Tickets for the 48th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF) are now on sale online and by telephone (1.877.304.3456). Tickets can also be purchased in-person beginning Monday, April 1st at the CIFF Box Office at Playhouse Square’s Ticket Office in the outer lobby of the KeyBank State Theatre. In-person CIFF Box Office hours of operation are:

• April 1, 2024 :: 10:30 AM-8:00 PM
• April 2-12, 2024
o Tuesdays-Wednesdays :: 10:30 AM-8:00 PM
o Thursdays-Fridays :: 10:30 AM-10:30 PM
o Saturday :: 8:30 AM-10:30 PM
o Sunday :: 8:30 AM-8:00 PM
o Monday :: 5:00 PM-9:00 PM
• April 13, 2024 :: 8:30 AM-7:30 PM

Tickets for in-person screenings are $16 for CIFF members and $18 for non-members. Tickets for CIFF48 Streams screenings are $12 for CIFF members and $14 for non-members. If you are not yet a member, you can become one by visiting the Festival’s membership page.

In addition, the CIFF48 Film Guide, generously sponsored by Jinny and John Johnson, is available at various locations, and can be found in its digital form on the CIFF website.

CIFF48
CIFF48 will take place April 3-13, 2024 at Playhouse Square, followed by CIFF48 Streams, sponsored by PNC, which will take place April 14-21, 2024 online. The Festival will showcase 138 feature films and 225 short films from 60 countries. More than 300 filmmakers will be in Cleveland for Festival post-film Q&As, industry events, and additional audience interaction opportunities. For the most up-to-date information on CIFF, please continue to visit clevelandfilm.org.

The Cleveland International Film Festival is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Also, the Cleveland International Film Festival is made possible in part by state tax dollars allocated by the Ohio Legislature to the Ohio Arts Council (OAC). The OAC is a state agency that funds and supports quality arts experiences to strengthen Ohio communities culturally, educationally, and economically.
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CIFF48 PRESS KIT
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Registration Required
Registration is free, donations gratefully accepted:
https://givebutter.com/Chile_Today

As the United States and other countries around the globe face severe challenges to their systems of democracy from the forces of authoritarianism, the U.S.-backed coup in Chile has taken on new meaning, a full half century after General Augusto Pinochet's military seized power on September 11, 1973. To commemorate this grim anniversary, Peter Kornbluh, author of The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, will assess the current relevance of this important history and what policy lessons we can draw from the Chilean experience.

Peter Kornbluh is a Senior Analyst at the National Security Archive, where he has worked since 1986. As director of the Archive’s Chile Documentation Project  he has played a large role in the campaign to declassify thousands of secret documents relating to the history of the U.S. government's involvement in the overthrow of the Allende government and advent of the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile. 

On the 30th anniversary of the U.S.-backed military coup, he published The Pinochet File: A Declassified Dossier on Atrocity and Accountability, which was pivotal to uncovering the extent of U.S. complicity with a brutal dictatorship.  The book contributed to the international campaign to hold Pinochet accountable for murder, torture, and terrorism. 

On the 50th anniversary of the coup this past September, a revised edition of the book was published in Chile for the first time, titled Pinochet Desclasificado. The book rose to be #2 on the best seller list. A special documentary drawn from the book and broadcast on mainstream Chilean television--"Operation Chile: Top Secret"--became the most watched TV programing related to the 50th anniversary of the coup in Chile. The film is currently being re-edited in English for a release to a global audience later this year.

This event is part of the 2024 series hosted by the Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice (ICPJ) Latin America Caucus, the Huron Valley Democratic Socialists of America (HVDSA), and U-M Latin American & Caribbean Studies (LACS).

Annual Benefit ~ April 27, 2024

Celebrate with us! 

Mass 5:00pm (optional) *  Heavy hors d’oeuvres 6:30pm * Program 7pm * Raffle and fun until 9pm
Location: Center for Pastoral Leadership, 28700 Euclid Ave., Wickliffe, OH 44092
Tickets on sale on our website after February 1st.

On-line auction: April 25 (Thurs) – (Tues) April 30, 2024

Honoring 60 years in El Salvador:

The Cleveland Latin American Mission (CLAM) Team

Register here: Annual Benefit | COAR (coarpeacemission.org)

Dear Friends,

Approaching the twenty third year of the War on Terror, the United States continues to subject Muslim communities domestically and globally to its refined practices of state violence. US State terror continues largely unabated, and in fact has been enhanced by new technologies of surveillance and violence on Muslim communities.  Join Muslim Counterpublics Lab for a critical conversation on not only the archive and legacy of US state violence, but how it continues to shape  collective memory.  Panelists will share how Muslims have experienced, narrated, and embodied the War on Terror over two decades.  Panelists will also share their tool-kit of interventions and tactics to resist in the face of ongoing violence against Muslims.  Finally, the panelists will reflect on and articulate what justice and accountability might look like for Muslims - amidst ongoing violence and dehumanization.  

