International Women’s Day Summit 2022 (03/05/2022)

HERstory: Celebrating the power of women’s voices in law, film, and beyond.


The GCFC was honored to help present and celebrate #InternationalWomensDay today at the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association‘s International Women’s Day Summit! This year’s theme was #BreaktheBias and focuses on HERStory: Celebrating the power of women’s voices in law, film, and beyond.
Be sure to check out the documentary 9to5 – The Story of a Movement on Netflix, featuring the Cleveland Working Women’s Movement.

Hosted by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association
Co-Presented by Cleveland State University School of Film and Media Arts, Greater Cleveland Film Commission, and Ohio Women’s Bar Association

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Cleveland International Film Festival’s Get Shorty – 20th Anniversary

Tickets are on sale now for the 20th anniversary of CIFF’s Get Shorty, presented with generous support from Huntington.


Do you have what it takes to program a film festival? Then this event is for you! The Cleveland International Film Festival’s (CIFF) GET SHORTY is a one-of-a-kind event where you get to have a say in what screens at CIFF47!

Here’s how it works: we’ll meet at the stunning Mimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square, where the gathering will begin with hors d’oeuvres and beverages before putting your programming skills to work. Once inside the theatre, we will present a handful of short films, and at the conclusion of each film you will be prompted to text your vote from your smartphone. At the end of the evening, the film with the highest score will be guaranteed a prime spot in the CIFF47 program lineup!

This event – which is celebrating its 20th anniversary – is always a sellout, so don’t miss the opportunity to be part of this extraordinary evening!

To purchase tickets online, please click the TICKETS button above. To purchase tickets via phone, please call the Playhouse Square Box Office at 216.241.6000 Monday – Friday 9:00 AM ET – 5:00 PM ET.

CIFF’s Get Shorty is presented with generous support from Huntington.

FILMS TBA in January 2023

Friday, February 03, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Mimi Ohio Theatre at Playhouse Square
1511 Euclid Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44115

CIFF members: $48 per person*
Non-members: $60 per person
Playhouse Square ticketing fees will apply

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*CIFF memberships are unavailable for purchase or renewal at this time. CIFF is in the process of revamping their website and membership offerings for CIFF47. Memberships will be available for purchase and renewal in January 2023.

Chagrin Documentary Film Festival Encore Series 2023

The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival Encore Series is back!


This is your chance to stream films from the 13th annual CDFF that you may have missed or want to see again.

From January 2 – March 31, 2023, you can stream select documentary films from the 2022 festival from the comforts of home. This Encore Series pass includes all three CDFF On Demand offerings; January Festival Favorites, February Shorts, and March Award Winners.

Holiday Special:

With every Encore monthly pass purchase through December, receive a free limited-edition 2022 festival t-shirt* *while supplies last, in-person pick up at CDFF offices

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GCFC PRODUCTION ASSISTANT WORKSHOP (01/29/2022)


Thank you to everyone who attended our Production Assistant Workshop!

This workshop was one of the largest workshops we’ve ever hosted. We were very excited to be able to present this intro into the film industry and get locals ready to work on the next #ClevelandFilm.

Special thank you to our panel guests, Production Manager Kate Amer, and Production Accounting Assistant Carol Oppenheim. Thank you also to our partners at Cuyahoga Community College for providing the venue and the free parking.


PANELISTS:

BILL GARVEY

Bill Garvey, President of the Greater Cleveland Film Commission, is a former motion picture & television location manager and scout with 26 years of experience. He recently won the Location Managers Guild International Award for best period location management for his work on the academy award winning Judas & the Black Messiah (Warner Bros, starring Daniel Kaluuya). His credits include White Noise (Netflix, starring Adam Driver), Hillbilly Elegy (Netflix, starring Amy Adams & Glenn Close), Fast & Furious 8: Fate of the Furious (Universal Pictures, starring Vin Diesel & The Rock), Captain America: Winter Soldier (Marvel Studios, starring Chris Evans), The Avengers (Marvel Studios, starring Robert Downey Jr), Shutter Island (Paramount Pictures, starring Leonardo DiCaprio), Spiderman 2 (Columbia Pictures, starring Tobey Maguire), National Treasure (Walt Disney Pictures, starring Nicholas Cage), The Manchurian Candidate (Paramount Pictures, starring Denzel Washington), and over 30 other feature films, as well as 4 seasons of The Sopranos (HBO, starring James Gandofini), 4 seasons of Law & Order (NBC, starring Sam Waterson & Jerry Orbach), a dozen other TV Shows, and dozens of national & local TV Commercials.

