It's been another wild week, and then some! We've finally reached Opening Night, which is when things will really start to get exciting!

Since I last reported in, I've had an incredible time learning about the Festival and attending its events. First, on the fifth, I attended the Sponsors party at Bice. (The Cleveland restaurant is so new that they don't even have a page for it on their site yet!) I didn't tell anybody, but it was my birthday that night, and that was the best birthday party ever. Wonderful people, fantastic entertainment (I could watch the clip reel a thousand times!), and the most amazing food ever. Plus I got to hang out with my favorite professor! It was a wonderful night.

Then I attended another organizational meeting in between studying for midterms. I couldn't get to the Columbus party because of the midterms, but it was a huge success! Obviously these events will need to become a yearly tradition!

Tuesday morning was the final pre-Festival staff meeting, and we celebrated Marcie Goodman's birthday. Which meant even more wonderful food and a hilarious video by FilmSlam coordinator Beth Radisek. Then it was time for things to really get moving! We've had our first group of filmmakers coming into town and everybody's been going nonstop to get everything in place at the Tower City Cinemas.

Right now I'm surrounded by the most high-spirited chaos I've ever had the pleasure of participating in. Things look wonderful, camera flashes are starting to go off...

The only thing we still need is you! Are you joining us for opening night?