The has released this year鈥檚 list of films, which includes a number of movies about Northeast Ohio.
The film fest will host the world premiere of 鈥�,鈥� a documentary about the 2016 Republican National Convention which took place in Cleveland. The film is from Cleveland-based Think Media, which is also premiering 鈥溾�� at the festival, chronicling the 2015 season of the Akron Racers women鈥檚 softball team.
Another world premiere is 鈥�,鈥� which goes behind the scenes of the annual Cleveland Cup of Bocce Championship, held at the Italian-American Club in Wickliffe.
The Cleveland International Film Festival with eight films. This year鈥檚 festival will screen more than 400 films, and runs March 29 through April 9th. The .
The film fest will open with 鈥淐alifornia Typewriter,鈥� a documentary on writers who prefer to use typewriters. And the closing film will be 鈥淭he Hero,鈥� starring Sam Elliot and Nick Offerman.
In between, the film fest is hosting movies from around world, as well as 10 with Northeast Ohio roots. The film fest鈥檚 Associate Director Patrick Shepard says a lot of people will likely be surprised by the documentary 鈥�,鈥� which was mostly produced by Twinsburg High School students.
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This year鈥檚 Cleveland International Film Fest will also see an expansion of the 鈥淧erspectives鈥� virtual reality exhibit.