KATE AMER

Kate Amer is a producer, AD, production manager, and production coordinator with over 25 years experience in the film industry. She has worked on films such as Syriana (starring George Clooney and Matt Damon), Stranger than Fiction (with Will Ferrell), The #23 (starring Jim Carey), The Soloist, Whip It ( Drew Barrymore’s directorial debut), The Avengers, Journey to the Mysterious Island (with Dwayne Johnson). She is a DGA first AD with years of experience in commercials and music videos. In 2012 Kate moved into Television production, producing shows for AMC including Turn: Washington’s Spies, The Son, NOS4A2, and most recently, The Walking Dead: World Beyond.

MIKE WENDT
Mike Wendt is an award-winning director, producer, and location manager/scout. He currently is the Production Coordinator for the GCFC. He has worked on films such as Captain America: Winter Soldier, Fate of the Furious, My Friend Dahmer, and White Boy Rick. His first feature length documentary The End Of The World As We Knew It was a selection of the 33rd Cleveland International Film Festival and his short film Goodbye, Ohio played numerous film festivals.

CAROL MAPLE OPPENHEIM
Carol Maple Oppenheim is a retired local Production Accounting Assistant and GCFC Board Member. She worked on Captain America: The Winter Soldier (Marvel), The Kings of Summer, Jenny’s Wedding, With This Ring (Lifetime TV movie), and Survivor’s Remorse (Starz TV show).

GCFC Year End Media Mixer (12/16/21)

Join us for our Year End Media Mixer!

December 16th, 6:00-9:00PM 

Market Garden Brewpub & Restaurant

1947 West 25th Street, Cleveland, Ohio, 44113

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Come hear the latest updates for all things #ClevelandFilm! 

Media Mixers are FREE networking events that allow current and aspiring film professionals to network with each other, learn what’s filming in Northeast Ohio, and what’s new for the GCFC.

Attendees are encouraged to meet new people and talk about upcoming projects and potential opportunities. These events are part of the GCFC‘s Workforce Development efforts, always working to make sure our local professionals can network and share ideas about growing the media industry in Northeast Ohio.

The West Side Market parking lot can be accessed from Lorain Avenue just east of the Market and from W. 24th Street which is off Bridge Avenue. View this map for a full list of neighborhood parking options.

GCFC Associate Board Halloween Party (10/28/21)

Thank you to everyone who joined the GCFC and the GCFC Associate Board for a Halloween Party supporting #FilmInCLE, presented by Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group!


The GCFC Associate Board was excited to host a Halloween Party at the Music Box Supper Club on Thursday, October 28th from 6:00 – 9:00 PM, presented by Gold Star Mortgage Financial Group!

Guests age 21+ were encouraged to come in costume and dance the night away with DJ Ricky Ruckkus in support of the GCFC’s mission to create jobs and bring media production to Northeast Ohio.

Sponsored by Joe & Samantha Muska and ANCORA.

Each guest received a raffle ticket for fun prizes and was entered into our costume contest if they came dressed to impress. The costume contest was  judged by Q104’s Jeremiah Widmer, host of The Jeremiah Show, and Zachariah Durr, host of The Big Bad B-Movie Show on The CW 43 Cleveland.

Costume Contest Winners

  • Grand Prize: Best Costume of the Night – Ghostbusters
  • Best Cleveland Film or Movie-Themed Costume – Gomez & Morticia Addams
  • Best Couple’s Costume – Cleveland Late-Night Hosts
  • Scariest Costume – Svengoolie

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ABOUT OUR COSTUME CONTEST JUDGES:

Jeremiah Widmer, Q104FM

Jeremiah is the host of The Jeremiah Show, weekday mornings on Cleveland’s Q104. Jeremiah earned his bachelor’s degree in Mass Media Communications from the University of Akron, and was a member of WZIP, the #1 student run college radio station in the country. Earlier in his career Jeremiah worked in Los Angeles on a variety of television shows like The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and the Ellen DeGeneres Show. While in L.A. he was featured on USA Networks Character Fantasy: I Wanna Be A Professional Dodgeball Player, and he and his wife Jessy were contestants (and won) the Newlywed Game. He also studied and performed sketch and improvisational comedy at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre. Jeremiah returned to northeast Ohio in 2013 as Afternoon Drive host at Cleveland’s Star 102, until the creation of the Jeremiah Show in 2016. He lives in Wadsworth with his wife Jessy, sons Eli and Isaiah, and daughter Carly.

