Finding the time to write during a film festival is always tough but I somehow found time to churn out a few reviews. I still have a few reviews left to write and then I can turn my attention over to the interviews that I did on the ground.

I watched 17 screeners ahead of the fest and reviewed the majority of them. I was able to get to 23 films on the ground. It would have been more but let’s face it: my stamina just wasn’t back this year and I listened to my body when it decided sleep was more important in the mornings. I lost a number of films in the morning because of this. When it came to junkets getting confirmed, I had to move some other films around or outright drop them. Let me tell you: coming out of Triangle of Sadness to a text from my brother alerting me to the death of Queen Elizabeth II is an experience. Holy shit, indeed.