Cinemanila International Film Festival 2010 recap
I'm now in Dubai, took numerous photos and videos. But before I give you all updates of my misadventures there, I'll do a recap of Cinemanila International Film Fest first. Like I mentioned in a previous post, I went to Cinemanila right after the Torino Film Festival/ Film Lab . 3rd of December. I arrived in Manila during the afternoon, I was picked up at the airport. I intended the festival to be one where I could rest, since the Torino schedule was so hectic. "Well, for tonight, I'll just relax, and maybe catch the SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD screening." I told Raymond, who was picking me up. His day job is actually as a TV writer. "Oh, I'm afraid you can't do it. The awards ceremony is tonight." Raymond said. "What? But today's only the second day of the festival!" I was flabbergasted. "Yes, but they wanted to get the awards out of the way first." Raymond said. So... that evening, we went to the award cere