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Saturday, July 9, 2011 free • page 1 ENG Dressing John day The film festival DIVÁCKÁ CENA / AUDIENCE AWARD Today’s program Malkovich in quotes DENÍKU Vote for the best film of the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival! (Czech section: pages 6, 7, 8) page 3 9 page 4 (Czech section: page 2) It’s a bit like doing a movie naked THE LOWDOWN Citizen Kane had it right back in 1941. The key to un- John Turturro on avoiding typecast pitfalls and the ‘mystic’ movie experience derstanding the last gasp of a great man is... just not that Will Tizard again. He was 50 years old. Maybe clear. Michael will have that. I felt he So what does it all mean? John Turturro, who will receive was someone worth supporting. The coming together of the KVIFF president’s award n You’re known as one of the thousands of film freaks tonight, is here screening the film most interesting actors working from all corners of the globe Somewhere Tonight, in which he today, not least because you so to screen, schmooze, hawk and wife Katherine Borowitz (Pat- often inhabit characters we’ve and pitch? The grave analy- ti) play aging, increasingly des- never quite seen before – a loud- ses of whither indie film perate singles in who mouth racist in films, and how the Internet is al- both pursue and taunt each other a mad Russian chess player, ready changing everything via a phone sex chat line. The a Chicago con artist that can’t we thought we knew about film, written and directed by shut up in Miller’s Crossing by how to get movies to audi- Michael Di Jiacomo, features the . Why do so ences? a Turturro character that naturally few people show so much range What of the sober and not- appealed to the actor. Like so anymore? so-sober mulling over of many roles he has played, Leroy, You have to be trained. I used to where the next new wave aka Wooly, is weird, a little dam- do stuff Off-Off Broadway. We put will wash in from, and the aged, a bit obsessive, and has a lot our own money into it. We built honoring of brave new work going on under the surface and in our own sets. When you do theater of feature filmmakers, docu- between the lines of dialogue. that way, you’re kind of trained in mentarians, Eastern Euro- n What is it about the origi- a different way. I still do projects peans, independents, and nal Theo van Gogh work 06 (1- that are like the things that I really even the odd rogue Chicago 900) that inspired you to create want to do. Like this movie I made actor who’s made himself this third US adaptation, fol- in [Passione]. Now it’s do- into a sublime fashionista? lowing ’s and Steve ing really well. It just opened in Why do we do all this year Buscemi’s? New York and it’s doing fantastic. after year (and where can I The original was a play that he It’s like a musical look at a city. get 20-to-1 action on my wrote. It was his first one. It’s Critics have really embraced it. surefire dark horse bet for very, very sexual. It’s of his cul- And we have a little distribution the Crystal Globe winner ture. I thought it would be fun to group that’s helping us. tonight)? do something like that with Kathy n So it’s all about the drive to The answer’s out there, but after a half an hour you did try the unknown, basically? fans, to be sure. But you’ll kinda get a little tired of the sex. It’s not unusual for me. You only find it in between the It’s an exercise because it’s over have to be given the opportunity. flickering frames of the mov- a phone. That’s really hard. I did- There are some people like the ing image. After one more n’t have time to do my own adap- Coens who do the whole thing beer and only 199 more tation. So I said listen, there’s this I mean they do everything. It’s screenings... n guy Michael [Di Jiacomo] a mom-and-pop store. I worked with on a script before. It There are people who are good was the story of Jack Molinas, at one or two things and that’s it. who was a basketball player who A lot of these young actors, NOTICE was thrown out of the NBA in his they’re gonna have to face the mu- sic in five years. If you don’t have There will be two un- first season. He did a great job. So scheduled screenings today: I suggested him to write it. Then a real craft or are not really mal- leable. Now it’s all about young Amir Bar-Lev’s documen- the producer said, “He’s really tary Fighter will be showing good.” Then I said, “You know Hloušek Petr Photo: people. How does that person age? Years ago they were all at 12:30pm in the Thermal’s what? Give him a chance to direct President’s Award recipient John Turturro. Cinema B. And this evening it.” This way I could give him trained better. And that’s a fact. You can see it. There’s