To ring in the new year, the Ohio Independent Film Festival has commissioned Media Design Imaging, Inc. to update and redesign the OIFF Website. With its recently established domain name, OIFF plans to utilize the Internet resource as a media tool to further communication with friends and supporters. With the expansion of the new site, look for new ideas and design. The Ohio Independent Film Festival's website will include a new friendly look and feel. Menus will be constantly visible thorughout the pages and user friendliness will remain paramount "We would like the users to feel at home when they visit OIFF's website," said Johnny Wu, VP and co-founder of Media Design Imaging, Inc.

Some of the highlights of the site include a flash presentation, up-to-date event listings and press relaeases, on-line ticket sales, video and audio streaming, archives of present and past OIFF Newsletters, a resource directory and links to other useful websites. Media Design Imaging, Inc. was founded to provide media creation resources from pre to post production in photography, film, video, and multimedia design. Through workshops and sponsorship of public events MDI continues to support the fast growing filmmaking community in Cleveland. (www.mdifilm.com) EarthISPnet, Inc. is an Internet Solutions Provider viat provides services from regular web hosting to media streaming capabilitites. EathISP.net is the web home for Media Design Imaging, Inc. and the Ohio Independent Film Festival.