Special CIFF screening to be held at Cedar Lee Theatre

The 34th Cleveland International Film Festival (March 18–28 at Tower City Cinemas in Tower City Center) has grown to nearly 67,000 admissions. The festival features more than 300 films from more than 80 countries that are showcased during this annual spring film festival.

For the fifth year in a row, the CIFF will present a special evening at its original home to honor the memory of one of its founders-Rick Whitbeck. The event is a special screening of "Hipsters" on Wednesday, March 24, at the Cedar Lee Theatre in Cleveland Heights.

The evening will kick off with a prefilm reception at 5 p.m. at Nighttown, 12883 Cedar Road, followed by a screening of the film at the Cedar Lee Theatre at 7:15 p.m.

Attendees must have a festival pass or "Hipsters" ticket for admission to the party and the film. Nighttown and Hennes Paynter Communications are sponsoring the Rick Whitbeck evening.

For more information on the 300-plus films that will be shown between the opening and closing nights of the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival, log on to www.clevelandfilm.org. Tickets go on sale to members only on Friday, Feb. 26 and to the general public on Friday, March 5. They are $10 per film for CIFF members and $12 for nonmembers.

Tickets will be available online at www.clevelandfilm.org, by telephone (1-877-304-FILM), at the Ulmer & Berne Film Festival Store in the lobby of Tower City Cinemas, or by mail using the order form in the program guide.

Program guides will be available throughout the region, including all Dollar Bank locations, on March 1.

Katharyn Starinsky is the local marketing and media manager for the 34th Cleveland International Film Festival.

34th Cleveland International Film Festival
March 18–28
Tower City Cinemas
www.clevelandfilm.org