Hello everybody! It's Lara, back at long last at the Cleveland International Film Festival! It's a very exciting night, both opening night and the start of my spring break after a grueling semester. And yes, this is the best vacation I could possibly ask for. It's wonderful to see familiar faces -- hopefully I'll be seeing many more when all of you begin to arrive -- and get back in touch with everybody I've missed!

The Festival is already off to a spectacular start, with record-breaking ticket pre-sales and more movies than ever. People are beginning to trickle in already, preparing for our spectacular opening night film! Tonight we're showing Then She Found Me, which is Helen Hunt's directorial debut! As a fan of her films, I'm very excited.

If you're coming down to join us tonight and haven't started down yet, now is definitely the time to go, because we have a traffic snarl down here. A few roads near Tower City center had to be rerouted -- the RTA driver said it was a water main break -- so don't leave things to the last minute. This is the place to be tonight, and I'm so happy to be here!

See you soon!