashley is the director, producer, and cinematographer of CIFF45 Streams film UNAPOLOGETIC (2020). The Groundbreaker Program was sponsored by Case Western Reserve University and Puffin Foundation West. The Groundbreaker Award was sponsored by CoverMyMeds.
FilmSlam Streams is the CIFF’s virtual media literacy program and mini-festival of films for students in grades 5–12. FilmSlam Streams provides outstanding examples of the filmmaking art, introducing students to other cultures and fostering awareness of people different from themselves. FilmSlam Streams also enables students to see people on screen who look like themselves.
For more information about FilmSlam Streams, please contact Beth Steele Radisek, Special Programs Director, at [email protected].
DREAM CATCHER AWARD
GROUNDBREAKER AWARD
FILMSLAM STREAMS
CIFF45 STREAMS FILMSLAM® ENGAGED:
• 160 Ohio Schools
• 29 Ohio Counties
• 241 Teachers
• 56,750 Student Streams
• 75 Filmmakers and Special Guests
THIS YEAR’S PROGRAM OFFERED:
• 42 Short Films
• 5 Feature Films
• 10 Short Film Programs, Including Six Foreign Languages
• 41 Live Q&As Spanning Across 30 Countries
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The Strassman Insurance Services Community Engagement Program builds and strengthens
partnerships with other nonprofits by connecting them to Festival films that are relevant
to their missions and work. As a result, the CIFF continues to embed itself into the fabric
of Northern Ohio. The partnering entities agree to publicize Festival films in exchange for
visibility at the Festival and a platform to promote their missions and work.
STRASSMAN INSURANCE SERVICES COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAM
Sponsored by
Achievement Centers for Children
American Indian Movement of Ohio
Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
Anti-Defamation League– Cleveland
Baseball Heritage Museum
Benjamin Rose Institute on Aging
Black Women Werk
BorderLight Festival
The Buckeye Flame
Business Volunteers Unlimited
Capitol Theatre (Detroit Shoreway Community Development Organization)
The Centers for Families and Children & Circle Health Services
Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
The City Club of Cleveland
Cleveland Arts Education Consortium
Cleveland Bratislava Sister Cities
Cleveland Chapter of the Links, Incorporated
Cleveland Comedy Festival
Cleveland Council of World Affairs
Cleveland Hiking Club
Cleveland Hungarian Development Panel
Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque
Cleveland Irish Network
Cleveland Kids' Book Bank
Cleveland Leadership Center
Cleveland Neighborhood Progress
Cleveland Peace Action
Cleveland Play House
Cleveland Print Room
Community Assessment & Treatment Services
Community of Saint Peter
Congregation Shaarey Tikvah
Consulate of Sweden
Consulate of Switzerland–Ohio
Courage to Caregivers
CWRU/UH AIDS Clinical Trials Unit
DANCE Cleveland
The Diversity Center of Northeast Ohio
Drink Local Drink Tap
Engage! Cleveland
Equality Ohio
Equality Toledo
Evergreen Business Services
Future Church
Graffiti HeArt Corporation
Great Lakes Science Center
Great Lakes Theater
Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter Delta Sigma Theta
Greater Cleveland Film Commission
Greater Cleveland Food Bank
Greater Cleveland Sports Commission
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival
Heights Arts
Heights Youth Theatre
Holden Forests & Gardens
Human Rights Campaign
Intermuseum Conservation Association (ICA)
InterReligious Task Force on Central America
IPM (International Partners in Mission)
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Akron Chapter
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Cleveland Chapter
Jack and Jill of America, Inc. Erie Shores Chapter
Jesuit Retreat Center
Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center
Karamu House, Inc.
Kol Israel Foundation
Lake Erie Ink
Lake Erie Native American Council
LATINA, Inc.
LatinUs Theater Company
League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland
The Legal Aid Society of Cleveland
LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland
Literary Cleveland
Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry
Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
mama.film
Mandel JCC Cleveland Jewish FilmFest
MedWish International
Medworks
moCa Cleveland
MotivAsians for Cleveland
NAMI Greater Cleveland
NARAL Pro-Choice Ohio Foundation
Nature Center at Shaker Lakes
Near West Theatre
The Nighlight Cinema
NOCMES–The Northeast Ohio Consortium for Middle Eastern Studies
North Coast Men's Chorus
North Eastern Ohio Education Association
Northeast Ohio Sierra Club
OCA Greater Cleveland–Asian Pacific American Advocates
Ohio Environmental Council
Ohio Regional Music Arts and Cultural Outreach (ORMACO)
Our Lady of the Wayside
PFLAG Cleveland
Planned Parenthood of Greater Cleveland
Plexus LGBT Chamber of Commerce
Positive Education Program
Recovery Resources
Remote Area Medical
rePRO Film
Resident Companies of Playhouse Square
River's Edge
Rocky River Public Library
Sandusky Pride
Shape Cleveland
Slovenian National Home on Saint Clair Avenue
Society of Professional Journalists, Cleveland Pro Chapter
Sokol Greater Cleveland
Stocker Arts Center/Lorain County Community College
Swedish American Chamber of Commerce–Ohio
Swedish Cultural Society (SCS)
Syatt
Towards Employment
TransOhio
Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland
Twelve Literary Arts
The Upside of Downs of Northeast Ohio
VASA Lodge Nobel–Monitor #130
Vocational Guidance Services
West 117 Foundation
West Side Catholic Center
Westlake Porter Public Library
WH2
Writers in Residence
Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corporation
Zonta Club of Cleveland Foundation
The Strassman Insurance Services Community Engagement Program
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS, FUNDERS, AND DONORS FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF CIFF45 STREAMS.
