Program Guide - Cleveland International Film Festival

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Tom Gustafson Cory Krueckeberg Martin Lund
Tom Gustafson and Cory Krueckeberg are the co-founders of
SPEAKproductions, a company dedicated to giving a voice to people who
are often ignored. SPEAK’s work has won over 30 awards and screened
in over 200 film festivals around the world. Tom Gustafson made his first
film at age nine. He graduated cum laude from Northwestern University.
His first freelance job in Hollywood was Key Additional Casting Assistant
on “The Road To Perdition.” He was Location Casting Director on such
films as the “Pirates of the Caribbean” series and “The Dark Knight”
before directing his first feature. Cory Krueckeberg is an actor, lyricist,
writer, producer, production designer, and director. He has a B.F.A. from
the Professional Actor Training Studio at the University of Illinois and
is as comfortable in front of the lens as behind it. Cory is active in live
theater and is currently working on a number of projects, as befits a selfproclaimed
“Visionary Guru.”
Films Screening:
THE GO DOC PROJECT (p. 80)
MARIACHI GRINGO (p. 111)
WERE THE WORLD MINE (p. 141)
Martin Lund was born in Oslo in 1979.
Having trained as an art director at Westerdal’s
School of Communication, he graduated from
the Norwegian Film School in 2008. He
promptly established himself as a significant
talent with his first short film, “Home Game,”
which was nominated for Norway’s Amanda
Award for Best Short Film and took the
Audience Award at the Leuven International
Short Film Festival. His feature film debut,
TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT, premiered at the
Berlin International Film Festival and was a
theatrical hit in Norway. It was also a highlight
at the 2010 Sprockets Toronto International
Film Festival for Children. His second feature
film, THE ALMOST MAN, which he also
wrote, won both the Best Actor and Crystal
Globe awards at the 2012 Karlovy Vary
International Film Festival.
Films Screening:
John and Beth Ryan
THE ALMOST MAN (p. 49)
TWIGSON TIES THE KNOT (p. 136)
2013 AWARD ARTISTS
Each year we invite a prominent local artist to design our awards for the Festival. This year we are
honored and excited to work with John and Beth Ryan.
John and Beth Ryan exhibit regionally and have collections in a national market. Notably, John has
a collection of his artwork in the corporate Aflac national offices and Beth has a permanent display
at Cleveland State University. They both have many local, dedicated clients. And both are strongly
involved in promoting the arts within their community. John acted as juror in the 2009 Scholastic Art
exhibition. Beth teaches art at Holy Name High School and has dedicated her career to educating
youth on the importance of the arts in their lives. John and Beth began collaborating on artworks in
2005. Their collective works are intended to be both serene and disquieting; a mutual collapse and
integration of object, pattern, and form. Their most recent and important collaboration was their son
Jack Parker Ryan, born in the summer of 2012.
John has a B.F.A. in Painting from Ohio University (02). Beth has a B.A. from Ursuline College (03)
and an M.A. in Art Education from Case Western Reserve University (09).
Johns and Beth’s work can be seen at www.johnryanart.com and www.bethryanart.com, respectively.
Previous award artists include:
Anna Arnold, Kate Budd, Scott Goss, Hildur Jonsson, Shannon Okey, Alexander Pakis, Ben Parsons,
Angelica Pozo, Eric Rippert, Mark Smith, and Mark Yasenchack.