From Yoshihiro Ito's Vortex and Others programme.

Well, I am only about 12 hours away from hopping on my plane to Toronto for the inaugural Shinsedai fest, and I must say, I’m pretty excited about the whole thing. This week I had three phone interviews with Canadian-based journos in the space of 24 hours, so one certainly can’t complain about the lack of press coverage for the event. One only hopes it translates into audiences figures of course, but I’m just excited about seeing how the films I selected go down, and getting a chance to watch a whole load of stuff I haven’t seen yet, and of course the opportunity to see old friends and hopefully make a whole load more, one of the eternal joys of film festivals.

I’ve not much more to add at this point, but hopefully I’ll get a chance to post updates and news about the festival during what looks set to be a very active weekend. If you can’t make it anywhere near Toronto, at least you can experience it second hand…

Posted at 20:46 on 19 August 2009 Filed under news.

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