To me, this year’s festival has seemed to have a more polished edge than previous years. Not polished in a seamless, disappearance of experimentation and labour kind of way, but polished in the coherent and connected programming of related screenings and performances and in the way that each day seems to have a sub-theme, or [...]

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As several bloggers and critics have already noted, the opening weekend of this year’s festival emphasized Live events: performances, talks and interactive screenings by several compelling artists that proved to be popular, “must-see” events for many festival goers with lineups out the door at many venues despite the dreary weather. While Live events have always [...]

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