not that Nicky’s Family, Matej a chance to get out there. that, honestly, if we had had an- Jiacomo’s scripts and have said is involved. Meeting the right per- Mináć’s documentary por- n And you managed to shoot other five days to create [Patti’s] you may do more films with son is involved. But you can have many young actors that come out and I go, “Wow.” trait of the “English this in just 12 days in New world... her world is much harder him. Does a successful actor a breakthrough at different ages. Schindler” Nicholas Winton, York? What were the other than my world. I have a dog. have an obligation to help along [Luis] Buñuel had early success I’ve done Brecht, I’ve done Ionesco. That’s important to do. will screen at 11pm in the challenges? I have a brother. She’s got a phone others who haven’t yet had their and then for 20 years he was dub- Outdoor Cinema. Admission I still thought it was going to be and newspapers. breakthrough? bing movies. And then in Mexico is free. n hard to sustain. I mean I think n You’re a big believer in Di Fortune is involved. Good luck he was able to start making movies Continued on page 2 fl

SEE YOU THERE EXPLAINER Jiří Bartoška Lots of awards, only two Crystal Globes Several “crystal globes” are given out ences to give a film some of their pre- KVIFF President by KVIFF. Some large, some small. cious time, so whether it’s this year’s Some with silver statues, some with Crystal Globe or best documentary un- On the last day of the festival, gold, and all produced by Miloš Vacek’s der 30 minutes, a KVIFF gong can filmgoers should not miss the Prague foundry before being sent on to make a huge impact on a career. chance this afternoon to watch the Moser Glassworks here in KV for The Official Selection jury’s Grand the small-scale, intimate tragi- the crowning glory, the crystal spheres Prix, Special Jury Prize, special men- comedy Somewhere Tonight themselves. But only two prizes get to tions, and prizes for best director, best by director Michael Di Jiaco- be called a Crystal Globe: the 5kg of actor and best actress are only the be- mo. This movie – containing gilded bronze and lucent crystal glass ginning of KVIFF’s recognition of tal- virtuoso performances by John that make up the coveted Grand Prix ent. Besides rewarding outstanding Turturro and his wife Katherine and the award for Outstanding Artistic contributions to film each year, the fes- Borowitz as the aging Leroy Contribution to World Cinema, present- tival president also presents their own and the reclusive Patti – was in- ed to Dame Judi Dench. special merit award, this year choosing spired by a film from the mur- The Grand Prix is an impressive film-score composer and performer dered Dutch director Theo van $30,000. But for many the iconic statue itself – and Goran Bregović and John Turturro. There is a sepa- Gogh. everything it stands for – is the real prize. KVIFF rate jury for documentary filmmaking, with one awards a host of prizes, and all could make the dif- prize and one special mention for films over or un- Michael Di Jiacomo’s ference between success and sinking into the sea of der 30 minutes to award. No less eagerly received Somewhere Tonight screens forgotten films. Film promotion has an extremely are the prize given by the East of the West sidebar’s today at 12:30 pm in the Čas short half–life, and if yours isn’t recognized in the own five-member jury, and Czech Television’s In- cinema. (COC) first year or two after its release, the chances are it dependent Camera Award, selected from the Forum never will be. Festival prizes encourage jaded audi- of Independents. (PLC)

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fl Continued from page 1 Playing and directing n So you would argue that most of our actors today just aren’t developing the perform- ance chops that their predeces- all the lonely people sors had to? When I was younger I was in- terested in how certain people Laura McGinnis, Cóilín O’Connor looked, what they projected. Now I’m not. They’re good people, but I don’t know. It’s about the devel- In Somewhere Tonight, hus- opment of someone. You show me band and wife team John Tur- Barbara Stanwyck, I still want to turro and Katherine Borowitz see her movies. You’re like, play two lonely people who “Wow, she can do all kinds of meet on a phone sex line and try things.” They understood what it to see if they can turn a mutual was to keep someone’s attention appreciation of fish sticks into without a thousand shots. something more meaningful. n Even though you some- Wooly (Turturro) is a middle- times make big, summer pop- aged bicycle courier, and Patti corn movie like Transformers 3, (Borowitz) is an agoraphobic re- you also do small films