37th cleveland international film festival :: April 3 - april 14, 2013
Film Festival Blog
April 3rd, 2011 @ 11:30am

Wow, were other things going on yesterday?

When 11,189 people -- yes, that's right, 11,189 -- are pouring through the walkway on their way to films, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that there's still this much bigger town around you and that other things were going on. I have to give a shout-out to our amazing crew, especially Jay in parking and Jessica's Stand-By team, for making everything flow so beautifully to the point where I had no idea the crowd was that large. Even when thousands of Indians fans were passing through on their way to Progressive Field, the walkway stayed walkable! When more than twenty thousand people can walk past you without you realizing it, somebody's doing something very right.

Your incredible generosity continued, too! You spent almost $5,000 at our merchandise counter, cleaning us out of several items in the process, and you gave $11,000 to the Challenge Match, knocking our total up to $48,627!

We still have a stellar day ahead of us, and if you haven't gotten your merchandise yet, we still have some really great stuff. Cuyahoga Arts and Culture will continue matching your donations up to $126,000. Given what a hugely generous crowd you are, I could see you managing to reach that.

We have one more Festival Buzz to show you, and here's our own Meaghan Earley to tell you about this wonderful final day of the Festival!



Enjoy! I still have a cool story to tell later. ;)

Posted by Lara Klaber

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