FOUNDATION SUPPORT
PLATINUM SPONSORS
James Anderson & David Wit tkowsky
Jules and Fran Belkin
Christopher S.W. Blake & Laura Watilo Blake
Anne E. Bloomberg
Jack and Mary Boyle
Nancy and Tim Callahan
Mike and Nicki Cancelliere
Tom and Anita Cook
John and Allyn Davies
Lauren Rich Fine
Char and Chuck Fowler
Alistair and Joyce Fyfe
Nance Hikes & Michael Melampy
Jinny and John Johnson
Toby Devan Lewis
Tim Piazza & Ruth Milne
Tom Piraino & Barbara McWilliams
Julie and Peter Raskind
Deborah and Ron Ratner
Ilana and Chuck Horowitz Ratner
Susan and Jim Ratner
Kim Sherwin
Mark Smith & Janet Rosel Smith
Ted and Susan
MAJOR INDIVIDUAL DONORS GOVERNMENT SUPPORT
THOMAS J. COLTMAN FOUNDATION
GEORGE W. CODRINGTON CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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BRONZE SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
NESNADNYSCHWARTZ
THE PESSES/MEISEL FAMILIES
®
JANE AND ERIC BUDER SHAPIRO
LYNN GOTTLOB
BILL PLESEC & SUSAN STECHSCHULTE
KEN ROBINSON
HAROLD AND JAN BABBIT
JIM BRUMBAUGH & CAROLYN BERG
WILLIAM BUSTA & JOAN TOMKINS
DEBRA S. GOLD
CLEVELAND | OHIOJUKEBOX
MICHAEL FLUELLEN
LYNN MILLINER
ALAN GORDON LIPSON & JUDY HARRIS
SCOTT AND KATE GAINES
DAVID K. REAM
BARBARA HAWLEY & DAVID GOODMAN
TOM AND GINNY KNOLL
BILL AND TERI KOETH
THE SLOOP FAMILY
MARCIE GOODMAN & JOHN C. WILLIAMS
GOLD SPONSORS
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The mission of the Cleveland International Film Festival is to promote artistically and culturally
significant film arts through education and exhibition to enrich the life of the community.
We recognize our society must confront and dismantle systemic and institutional racism, which causes marginalization, disenfranchisement, and discrimination.
We will consistently work to mitigate inequities by deliberately amplifying voices and presenting viewpoints of—and sharing power with— people and communities of color.
We will implement short- and long-term strategies to weave racial equity and inclusion into the fabric of our organization.
While our anti-racism work is ongoing, we will be intentional about achieving measurable change.
Of ficers
Chris S.W. Blake ........ President
Tom Cook .................. Vice President of Finance
Lauren Rich Fine ........ Vice President of Development
Jerry Frantz ............... Vice President of Strategic Planning
Todd Mesek ............... Vice President of Marketing
Jinny Johnson ............ Secretary
Jules Belkin
Nancy Callahan
Amy Coleman
John Davies
Timothy J. Downing
Joe Foley
Char Fowler
Moema Fur tado
Debra S. Gold
Lynn Got tlob
Christine Hickey
Nikki Jaworski
Sawssan Khoury
Pamela LeRose
Gregg Levine
Toby Devan Lewis
Joe Marinucci
Joyce Mar tin-Fy fe
Kerry McCormack*
Erica Merrit t
Shanelle Moon
Eric Patrick
Tim Piazza
Anna Raske
Mark Smith
Roy Turnell
Tom Wilson
*Ex officio
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MISSION
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Debbie “Sheepie” Marshall
Membership Director &
Operations Manager
Allie Freeman
Development Manager
Beth Steele Radisek
Special Programs Director:
FilmSlam®, Submissions
& Volunteers
Marcie Goodman
Executive Director
Debby Samples
Marketing & Media Director
Patrick Shepherd
Associate Director
Mallory Mar tin
Artistic Director
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