 

Zachariah Durr, The Big Bad B-Movie Show

Zachariah Durr is one of the stars of “The Big Bad B-Movie Show” – a classic combo of full-length horror and sci-fi movies with crazy sketch comedy in the tradition of Ghoulardi and Elvira. As “Leopold”, he and his co-host “Lenora” contend with vampire bats, mail-order cults, and network ratings while watching schlock cinema-like “Devil Girl From Mars” and “The Manster”. You can catch “The Big Bad B-Movie Show” every Saturday night at 11 pm on CW43 WUAB or on the “19 News” streaming channel.

CMBA & GCFC Present Hollywood Spotlight: A candid conversation with Emily Mortimer, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and mother (10/26/21)

The Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association (CMBA) and the Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) was honored to present Hollywood Spotlight: A Candid Conversation with Emily Mortimer, actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and mother.


Thank you to everyone who joined us for an informal discussion about Emily Mortimer’s extensive career, her journey into positions of power and what it’s like raising a new generation of actors.

Presented by the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association in partnership with the Greater Cleveland Film Commission. Sponsored by Sequoia Financial Group.

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ABOUT EMILY MORTIMER:

Emily Mortimer is an English actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and mother. She has most recently adapted and directed a three-part adaptation of Nancy Mitford’s novel The Pursuit of Love for The BBC and Amazon.

Emily was last seen in Disney’s “Mary Poppins” for director Rob Marshall, opposite Meryl Streep, Lin-Manuel Miranda and Emily Blunt. She recently starred in “Relic” for producer Riva Marker and Jake Gyllenhaal’s Nine Stories Productions, and just wrapped “Mary,” a thriller in which she starred opposite Gary Oldman. Prior to that, she starred in “Good Posture,” written and directed by Dolly Wells, which had its world premiere in this year’s Tribeca Film Festival.

In addition to a range of projects for the BBC, Mortimer’s television credits include two seasons of “Doll & Em” on HBO, co-written by and co-starring her real-life best friend Dolly Wells. The critically acclaimed six-episode series is a half-hour comedy with Emily and Dolly starring as slightly fictionalized versions of themselves. She co-starred opposite Jeff Daniels in three seasons of HBO’s “The Newsroom” created by Aaron Sorkin and had a recurring role on NBC’s “30 Rock”.

Throughout her career, Mortimer has worked with some of the most legendary film directors of our era including Martin Scorsese. Mortimer marked her second collaboration with Martin Scorsese, opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in “Hugo,” which received 5 Academy Awards. She had previously worked with Scorsese on the box office hit thriller, “Shutter Island” opposite Leonardo DiCaprio. Mortimer also starred in one of Woody Allen’s most loved films of the last ten years, “Match Point,” for which she received glowing reviews.

Mortimer’s break-out performance was in Nicole Holofcener’s critically acclaimed, “Lovely & Amazing,” opposite Catherine Keener. The film won her rave reviews and an Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in David Mackenzie’s film, “Young Adam” opposite Ewan McGregor and Tilda Swinton, and earned nominations for Best British Actress in a Supporting Role at the London Film Critics Circle Awards. Following that, she starred opposite Ryan Gosling in the Oscar® nominated comedy, “Lars and the Real Girl.”

On the production side, Emily and her husband Alessandro Nivola run King Bee Productions, which aims to create ambitious narrative television and film that has both artistic and commercial value. King Bee’s production slate features auteur, director-driven projects with thoughtful, morally complex, and relevant characters—as exemplified by the award-winning feature film “To Dust,” starring Matthew Broderick and Geza Rohrig, which took home multiple awards at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. Since signing a first-look deal with eOne Studios in 2018, King Bee has been sourcing novels, articles, and other fiction and non-fiction materials to develop for television, including Laura Sims’ novel “Looker” with Jessical Biel, and has been developing projects with Woody Harrelson and Tom McCarthy, among others.

