PRESS RELEASE

Contact:  Wm. Brian Owens, Director
317.513.9379; info@indyfilmfest.org

December 4, 2003

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

INAUGURAL INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
SET FOR MARCH, 2004

Indianapolis, IN – The first annual Indianapolis International Film Festival will open March 5, 2004 in downtown Indianapolis at the United Artists Circle Centre Theatre.  Twenty films will be presented in two different programs.  The Premieres program will feature eight studio films making their Indiana or Midwestern debuts.  In the Competition Program, six feature films and six short films will compete for a possible deal with national distributor The Film Movement.  The festival closes March 7, 2004 with the closing night gala and after-party.

Festival sponsors include:   NUVO, 92.3 WTTS, Parisian, The Film Movement, ProductionHUB.com, Primary Colours, and The Efroymson Fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation. 

Passes will be available beginning February 1, 2004 at indyfilmfest.org and at Circle Centre Mall.  Festival merchandise will be sold exclusively at the downtown Indianapolis Parisian.

As it becomes available, information about films, events, celebrities, and tickets can be found at the festival website:  indyfilmfest.org.