Cleveland International Film Festival
cleveland international film festival ciff annual film festival based cleveland ohio ciff largest film festival ohio among longestrunning united state first held showcasing seven feature film ten country ten week cedar lee theatre throughout history ciff experienced tremendous growth th festival included inperson virtual component film country ciff also academy award qualifying festival ciff inaugural festival seven feature film eight week cedar lee theatre cleveland height festival relocated tower city cinema downtown cleveland point nearly fivedecade run festival also put additional programming event local venue including akron art museum akronsummit county public library apollo theatre oberlin capitol theatre cleveland west side shaker cinema shaker square year tower city cinema ciff announced would move playhouse square ahead festival due global covid pandemic th festival last tower city cinema canceled festival moved digital streaming platform first time history two week end april th festival pandemic continuing festival opted continue digital festival dubbed ciff stream festival first time playhouse square ciff recently festival focused film dwell social issue including feminism environmentalism jewish israeli issue lgbt issue festival also focus familyfriendly film film central eastern europe cleveland international film festival sometimes confused earlier film festival cleveland similar name—the cleveland film festival—the first film festival country honor sponsored film category festival offer multiple award honor film filmmaker including best documentary best central eastern european film festival introduced greg gund memorial standing film competition honor film focused social justice activism sponsored george gund foundation honor greg gund died plane crash another major award roxanne mueller audience choice award best film awarded annually since named honor late roxanne mueller film advocate film critic plain dealer american delivery mistranslation shifted culture hood holler ala kachuu – take run going quietly princess row drummer keeper big sonia romeo bleeding becoming bulletproof matt shepard friend mine good ol freda african sky vincent want sea louder bomb cherry blossom one bad cat reverend albert wagner story darius go west live become mad hot ballroom born brothel spellbound autumn spring big eden butterfly return honor character shall dance fiddlefest sum u backbeat west enchanted april cross heart cinema paradiso beast grand highway official website