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                  SOURCE: Cleveland.com | Joey Morona April 10, 2022 CLEVELAND, OHIO — Northeast Ohio is ready for its closeup once again as filming on “Shooting Stars” begins in parts of Cleveland and Akron this month. Based on LeBron James’ autobiography of the same name, the Universal release...

Thank you to everyone who supported our annual Award Season Raffle! This raffle is now closed.  

Celebrate Black History Month with the GCFC and get your raffle tickets for a chance to win this prize pack! All proceeds from this raffle will fund scholarships for the GCFC Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) workshop program that sponsors people from underrepresented groups to attend our workforce events and online training. Raffle tickets are: 1 for...

Cleveland is rising up the ranks to 12th in MovieMaker Magazine’s best places for filmmakers to work and live. Cleveland is a chameleon, capable of transforming into whichever city the script needs it to be.  Cleveland easily wears so many hats because there is an abundance and diversity of architecture, ranging from the 19th century...

You can use AmazonSmile every day of the year and support Cleveland Film when you shop! Sign up for AmazonSmile and select Greater Cleveland Film Commission as your preferred charity at smile.amazon.com/ch/34-1884733 or in the Amazon Shopping App on iOS and Android. GET STARTED IN THE APP: Join AmazonSmile – If you are not already an AmazonSmile member,...

The ‘Guardian of Film’ Fundraiser is now back and open for a LIMITED time! The campaign will run from November 18th – December 1st, 2021 for a delivery date of December 17th, 2021. VIEW THE ENTIRE COLLECTION HERE! The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) is the only 501(c)3 nonprofit dedicated to driving economic development and job...

Did You Know: 95% of the people who work in the film industry never walk down the red carpet. A film crew is made up of hundreds, sometimes thousands, more jobs than just the director, actors, or camera operators. Whether you’re fresh out of high school, trained at a vocational school, graduated college, or are...

CLEVELAND, OH (July 12, 2021) – The Greater Cleveland Film Commission is pleased to announce that longtime Television and Motion Picture Location Manager Bill Garvey has been named the organization’s new President, effective September 27. During his 26 years in the industry, Garvey has forged relationships with Marvel, Disney, Paramount, Universal, Warner Bros., Netflix, HBO and...

SOURCE: Lost in Sports | Ben Baskin May 27, 2021 The Cleveland Browns are the most tortured franchise in sports. They have never won a Super Bowl. But in 1986, in the middle of the season, the players on the team filmed a time travel sorcery movie that prophesied they would do just that— it...

SOURCE: InternCLE Podcast | Annette Kramer May 14, 2021 | Episode 064 Mike Wendt and Maria Rouzzo joined me this week to talk about the Film industry and the opportunities the Greater Cleveland Film Commission connects its interns to.  I did not know much about the industry itself and this interview opened my eyes to...