The 41st
Cleveland
International
Film Festival
(CIFF41),
presented by Dollar
Bank,
kicks-off in
just under six
weeks on
Wednesday,
March 29th,
and we have
some dates
worth noting.
PROGRAM
LINE-UP
ANNOUNCED
Friday,
March 3rd at
11:00 a.m.
full program
information
will go live
at clevelandfilm.org.
PROGRAM
GUIDES
The week
of March 6th
Program Guides
will be
available at
all Dollar
Bank branches
and throughout
the area.
TICKETS
ON SALE TO
CIFF MEMBERS
Friday,
March 10th at
11:00 a.m.
tickets go on
sale to CIFF
members at clevelandfilm.org.
If you are not
a member, you
can become one
here.
TICKETS
ON SALE TO THE
PUBLIC
Friday,
March 17th at
11:00 a.m.
tickets go on
sale to the
public at clevelandfilm.org.
OPENING
NIGHT
Wednesday,
March 29th at
7:00 p.m. the
Festival will
open with CALIFORNIA
TYPEWRITER,
directed by
Doug Nichol
and featuring
Tom Hanks,
John Mayer,
David
McCullough,
and Sam
Shepard, among
others.
Tickets
to the Opening
Night Gala are
$200 per
person ($175
for CIFF
members). The
evening
includes the
7:00 p.m.
screening of
the film at
Tower City
Cinemas,
followed by a
reception at
Post Office
Plaza in Tower
City Center.
Scheduled
special guests
include
director Doug
Nichol and
featured
subjects Ken
Alexander,
Martin Howard,
Jeremy Mayer,
and Richard
Polt.
Saturday,
April 8th at
2:30 p.m. the
CIFF will
welcome New
York Times
film critic
A.O. Scott for
this very
special event
at the
Ritz-Carlton
Cleveland.
Ticket price
includes a
paperback copy
of Mr. Scott’s
book, Better
Living Through
Criticism: How
to Think About
Art, Pleasure,
Beauty, and
Truth.
Mr. Scott
will be
available
after the
program to
sign copies of
his book
(additional
copies will be
available for
purchase).
For
tickets, click
here.
Mr. Scott
will also be
presented with
CIFF’s
inaugural
Distinguished
Award of
Appreciation
on Sunday,
April 9th as
part of
Closing Night
Ceremonies.
Mr. Scott
was selected
to be the
first
recipient of
this award as
a tribute to
his genuine
appreciation
of film
festivals — a
topic that Mr.
Scott has
often written
from and
about.
Anyone in
attendance at
any of the
films showing
on Closing
Night is
invited to
attend the
awards
presentation
program at
Tower City
Center.
The
Distinguished
Award of
Appreciation
and its events
are presented
with generous
support from
Lauren Rich
Fine and Gary
Giller.
CLOSING
NIGHT
Sunday,
April 9th @
7:00 p.m. the
Festival will
close with THE
HERO,
directed by
CIFF39 alum
Brett Haley
and featuring
Nick Offerman,
Laura Prepon,
and Krysten
Ritter.
Closing
Night is
sponsored by University
Hospitals.
All those in
attendance at
any of the
films showing
at Tower City
Cinemas on
Closing Night
are invited to
a dessert
reception and
awards
presentation
program on the
Tower City
Center Grand
Staircase
after the
screenings.
Tickets to any
Closing Night
film are $14
for CIFF
members and
$16 for
non-members.
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