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Crain’s Cleveland Business has been following the Cleveland Film industry closely, sitting down with GCFC President & CEO Ivan Schwarz at the beginning of the year to discuss increasing the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit and what the proposed increase to $100 million will mean for Northeast Ohio. The recent conversation with Robbie Chernow of...

The 43rd Annual Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) will showcase the talent of many local films and filmmakers this year! Every year, CIFF showcases the best of local filmmakers in addition to those from across the country, and around the world.  The festival is featuring many local shorts and films made about Ohio, filmed in...

I See You will have its Cleveland premiere at the Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF)! The thriller filmed in Cleveland last summer, just one of many films and TV shows that used Northeast Ohio as their film set last year. With a production of over 100 cast and crew members, 60 were local crew, 50 were...

GCFC President & CEO Ivan Schwarz was a guest speaker at the recent CreativeMornings Cleveland talk hosted by the Cleveland State University School of Film & Media Arts. CreativeMornings Cleveland started off their 2019 series by thinking about the SURREAL, the bizarre, and the extraordinary; what better way to start this series than by talking...

It has come to our attention that there is another potential identity phishing scam going around targeting Northeast Ohio film crew. One of our local crew members was contacted by Attic Films, or Attic Films Productions, saying they had a series of short films they were looking to film here.  They sent a fraudulent check...

Greater Cleveland Film Commission President & CEO Ivan Schwarz was recently the Special Guest of The Fabulous Boomer Boys, in honor of Oscars® week.   The Fabulous Boomer Boys and Ivan had fun, discussing the Cleveland Film scene, Ivan’s career, and what’s in store for Northeast Ohio’s media production industry in 2019.  Ivan discussed the...

Congratulations to I See You which will have its world premiere at the SXSW Film Festival in March! I See You was one of several films made in Cleveland last summer. Out of over 100 production cast and crew members, 60 were local crew, 50 were local extras, and 16 local actors were cast in speaking roles!...

Congratulations to the film Queen & Slim cast and crew for wrapping the Cleveland portion of their filming last week! Universal Pictures’ Queen & Slim, starring Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) and Jodie Turner-Smith (Nightflyers), filmed scenes on the east side of Cleveland over four nights last week, despite the formidable cold. Queen & Slim is the story of a couple...

There’s a Cleveland connection at this year’s Slamdance Film Festival with the U.S. premiere of the documentary film Desolation Center. This documentary is the untold story of Reagan-era guerrilla punk rock desert happenings that are now recognized as inspirations for Burning Man, Lollapalooza and Coachella. Directed by the events’ organizer, Desolation Center is the true story of...

From directors to make up artists, those who work and want a job in the film and television industry are waking up to the notion that Ohio could be their next home. The Greater Cleveland Film Commission (GCFC) is spearheading work to increase the Ohio Motion Picture Tax Credit from $40 million to $100 million...