[Press release from the Cleveland International Film Festival.]
The 41st Cleveland
International Film Festival, presented by Dollar Bank, is
kicking-off its 12-day run with the click of a typewriter,
and closing out with a look at legacy. CIFF41 will be held
March 29 – April 9, 2017 at Tower City Cinemas and select
neighborhood screening locations.
OPENING NIGHT
On Wednesday, March 29th
the CIFF41 will open with
CALIFORNIA TYPEWRITER. Directed by Doug
Nichol, the film features a cast of artists, writers, and
collectors who remain loyal to the typewriter as their
preferred tool, and oftentimes their muse. The film also
movingly documents the struggles of California Typewriter,
one of the last standing repair shops in America dedicated
to keeping the aging machines in working order. Featuring
Tom Hanks, John Mayer, David McCullough, and Sam Shepard,
among others, this film will leave you looking at your own
relationship with technology.
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.
CLOSING NIGHT
On Sunday, April 9th at
7:00 p.m. the Festival will close with
THE HERO. Directed by CIFF39 alum Brett Haley
(I’ll See You in My Dreams), the film is a moving,
sharply observed character study starring the great Sam
Elliott as Lee Hayden, a Western film icon whose best
performances are behind him. Faced with a cancer diagnosis,
Lee’s priorities are refocused, causing him to assess the
life he has led. With a star-studded cast including Nick
Offerman, Laura Prepon, and Krysten Ritter,
THE HERO addresses the question most people
face at one time or another in their lifetime: what kind of
legacy will I leave?
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.
CIFF41
For more information on the 200
feature films and 215 short films that will be shown between
Opening Night and Closing Night, visit
www.clevelandfilm.org beginning Friday, March 3rd
at 11:00 a.m. Program Guides will be available at all Dollar
Bank branches, and throughout the area, the week of March 6th.
Tickets go on sale to CIFF members on Friday, March 10th
at 11:00 a.m. and to the general public on Friday, March 17th
at 11:00 a.m. Tickets will be available on line (www.clevelandfilm.org), by phone (1.877.304.FILM), or in
person at the Film Festival Box Office in the lobby of Tower
City Cinemas.
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