An indie film festival
for movie people

DEIA Statement:
We believe that diversity, equity, inclusion and access creates stronger community, stronger learnings and stronger stories that impact our overall health and abilities as a society. We aim to serve communities of storytellers and audiences across regions, genres, ethnicities, gender, orientation and ability. We celebrate our differences.

Our goals include deepening and expanding our connections to diverse communities, cultures, languages, and regions across Ohio, the United States and the world. In doing this we hope to increase the diversity of projects submitted for consideration to all Institute programs, and inspire new artists to tell their stories. We strive to put resources into the hands of people that have something important to say, and we empower these voices by uplifiting and removing barriers to access in the story sharing space.

Thank You
A Sincere THANK YOU to the Ohio Arts Council and ArtsWave Cincinnati for your granting support.

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