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14 February 2008
France Trip Day 14
I got up early to prepare for my question and answer session that was to be held at midday. I wanted to get there early to hear some of the other filmmakers in my category talk about their films. Although I have met a lot of people while I’ve been here, I only met the [...]
Posted on 14 February 2008 in Directors Blog
14 February 2008
France Trip Day 13
So, the main screening of Burley went down last night. It was good to finally see it in the main theatre but probably could have had a better response. It was a full cinema but a lot of the jokes that had previously been laughed at went over the audience’s head. I was left wondering [...]
Posted on 14 February 2008 in Directors Blog
10 February 2008
France Trip Day 12
By Thursday many of the people that I have met are packing their bags and heading to Berlinale. Unfortunately, we didn’t make it to Berlin but it’s nice knowing that some of the quality short films in competition with us did. Some of these filmmakers have been festival hopping from Rotterdam to Clermont-Ferrand on their [...]
Posted on 10 February 2008 in Directors Blog
7 February 2008
France Trip Day 11
Again, not much has happened that is different from any of the other days. As the last few days of the festival are closing in on us, I decided to distribute a few more of our postcards around the place… I only have a few more left that I will use on the Friday night [...]
Posted on 7 February 2008 in Directors Blog
7 February 2008
France Trip Day 10
The days are starting to blur into one. Tomorrow is already Wednesday and I’ll be able to count down the final days of the festival. I’ve managed to see about 2 sessions (2 hours long each) a day. I would like to see more, but they start overlapping meal times and other events… so it [...]
Posted on 7 February 2008 in Directors Blog
