In its 10th year, Short. Sweet. Film Fest will look pretty different. This year, the festival will include a small in-person component, and will instead focus on virtual screenings.

WKYC talks with Mike Suglio today, creator of the Short. Sweet. Film. Festival. Mike tells Alexa a bit of their history and what to expect!

Now in its tenth year, the festival started when Suglio, who was watching a few bands play at the punk club Now That’s Class, realized that hosting a film festival in an informal, club-like atmosphere would be a good idea.

On Wednesday’s show, Mike Suglio, creator of the Short. Sweet. Film Festival. Filmmakers showcase their short works at the greater Cleveland event from Feb. 26 to March 1.

Mike Suglio, creator of the Fox 8 Short. Sweet. Film Fest. joins Cleveland’s Fox 8 to promote the 2020 festival.

Mike Suglio, creator of the Short. Sweet. Film Fest. talks about the upcoming festival which runs from Febraury 26th to March 1st in downtown Cleveland.

Michael Suglio, organizer of the annual Short.Sweet.Film.Fest. that comes to the Alex Theatre at the 9 next week on Wednesday for a five-day run, was shocked by the number of submissions he received for this year’s event.

Cleveland’s annual Short. Sweet. Film Fest has added two extra days of programming to its 2020 event, making it a little less short than its preceding eight years’ worth of film festivals, but just as sweet.