The 2005 Ohio Independent Film Festival, November 6 -13.

· Sunday, November 6, 9a-6p: 6th ANNUAL DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY (DP) WORKSHOP
AND AIVF SALON with Richard Walsh (Ireland) and Cleveland legend Robert C. Banks, Jr. An IP signature event, this wildly popular, hands-on workshop allows participants to help DPs light and shoot scenes on 16mm film, which is then screened the next weekend at the festival. Fee is $50, which includes lunch the day of the workshop and one admission to the festival the following weekend. Limited seating available, reservations must be made and paid for in advance, deadline November 3. Location is at the Hyacinth Lofts, 3030 East
63rd Street.

· Monday, November 7, 7p: Opening Night Feature Film, the Ohio premiere of MY BIG FAT INDEPENDENT MOVIE (A comedy from Film Threat's Chris Gore including spoofs of some of the indie film world's most renowned movies).

· Tuesday, November 8, 7p and 9p: a feature film at 7p and a short film program at 9p including the World premiere of SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST about American's obsession with youth and beauty.

· Wednesday, November 9, 5p, 7p and 9p: at 5p, the Ohio premiere of feature
documentary SONG OF OUR CHILDREN (integrating children with disabilities in classrooms with non-disabled peers) at a special event ($20 admission) with Greater Cleveland Community Shares in celebration of 20 years of supporting social justice co-presented by Community Shares member Learning Disabilities Association, a short film program at 7p, and a feature film at 9p.

· Thursday, November 10, 9a-8p: OHIO DAY, films written, directed, photographed, and starring Ohioans, starting at 9a and ending at 8p, one highlight at 5p is the Cleveland premiere of feature film OF ASHES AND ATOMS (Explore through the eyes of the men and women that built and operated NASA's only research reactor in the 1960's and 1970's at NASA Plum Brook Station, Sandusky, Ohio. Narrated by Kate Mulgrew).

· Friday, November 11, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and night, one highlight at 6p is the Ohio Premiere of the feature film: FAIR GAME (Two co-workers who are former lovers are forced to become temporary housemates).

· Saturday, November 12, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and night, one highlight at 2p is the Ohio premiere of the feature film THE WILD GUYS (Four men lost in the wilderness are forced to come to terms with deeply hidden fears. The weekend where nothing goes right becomes the weekend that changes everything).

· Sunday, November 13, noon-8p: Short and feature films all day and night, one highlight at 6p is the Ohio premiere of feature film THE MILK CAN (A football rivalry between two small towns escalates into a full-scale conventional war).