We're coming up on our first full evening for the festival, and things are definitely hopping!

We'll be starting at 6:45 with Reprise, followed at 7:00 with First Snow and The Old Man Who Read Love Stories. At 7:15, screenings will start for A Map For Saturday and Salty Air.

A few heads-ups about those screenings! This is a very popular time of the evening, and two of the screenings -- First Snow and The Old Man Who Read Love Stories -- are on Standby now. So get here early! Once they know how many seats are still available for people in the Standby line for one of those films, the people in the front of the line will get to go in first. So the earlier you get here, the better your chances are. Also, we still have plenty of tickets for Reprise, Salty Air, and A Map For Saturday, all of which are fantastic films themselves.

There will be Filmmaker Q&As after The Old Man Who Read Love Stories and A Map For Saturday. If you're a Rolf de Heer fan (and I know a whole lot of you are), this is a great chance to get his insights on his film. (All the more reason to get in line as early as you can!) And if you're a fan of exotic locales, you definitely want to get in line early for A Map For Saturday. While tickets for that movie probably won't run out, that's because it's playing in two theaters. Once the first theater is filled, the second theater will be opened for the overflow. But the Q&A will only happen in the first theater, and given how fascinating Brook Silva-Braga's journey was, you'll need to make sure you're in line early if you want to participate!

So far nothing's gone on Standby in the 9:00 Round, but I'll keep an eye on that and let you know if anything changes.