Cleveland Native Brian Patacca Returns Home for the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival

CLEVELAND, March 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cleveland native Brian Patacca has been around the acting block and finds himself back where his career all began – Cleveland, for the 35th Cleveland International Film Festival (CIFF).

Patacca will be starring in a Fine Young Man Productions, 10 minute short titled the in-between, part of CIFF's 10% shorts Program 1, showing on Saturday, March 26 at 9:30pm. The second in a trilogy of shorts focusing on the gay community, the in-between explores the challenges, expectations and hope that comes from entering into a relationship.

"I'm thrilled to be home to share this dynamic film with the community where I was raised. Alain and Jason constructed a beautiful, touching film triptych and I'm grateful to be a part of it. Icing on the cake is being able to share this important window into the gay community with the diverse community where I grew up," said Patacca.

For more information on the in-between or Jason Mills and Alain Hain's Fine Young Man Productions, please visit www.fineyoungman.com.

The Cleveland International Film Festival (March 24 - April 3)

The Cleveland International Film Festival, first held in 1977, is the largest film festival in Ohio. The 2010 festival featured over 300 films. Since 1991 the festival has been held at Tower City Cinemas in downtown Cleveland. http://www.clevelandfilm.org

Brian Patacca

Brian, a Cleveland, Ohio native, Mentor High School and Northwestern University graduate, has lived and worked in Chicago, New York and currently Los Angeles. Along with the in-between, he has also been seen in the films Milestone, Pastoral and The Houseboy. Television work includes Desperate Housewives, Guiding Light, Law & Order and hosting the home makeover show Creative Ideas. He has performed on stages Off-Broadway, across the country and internationally in London and Dublin. Favorite work includes As Bees in Honey Drown, The Baltimore Waltz and Minor Gods. Brian is famous in Canada as the Special K Cereal guy. For further information on Brian Patacca, including film clips, news and latest projects, go to www.BrianPatacca.com, or follow him on Twitter at http://twitter.com/BrianPatacca.

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