Lost & Found In Cleveland

Synopsis

***SPOTLIGHT CLOSING NIGHT FILM***

**FILMMAKERS Keith Gerchak (Director), Marisa Guterman (Director), Santino Fontana (Actor), and Benjamin Steinhauser (Actor) in attendance! Q&A to follow screening.**

LOST & FOUND IN CLEVELAND is a new American fable, a look at the post-Industrial American Dream in the Industrial Midwest – a slice of life depiction over a 24-hour period that follows the personal odysseys of five very different people, whose lives intertwine when America’s favorite televised antiques appraisal show comes to Cleveland. It’s “Best in Show" meets “The Wizard of Oz."

The Wizard of Oz is an allegory about the American Dream under President William McKinley’s administration, with Northeast Ohio connections. If Scarecrow represents the farmers, and Tin Man the factory workers, then each of the film's characters represent a slice through modern America. And rather than a heart or a brain, these everyday heroes bring their objects to the Wizards, the appraisers …only to discover that the answer to self-worth lies within.

With an all-star ensemble cast and a story with universal appeal, the film is the kind of comedy with heart that Hollywood doesn't make any more and that audiences across the country are craving. It has the ingredients of a holiday classic in the spirit of A Christmas Story. The underlying theme is hope.

CONTENT WARNING: Brief strong language/ sexual material