Guest Blogger

So much for checking the weather and they totally got it wrong — it's not sunny or hot in Durham, it's cold and raining! Anyway the flight down was pain free and I was on one of these tiny puddle jumpers at the back of the plane bext to the lav – great but it was fine. I saw Yance Ford, Series producer, POV, Tom Quinn, Senior Vice President Magnolia Pictures and Head of Acquisitions (who is on my panel) and filmmaker Mary Harron (The Notorious Bettie Page, American Psycho) who is on the Full Frame Inspiration Award Jury. We all met at the hospitality table in the airport and were driven to our hotels. Yance and I were joined by David Shipley, Deputy Editorial Page Editor, The New York Times who is on a panel entitled "Video Op-Ed A Brainstorming Session" – I think my panel will be much more lively! Our driver, Elaine was hilarious she used to run a catering company in California and was telling us these wild stories about catering Frank Sinatra's birthday parties back in the day – what a fun ride to the hotel.

Why? oh why? At every festival there is always a problem at registration I was sent to one place and then another and they couldn't find me – fortunately along the way I bumped into loads of friendly faces in particular (see photo left to right) Karen Cirillo, who now works at the UNICEF but once many years ago used to be the programmer at Full Frame, Jesse Epstein who has a short film entitled 34x25x36 screening, and producer Sarie Horowitz.

The opening night film is Trumbo directed by Peter Askin, I saw it at Toronto International Film festival but I will see it again. I hear Joan Allen is in town – she's one of the narrators. Well it's champagne time I am heading to a reception at the Durham Arts Council before the screening.

It's still raining I better grab an umbrella from the concierge.