GCFC Presents: ‘Caesar The Musical’ Screening (10/24/21)

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) was honored to present Caesar The Musical, the story of the assassination of Julius Caesar…told in concert.

It took writer and composer, Mike Petrone, ten years to write the stage play, COVID-19 led to a radio broadcast in New York City, which led him to creating the new movie during the lockdown and live theater shutdown.

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CAESAR THE MUSICAL AWARDS & HONORS:

  • Finalist (Film Scoring) – 2021 Burbank International Film Festival
  • Official Selection – 2021 Burbank International Film Festival
  • Winner, Best Original Score  – 2021 Rome Movie Awards
  • Winner, Best Original Music/Song/Score  – 2021 IndieEye Film Awards
  • Winner Silver Award, Best Original Score  – 2021 Milan Gold Awards (Italy)
  • Winner, Best Music Director (feature)  – 2021 Accord Cine Fest (India)
  • Nominee, Best Original Song  – 2021 Paris Film Festival
  • Nominee, Best Mirco Budget Film  – 2021 National Independent Film Awards
  • Official Selection  – 2021 Chicago Indie Film Awards
  • Official Selection  – 2021 Naples Film Awards (Italy)

Read the most recent Cleveland Jewish News article on the film’s creation here.

Follow the film on its website, or on social media on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.


ABOUT THE FILMMAKER:

Mike Petrone is an award-winning composer and filmmaker best known as the author, director, and composer of the feature film Caesar The Musical (2021). His previous composer film credits include: Christmas at Maxwell’s (2006), Hard Pill (2005), War Story (2001), and Flattered (1995). Additionally, as an actor, he has appeared in 24 Frames Per Second (1993), Christmas at Maxwell’s, and Caesar The Musical.

Mr. Petrone is also a well-known piano man and entertainer, owing to his 28 years and 5,800 performances at Johnny’s Downtown in Cleveland. He has performed with Grammy Award-winning artists, Leonard Slatkin, Kathleen Battle, The Cleveland Orchestra, “The Funk Brothers”, and Jim Dale.

His discography includes more than twenty titles including three with Assistant Concertmaster, Lev Polyakin of The Cleveland Orchestra, as well as the new Original Cast Recording of Caesar The Musical. He began his career as a Musical Director at The Cleveland Playhouse and resides in Cleveland, Ohio with his wife, blues singer, Kristine Jackson. He has two daughters, Sage and Solana Petrone.

MIXED Cleveland Premiere & Community Conversations (10/05/21)

 

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) was honored to host American University professors and documentarians Caty Borum Chattoo and Northeast Ohio-native Leena Jayaswal for the MIXED Cleveland Premiere & Community Conversations around their new documentary, presented by Legacy Capital Partners and Medical Mutual.

MIXED Documentary is a presentation of the Center for Asian American Media with funding provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Thank you to all our amazing partners who made these events possible:

MIXED Cleveland Premiere & Community Conversations is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.

Community Partners:
Kohrman Jackson Krantz, JACK Entertainment, Terry & Mary Fergus, Sequoia Financial Group, The C.R.E.W. Foundation, and CODE M Magazine.

Event Partners:
Chagrin Documentary Film FestivalCleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, Women in Film and Television Ohio (WIFTOH), the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF) and Black Cinema Café, the BOP STOP at The Music Settlement, UnBAR Cafe, and Greater Cleveland Partnership.
Event filming by West10G Productions LLC.


Collaborators Caty Borum Chattoo and Northeast-Ohio native Leena Jayaswal share a long history of social-issue storytelling in documentaries and other multimedia.

Their latest film, MIXED, explores what it means to be a multi-racial family in America, fifty-three years after the historic, landmark Supreme Court Decision, Loving v. Virginia ended persecution of interracial marriage in America.

Two mothers – one brown, one white – set off on a journey together to explore what it means to be a bi-racial child living in a mixed-race family in so-called “post-racial America,” the perspectives of their own families and others, and America’s deep cultural ambivalence about its rapidly- changing mixed-race reality.

In the wake of worldwide protests after the death of George Floyd and the sweeping #BlackLivesMatter movement, MIXED offers a new lens into race and the lives of the first generation of mixed-race kids and families to be counted in the U.S. Census.

Over four days’ worth of events, Chattoo and Jayaswal hosted the Cleveland Premiere of their film, film festival screenings and panel discussion, a live director’s commentary screening and documentary workshop, a social issue talk, and a community screening and Q&A.

