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FOR RELEASE: MARCH 27, 2007

Maria Shuckahosee, Program Manager

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2007 IVY FILM FESTIVAL RENEWS PARTNERSHIP WITH OSTN

PROVIDENCE, RI. – March 27, 2007 – Following a successful collaboration 
in April of 2006, the Ivy Film Festival is proud to announce renewal of 
its partnership with the Open Student Television Network (OSTN). The 
2007 Ivy Film Festival will take place at Brown University in 
Providence, Rhode Island from April 11th to April 15th.

This year’s festival marks its six-year anniversary, and hosts the most 
impressive and diverse official selection of student films yet. It 
welcomes appearances by Hollywood insiders and a slew of acclaimed 
independent film sneak previews.

OSTN partnered with the Ivy Film Festival this year to sponsor the 
Filmmaker Reception, scheduled for April 13th, 2007. The reception will 
mark the official Festival kick-off for participating filmmakers, 
industry professionals and VIP guests, and will feature a press 
conference hosted by Executive Director Nick Clifford. Press will have 
the opportunity to meet with competing filmmakers, in addition to 
members of the Ivy Film Festival, notable VIP and Festival guests.

The Ivy Film Festival is the largest fully student run international 
film and screenplay festival in the United States dedicated to student 
film. Submissions are accepted from filmmakers at the undergraduate and 
graduate level from around the world.

A panel of industry professionals and visionary filmmakers within the 
entertainment industry select winning films. OSTN secured exclusive 
airing rights to the competing 2007 Ivy Film Festival films. The films 
will be aired on the OSTN channel over the next year.
This renewed partnership spotlights the growth of OSTN as a primary 
vehicle for delivering student-produced independent films. The OSTN 
channel is multicast via Internet2 in broadcast-quality. The OSTN 
channel can be accessed via IPTV to desktop computers or television via 
the OSTN CATV converter created by MIT and Wayne State University.
“We are pleased to support the Ivy Film Festival again this year,” said 
OSTN Chief Executive Officer Prashant Chopra. “By showcasing the work of 
talented student filmmakers on the OSTN Channel, we hope to motivate 
other talented students to submit films to the Ivy Film Festival and OSTN.”

Many Hollywood insiders envision the Festival as a scouting opportunity 
for the next generation of filmmakers, and others consider it a vibrant 
celebration of the art and business of filmmaking from every angle. The 
2007 Festival boasts more than 30 student-film screenings as well as a 
variety of programming, including pre-release screenings of acclaimed 
Sundance Film Festival gems, panels and workshops with award-winning 
filmmakers, and presentations by some of cinema’s most celebrated 
visionaries.

“Partnering with OSTN is an important step in realizing the mission of 
the Ivy Film Festival,” Director Nick Clifford comments, “the forum OSTN 
has created is groundbreaking in its dedication to student work, and 
empowers student filmmakers to produce content because they can now have 
faith that people will be watching.”

The OSTN channel features a wide variety of programming genres ranging 
from soap operas like “Ivory Tower” from HRTV at Harvard University; to 
news shows such as Buckeye News Weekly from Ohio State; to talk shows 
such as “CU@USC” from Trojan Vision at University of Southern 
California; and reality shows such as UT Cribs from the University of 
Tennessee’s Volunteer Channel.

About the Ivy Film Festival:
The Ivy Film Festival encourages the creative efforts of undergraduate 
and graduate student filmmakers by acting as a quality venue for their 
work and by creating opportunities to learn from one another and 
talented professionals. The festival strives to garner recognition for 
student filmmakers by means of a panel of celebrity judges including: 
directors, producers, writers, and agents who will view the top films 
from the festival.
About OSTN:
OSTN is the leading provider of educational, foreign language and 
entertainment IPTV content and services. OSTN features the only 24/7 
worldwide channel exclusively devoted to student-produced programming. 
OSTN now is delivered to 41 million users at 4,500 university member 
campuses and 36 countries around the globe. OSTN can be viewed on 
televisions and personal computers.

In North America, OSTN uses Internet2’s advanced network to distribute 
programming to members. It uses ORION in Ontario, Canada and the GEANT2 
Network, managed by DANTE, in the European Union. GEANT2 links to Asia 
via TEIN2, the Middle East & Africa via EuroMed, Latin and South America 
via ALICE and Australia via AARNet. For more information, visit www.ostn.tv.