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For this program we had Richard Porter from England with his "The Imaginary Girl" & Paco Torres from Spain for his short "Seventy".

Richard charmed the crowd with his British accent a gentle manner. His tale of a troubled little girl gripped the audience & when asked about why he chose this story...

A: He replied that too often, parents are too concerned with their own worlds to realize that they are completely unaware of what their children are going through. His abrupt depiction fo violence was to bring home that point in a very direct & scary way.

Paco with his tale of loneliness "seventy".

When asked about surprising, totally unexpected ending?

A: Paco wanted to make a film about loneliness, especially among older people.

When an audience member mentioned that he thought the tape recording which appears in the film was from an already dead family...

A: Paco was surprised that it was taken that way. He got laughs when he said that even he didn't even think of it like that!

When asked how long it took to make the 2 minute 48 second film?

A: He blew the crowd away when he said that he made the film in 24 hours!! (Apparently he won a contest & the prize was that he could make a film but he had to do it in 24 hours from star to finish!!) He got a laugh when he said that it could be done as long as you had good planning, just do it!

Well, the program AND the festival ended with a film form the "Stop! Global Warming" competition. The film was produced & narrated by Leonardo Di Caprio. How totally cool it is that the biggest star in the world ends the coolest film festival in the world.

See-ya!

DJ John