At each event, Chattoo and Jayaswal discussed their motivations as filmmakers, provided insight into the world of documentary filmmaking, and answered questions from participants.


In partnership with the Greater Cleveland Film Commission, the Chagrin Documentary Film Festival hosted a virtual screening, in-person screening, and panel discussion for MIXED. The panel discussion, MIXED: One in Two Worlds, will took place after the screening of the documentary on October 6th. Ideastream host Rick Jackson, Director Leena Jayaswal and a panel of parents discussed their perspectives on raising multi-racial families.

Support our Partner:

The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival (CDFF) is dedicated to educating audiences and empowering talented filmmakers to tell their stories. The Festival is a five day celebration of the art of documentary film, at venues in and around the century village of Chagrin Falls, Ohio. This inspiring event draws audiences from all over Northeast Ohio, the US and the world to experience documentary films and the compelling art and culture they highlight. Support CDFF by becoming a member or by making a donation.


In partnership with the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque, the GCFC hosted the Cleveland Premiere of the documentary film MIXED. Directors Caty Borum Chattoo and Leena Jayaswal screened the film in CIA’s state-of-the-art Peter B. Lewis Theater and answered audience questions after the screening.

Proceeds were split evenly to benefit the Greater Cleveland Film Commission and the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque.

We were thrilled to have a Northeast Ohio family featured in the MIXED film joining us for the premiere and the panel discussion, NFL veteran and former Cleveland Browns player Keith Baldwin and his wife Kelly!

Keith and Kelly Baldwin, of Strongsville, have been happily married for 32 years and have raised three adult children of whom they are incredibly proud. The couple works professionally in real estate, insurance, and nonprofit development, and is very active in Christian humanitarian ministry and youth development in the US and Mexico.

 

 

 

 

 

Support our Partner:

Since 1986, the Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque has championed the art of cinema via year-round public screenings of superb films from all eras and countries. Your donation will support the work of the Cinematheque, which was named one of the country’s best repertory movie theaters by The New York Times. Support the Cinematheque by becoming a member or making a donation.


 

In partnership with Women in Film and Television Ohio (WIFTOH), the GCFC hosted a Live Director’s Commentary and Documentary Film Workshop with MIXED directors Caty Borum Chattoo and Leena Jayaswal. This event included a screening of the film, paused periodically to hear behind-the-scenes stories and filmmaking insights from Caty and Leena, as well as an audience Q&A, and lecture about documentary filmmaking.

Support our Partners:

Women in Film and Television Ohio (WIFTOH) helps women of all ages and experience levels grow their careers in film, television, and media. WIFTOH is a nonprofit whose mission is dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in film, television, and all other media and they rely on the generosity of supporters like YOU! Click HERE to become a member!

The Music Settlement is a centuries-old community music school forged out of the Settlement Movement as a way to welcome immigrants to Cleveland and unite them through the common language of music. As a nonprofit whose mission is to welcome all to the music and arts community to learn, create, inspire and heal, they rely on the generosity of supporters like YOU! Click HERE to make a donation to The Music Settlement.


As a part of the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Lunch on Fridays weekly conversations on art and design, American University professors and filmmakers Caty Borum Chattoo and Leena Jayaswal spent the lunch hour sharing their expertise on the power of documentary film to create social change. This one-hour lecture provided insight into social-issue storytelling from two filmmakers who have made social justice a central focus of their work.

Support our Partner: The Cleveland Institute of Art (CIA) one of the nation’s leading accredited independent colleges of art and design. Your generous gift helps to fund the full range of the College’s operational needs, from student financial aid to departmental support to public programming, all to the benefit of our students and faculty.  Click HERE to make a donation to CIA.


In partnership with the Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF) and Black Cinema Café, the GCFC hosted a private screening of MIXED at the UnBAR Cafe followed by an audience Q&A with directors Caty Borum Chattoo and Leena Jayaswal.

Support our Partners: The Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF) is celebrating 10 years of Black film, life and culture this year. As a nonprofit whose mission is to provide a platform for talented and unique independent filmmakers to showcase their work, they rely on the generosity of supporters like YOU!  Click HERE to make a donation to GCUFF.