Muslim Counterpublics Lab is hosting this panel discussion on the occasion of the launch of our digital exhibition,  “Shattering Justice & Re-Making the Muslim Threat.”  The digital exhibition compliments the physical exhibit, and is a robust political education tool that includes in-depth explanations of each of the events, laws, and policies that are featured on the images throughout. 

RSVP : Shattering Justice & Re-Making the Muslim Threat (jotform.com)

Join the National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC), The Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law, Arizona State University, and Borderlands Studios for an unforgettable VIRTUAL & IN-PERSON TOWN HALL and FILM SCREENING on Friday, May 10 as deported advocates and immigration leaders fight for a “Chance to Come Home.” This powerful live conversation will explore the experience of deportation in the U.S. immigration system & efforts of the unjustly deported to return home.

• Watch a short film by award-winning filmmaker, Alex Rivera, whose film The Infiltrators received two 2019 Sundance Film Festival Awards.
• Meet Howard Bailey, a deported U.S. Navy veteran recently reunited with this family in the U.S. after ten years of exile.
• Learn from renowned immigration expert Ahilan Arulanantham, professor and faculty co-director of The Center for Immigration Law and Policy at UCLA School of Law.
• Meet Sarah Hamdi, a DACA recipient fighting to bring her sister Tina back to Ohio after she was deported from the only home she knows, as featured on NPR's "Here and Now."
• **Event moderated by NIJC's Nayna Gupta

In a moment when anti-immigrant rhetoric dominates national discourse, these advocates and artists are reclaiming the narrative on immigration as they fight for a Chance to Come Home.

JOIN US for this unique presentation and conversation on the future of immigration in the United States.

The mining and farming communities of Northeast Antioquia fear a new escalation of violence by different armed groups in their territory. The lack of implementation of the peace agreements signed between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia -FARC- in 2016 has created an environment where there is no guarantee for establishing a comprehensive and lasting peace. Faced with the panorama of abandonment, the communities that walk in resistance accompanied by the Corporation for Humanitarian Action and Peaceful Coexistence of Northeast Antioquia – CAHUCOPANA, weave alternatives to war and build paths to move towards peace with social justice.

In this delegation, you will share with communities and grassroots organizations that resist violence and oppression, building peace day by day. You will hear directly about their commitment to a dignified life based on respect for Human Rights, and you will discover how you can be part of the change. (You will also learn how to sleep in a hammock and keep mosquitoes away). It will be a transformative learning experience.

For more information: https://cpt.org/delegations/colombia

This delegation will  focus on US-backed militarism in Honduras and its negative impact on communities struggling against the climate crisis by contextualizing the root causes of climate migration. Delegates will learn directly from frontline communities and organizations centering the experiences of Indigenous and campesino people who are witnesses and victims of hyper-militarism and who are at risk of being displaced because of climate aggravation. This delegation intends to spread awareness of how militarism exacerbates the climate crisiss which harms the living conditions of Indigenous and campesino communities. Climate and anti-war activists are strongly encouraged to apply, as well as students interested in global human rights and climate migration.

Delegation Fee: $2,000 fee + airfare (sliding scale range available for request on application

Delegation fee covers all meals, lodging, transportation, interpretation, and reading and activist tools

Sliding Scale: $1,000-$2,500+

The delegation fee covers all in-country expenses (lodging, travel, meals, interpretation, etc.) along with pre-travel resources, reading lists, and support. The delegation fee also covers our international team’s expenses for delegation preparation and coordination. Any amount paid over the delegation fee will go to support delegation scholarship and sliding scales, helping to ensure the delegations are more accessible to everyone. A delegation payment of $2,000 or more is ideal to cover all of your expenses and the broader delegation needs-- please pay this amount if you have institutional support or other financial resources. 

Application and $300 deposit due May 1st, 2024

The remaining balance, due June 15th, 2024

​Vaccination Policy: We require that all delegates be fully vaccinated and we ask that you please get your booster shot. Read our full vaccination policy here

​Refund policy: Read our full refund policy here