37th cleveland international film festival :: April 3 - april 14, 2013
Film Festival Blog
March 25th, 2007 @ 11:05am

Record-Breakers in every way!

Cleveland is the most phenomenal town in the world! You guys keep breaking records every time we turn around, and yesterday was the most extraordinary ever!

You set an all-time high for attendance yesterday. Our previous record was 6,800, from the same day last year; this year, we broke that record and set a new, incredible one: 7,868!!!

That's just amazing!

You also really came through on our Challenge Match, to an amazing degree! Not only have we met the Challenge, we've exceeded it by more than six thousand dollars! This is a huge testament to your generosity, and we're all so touched and impressed. If you hadn't donated yet but were planning to, we'll obviously still be very happy to accept your donations. We still have buttons and tickets for some spectacular prizes, and every bit of money you give will go to making next year's Festival even bigger and better than ever. There are no words adequate to thank all of you for coming through the way you have. This is the only time during the year that the Film Society asks people for money, so you've paid for our whole next year of activities!

You are the most spectacular crowd in the world!

We're coming up on our noon round, which is already promising to be extraordinary!

We start at 11:30 with the much-anticipated Short Jury Awards, which are on Stand-By, so now is a good time to get in line! I'll post the rest of the schedule in a few minutes.

You guys have me in awe!

Posted by Lara Klaber

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