Well, today was much better. We got up early, ate breakfast and headed to our first film that we got tickets for. The film was called Circumstance. Let me tell you, this film was absolutely amazing. So glad I finally got to watch a good film that definitely deserves to be in this festival. This film has been bought and will have a theatrical release so hopefully you all go and see it because I give it two thumbs way up! It's about these two teenage girls who are discovering their sexuality with each other except it's based in the middle east where that is absolutely unacceptable. This film dives into this way of life where the men control the family and women. The women have to obey and do as they are told, at least that's how the film portrayed it, and these girls just had no outlet except each other. It was beautifully told visually and emotionally. I got to introduce myself and chat with the director of the film and she was great. During the Q&A she had great answers to all the audiences' answers and definitely knew her film inside and out. (Unfortunately, I cannot say the same for Vera Farmiga...she sounded lost when asked about her film.) I gave that director my business cards and I will find her on FB to hopefully keep in touch and maybe work with her one day. She's gonna be big. Overall, great film, definitely brightened up my outlook on the festival.
Later we stood in another waitlist line to watch this feature called Submarine, but we didn't get into it, so that was a bummer. But since we didn't get in and had 4 hours to kill till our last film, we decided to go into a bar called No Name Saloon and have a drink. We relaxed, hung out and ran into some fun people. It was so packed and people were getting drunk so it was pretty funny. An hour before our next film, we headed out to catch a bus to the theatre.
Last film of the day that we saw was called On The Ice. This film was based out of Alaska about these two friends that accidentally kill another friend of theirs out of self defense after a fight broke out between them. The story was great, script was mediocre and actors sucked. But I loved the ending and the film was moving along swiftly. Michelle ended up falling asleep towards the end and I kept whispering in her ear how bad the actors were and when it was time for the Q&A the actors and production team get up from the row directly behind us. We felt like such assholes for falling asleep and talking shit practically right in front of them. It was pretty funny though. After the Q&A we booked it!
We got a ride home from a new friend named Rachel that's a local here. We got to our hotel to get ready for another exciting day manana. Hopefully crashing the films are more successful, we'll see. Until tomorrow...
D. Pamela Matew
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