The Cleveland International Film Festival attracted more than 93,000 attendees to its 12-day Tower City movie extravaganza. Despite parking concerns, sporting events, and the lure of the casino, CIFF managed to squash its previous attendance record.
Of the 180 feature films and 164 shorts, “Good Ol’ Freda,” a documentary about Beatles’ secretary Freda Kelly, won the audience choice award.
Filmmaker Freida Mock — another Freida! — won the ‘Reel Women Direct’ award ($10,000) for her documentary “G-Dog” about a Jesuit priest.
The film fest utilized every screen at Tower City and was just basically a wonderful time for everybody, notwithstanding the splooge-encrusted seats.
This article appears in Apr 10-16, 2013.
I’m glad that the film festival had such success. Hopefully they can keep building on this momentum and turn this event into a major one that draws all sorts of people to come to Cleveland!
Splooge encrusted seats?
C’mon….