UnBAR Cafe is a hybrid space for entertaining and socializing without the nightclub stigma and is non-alcoholic. Before the film begins, screening guests can purchase special non-alcoholic cocktails, coffee, fruit smoothies, baked goods, hors d’oeuvres and more. Support UnBAR Cafe when you visit and order from their incredible menu!


ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Caty Borum Chattoo is Executive Director of the Center for Media & Social Impact (CMSI), a nonprofit organization housed at American University that creates, showcases and studies media designed for social change, with a particular focus on documentary storytelling; and professor at the American University School of Communication in Washington, D.C. She is an award-winning documentary producer, executive, and scholar working at the intersection of documentary, democracy, and social justice. Her book about the role of mediated comedy in social change, A Comedian and An Activist Walk Into a Bar: The Serious Role of Comedy in Social Justice, with co-author Lauren Feldman, was published by University of California Press (2020). Her documentary book, Story Movements: How Documentaries Empower People and Inspire Social Change, published by Oxford University Press (2020), won the 2021 Broadcast Education Association Book Award. In 2020, she was named to DOC NYC’s national list of New Documentary Leaders, an award given to 16 members of the documentary industry who have made a substantial impact on the field, centering efforts to expand representation and equity in the industry. As a documentary producer, her films and TV programs have aired internationally and nationally. She serves on the Board of Directors of three leading media- serving organizations: The Peabody Awards, Kartemquin Films, and Working Films.

Leena Jayaswal is a Northeast Ohio-native and documentary filmmaker, award-winning photographer with deep expertise and interest in issues that intersect race, representation and identity. Her photography has been nationally recognized in galleries around the country, including solo shows at the Gandhi Memorial Center, and International Visions Gallery. Group shows include Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, The Washington Project for the Arts/ Corcoran Gallery of Art, Arlington Arts Center, Photoworks, Hilyer Art Space, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, Lexington Art League and the Studio Gallery. Jayaswal’s images are in collections at Center for Photography, En Foco, Light Work, Photo Center Northwest through Society for Photographic Education and the Asian American Arts Centre Her films have been broadcast throughout the country on PBS affiliates through National Educational Telecommunications Association, and through New Day Films. She was awarded the prestigious Gracie Allen Award from the American Women in Radio and Television. Her work has been featured in critical film festivals and newspapers for the Indian diaspora. Her work has been featured in critical film festivals and newspapers for the Indian diaspora. Her award-winning photography has been nationally recognized in galleries around the country. She has worked with famed photographer, Mary Ellen Mark. Her latest film, Dreaming Green is a commissioned film for the Smithsonian. Jayaswal is a Professor in the Film and Media Arts Division at American University. She is the director of the photography degree and is currently Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs in the School ofCommunication. She was also the School of Communication’s first Inclusion Officer.

 

ABOUT THE GCFC

The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit, whose mission is to create jobs and economic impact for Northeast Ohio through a vibrant film and media arts industry. GCFC was the driving force behind the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit (OMPTC) in 2009. Since then GCFC has attracted over 300 productions, most recently “Judas and the Black Messiah,” “Cherry” and Liam Neeson’s “The Marksman.” These projects have created 6,192 full-time equivalent jobs and brought over $1.1 billion into Ohio’s economy.

GCFC connects cast and crew talent directly to production opportunities and invests in a strong local workforce by presenting workshops, seminars, FilmSkills training, and internships, designed to give local talent the education, experience, and professional connections to succeed in the film industry. GCFC works tirelessly to expand the film industry in Northeast Ohio, train and support a local workforce in order to generate real, sustainable opportunities that attract and retain talent.

GCFC is firmly committed to supporting diverse representation; Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), women, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer/questioning (LGBTQIA+), and other marginalized people groups. The organization’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative has led to the development of new programs that address equity (in the film industry and in general), from panel discussions to screenings, to lectures, and workshops by artists addressing the issue in their work.

The MIXED Premiere and Community Conversation events are part of the GCFC’s commitment to showcase diverse filmmakers and stories.

 

GCFC Summer Media Mixer (08/11/21)

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first in-person Media Mixer of 2021!


The GCFC was excited to host the first in-person Media Mixer in over a year. We have missed seeing our local film community face-to-face, and were happy to be able to “mix” in person again. Mixer attendees got to meet the new GCFC President, Bill Garvey, and hear the latest updates regarding the Cleveland Film industry.

Check out some photos from our event: