Jessie at RIFFA

 Jessie Short screened her NFB film about the Willow Bunch Giant (her great uncle) this afternoon. Before heading over there, I helped William prepare a 17 page application to try to attend a workshop through Screen Sask on how to apply for funding. 

Odyssey at IMAX

Finally saw the Odyssey tonight. Bought tickets for good Imax seats about three weeks ago and have been avoiding conversations about the film every since. There was a scratch in the print that lasted five minutes near the start. I've never seen an Imax scratch before (they run horizontally instead of vertically, so looks more like a digital line). 

 

Look screening

 RIFFA festival began today with the screening of the LOOK program student work. All in all pretty decent work. The talking before, after, and even in between the films was a bit long, but I guess it's necessary to reinforce the value of this success. 

Sold car

 William's old 2001 Mazda 626 (with the "swing" function on the vents). Sold to colleague of Margaret's from the library. He'll take good care of it. 

Leslea and Leif

 Leslea and Leif in Regina for family stuff. We met up at the bar for a couple of hours. Nova was also there. Mark and Vanda were at the next table by chance and also joined for a while 

Filmpool member's opening

 Second day of Filmpool Board retreat probably could have taken up the whole afternoon (we really need to talk about a lot more stuff) but we cut it off by 1:00 as we've invited members to come tour the new space on Lorne St. A couple of dozen arrived, so it was quite a good time. Many feel newly excited about being involved. 

Spiderman

 Went to new Spiderman movie. I enjoyed it.