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Community Art Center Teen Media Program
Founded in 1973 the Teen Media Program initially concentrated on photography filmmaking acting and basic video production. Today the Center has the Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Video and Film Festival whose mission is to provide youth with the opportunity to give voice to issues in their lives to display their video production skills and to introduce other teens to the empowering potential of video and film production.
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Cleveland Film Society
The Cleveland Film Society promotes artistically and culturally significant film arts through education and exhibition to the enrich the life of the community.
The Cleveland International Film Festival is the flagship event of the Film Society.
Founded in 1977, the Cleveland Film Society has presented the Cleveland International Film Festival every spring for over three decades. Ohio’s premier film event features over 240 films originating from close to 60 countries. Visiting filmmakers, panel discussions, and student screenings are all CIFF highlights
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Cinema/Chicago
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Cine Las Americas
Cine Las Americas is a Media Arts Center currently based in Johnston High School in East Austin. Since 1997 the Cine Las Americas International Film Festival has established itself as the leading Latin American film festival in the southern United States.
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Chicago Filmmakers
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Austin Film Society
- Showing great films and premieres
- Managing a 100,000 square foot film production facility in central Austin
- Awarding grants and supporting filmmakers
- Teaching kids & adults about filmmaking
- Presenting the annual Texas Film Hall of Fame awards to raise funds for all the above
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Athens Center for Film & Video
The Athens Center for Film and Video's purpose is to develop encourage sponsor and otherwise support the appreciation production and growth of independent media arts in southeast Ohio and the surrounding region.
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Asian CineVision Inc
Asian CineVision is a nonprofit media arts organization dedicated to promoting and preserving Asian and Asian American media expressions by:
- Helping to develop and support both emerging and experienced Asian American film and video makers and other media artists working in a range of genres and styles; and
- Helping to ensure that the full spectrum of Asian and Asian American media works reach diverse audiences in Asian American communities and beyond.
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Ann Arbor Film Festival
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is the longest-running film festival of its kind in N. America showcasing films that break new ground challenge conventions give voice to diverse perspectives inspire cultural education and engage audiences worldwide.

