Phew. That was a busy weekend meetin’ and greetin’ all the filmmakers and VIPs. A good time was had by just about all present. There was a little technical difficulty on Friday night at one of the venues–no sound! The audience was understanding and patient.

The blue hat was quite the hit. All weekend long people came up to me to say, “I love the hat!” Truly, if all it takes for people to feel comfortable enough to start up a conversation with a stranger is a goofy hat… I’ll have to wear it more often. :) Sharing the blue hat glory is filmmaker Larry Lansburgh. His film for this festival was Dream People of the Amazon–not his first film. In fact, he has received an Academy Award Nomination, an Emmy, and several other awards for previous films.

Larry is gracious, humble, interesting–truly a delight.

I was hoping to get a bunch of pictures but Friday was super busy, Saturday just didn’t feel like a camera day and Sunday found me too exhausted to care. That said, I did get a few:

the VIP room set-up and ready for VIPs!

And then the people came!

There were people from all over the country, some first time filmmakers, some award winning veterans.

Still catching up on sleep, I am.