I've been a volunteer at the IFFR, my experiences with this: -very crowded, visitors trying to sneak in drinks and making a big scene when that's not allowed - visitors seeing over 10 movies a day - people showing up at the wrong cinema because they didn't know it moved 3 years ago - The film needs to be carried in from some other festival/ cinema 500 kms away and makes it to the festival just in time (or not) - Films where the director is present, with Q&A at the end that takes hours - there's no telling which weird short movie will win a prize - for longer movies: add sad children + sad animals + war = prize - at least three movies about dull relationship problems - two films starting at the same time in a small cinema with doors next to eachother = confusion. Usually it mostly works out though - film critics that go from film to film to another film halfway - great after parties though
if you need some examples of films that get shown at IFFR; Bas always writes reviews on his LJ: http://bsting.livejournal.com/tag/iffr
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-very crowded, visitors trying to sneak in drinks and making a big scene when that's not allowed
- visitors seeing over 10 movies a day
- people showing up at the wrong cinema because they didn't know it moved 3 years ago
- The film needs to be carried in from some other festival/ cinema 500 kms away and makes it to the festival just in time (or not)
- Films where the director is present, with Q&A at the end that takes hours
- there's no telling which weird short movie will win a prize
- for longer movies: add sad children + sad animals + war = prize
- at least three movies about dull relationship problems
- two films starting at the same time in a small cinema with doors next to eachother = confusion. Usually it mostly works out though
- film critics that go from film to film to another film halfway
- great after parties though
if you need some examples of films that get shown at IFFR; Bas always writes reviews on his LJ: http://bsting.livejournal.com/tag/iffr