Many of you who came last year will remember T-Shirt Day! We're doing it again this year, next Saturday, so make sure to wear your CIFF T-Shirt when you come down next weekend. Here's how it works: wear any CIFF T-Shirt, from any year, to the Festival on Saturday, March 31st, and you'll be entered into a drawing for all-access passes to the 37th CIFF. Don't have a CIFF T-Shirt? We can fix that, too! You have a whole week to pick your favorite design at our merchandise desk and purchase it. Then wear it next weekend, get your picture taken for free in our Photo Booth, and you may be showing off your CIFF spirit in style next year! This year's shirts are so gorgeous (okay, yes, I am a sucker for anything with cute critters on it -- the second I saw the little baby shirt with the animals all over them, I started mentally going through all of my friends and relatives to figure out who I could buy one for) so definitely make sure you stop by the Merchandise counter to check them out. One of them just might follow you ho... more
Posted by Lara Klaber
March 22nd, 2010 @ 3:40pmI stopped by the Merchandise desk earlier and caught up with how things were going there. It's amazing how popular all of the merchandise is! We already have to start reordering some things, because you guys can't get enough of them. But don't worry. If we're out of anything you were looking for, we shouldn't be for long, and I've heard that an online Festival shop will debut next month (just in case you realize, the day after Closing Night, that you forgot to get that hoodie or hat you were eyeing). But there's something really cool at the Merchandise desk today... and probably not for long, so if you have a real love of all things Film, you might want to hurry over. Author Mark Harris was the winner of our From the Page to the Projector award this year, for his riveting book Pictures at a Revolution. He graciously donated some copies to us, complete with his autograph, which are currently for sale a... more
Posted by Lara Klaber