like cluse who hasn’t left her apart- Somewhere Tonight that are ment in years. closer to your heart... Borowitz says the human and People are starved for different sensory isolation demanded by things. They really are. I know the role were challenging – all I am. I find movies... I hate to use the more so because the rapid the word mystical, but when you shooting schedule didn’t allow were younger you had these en- for elaborate set design. counters with things, there was “I really found the set very, a whole mysterious element to it. very difficult,” she said. “You Now a lot of comedies, it’s a cer- had no other people coming; tain kind of comedy and some you had no windows; you had people do it well. nothing. You only had me as But doing something like this is a performer and what’s around a bit like doing a movie naked. It’s me – and really all that was an experiment. Everything’s an around me was newspaper.” experiment. But I got to work with Despite Patti’s isolation, the Kathy and I got to work with Max character seems content and oc- Casella and Elizabeth Marvel. Photo: Jan Handrejch Photo: casionally optimistic. It’s clear Jan Handrejch Photo: n You’ve had to work hard to that her relationship with Wooly Somewhere Tonight director Michael Di Jiacomo (left) with cast members Katherine Borowitz and John Turturro. avoid typecasting in your career and their increasingly intimate – at one point turning down phone conversations are impor- Stanley Tucci. Under Turturro’s face are self-inflicted. I see this I was desperate to have Tom many things, he said, ‘if you see a role on The Sopranos. How tant to her. At times, her her- urging, director Michael Di Jia- as just a metaphor for what each Waits in the role,” Di Jiacomo a beautiful woman, marry her important is this for an actor metically sealed existence is como agreed to take on the third of us does in a smaller or greater says. But Waits was reluctant to best friend, because that’s the with an ethnic look? a cage that she beats against, but part, an adaptation of van degree in life... I know very few shoot the film, “and so a couple one who’s gonna be the nice I wasn’t typecast in the theater, for the most part she seems sat- Gogh’s 06 (1-900). people who get to reach their of days before, like two days be- one, that’s the one who’s gonna and people like the Coens saw me isfied with her limited life. The original script was about full human potential because fore we were shooting the last.’ And I said, ‘Mickey, do stuff in the theater and they “This is the world she’s in- two people meeting on a phone they don’t have any self-inflict- scenes, I said ‘get ,’ you’ve been married seven, wrote some other stuff for me. vented for herself. At that mo- sex line in Amsterdam, but Di ed restrictions.” and Rod showed up with eight times. You can give advice I’ve played lots of different ethnic ment in her life, this is her per- Jiacomo reimagined it as an “ur- For Di Jiacomo, Somewhere a sword in his hand. It’s in the on marriage,’” Di Jiacomo says. roles, which I still do, because fect world. She’s the one who’s ban fable out of New York,” Tonight is a significant depar- film because he wouldn’t let it He was delighted to return to that’s my background, but I’ve closed off the windows,” about “two forgotten people try- ture from his first feature film, go. I’m like ‘Rod, you have directing with Somewhere played roles that haven’t dealt Borowitz says. ing to communicate to one an- Animals with the Tollkeeper, a sword in your hand.’ And he’s Tonight, and thrilled to be pre- with that too. And I have turned Somewhere Tonight is the other from very different places whose human stars – including like, ‘Yeah, your producer told senting his film at Karlovy Vary. down a lot of things. I don’t wan- third in a trilogy of films in- in the world.” Tim Roth, Rod Steiger, Mickey me I can carry a sword.’ So then “It’s hard out there for films like na just do the same old thing. With spired by Dutch director Theo The theme of self-imposed Rooney and Turturro – present- he had this sword in his hand!” this to get exposure,” he says. The Sopranos I was very honest. van Gogh, who was murdered in isolation resonated with ed some peculiar directing chal- Rooney, on the other hand, I said it’s a terrific show. But I’ve 2004. The first two parts of the Borowitz, who says, “I think we lenges. was more avuncular, offering Di Somewhere Tonight screens worked so hard to escape that. The van Gogh trilogy were remakes all create our limitations. I think “Rod Steiger came in at the Jiacomo advice between takes. today at 12:30pm in the Čas nature of movies is you’re type- directed by and many of the limitations that we last moment because originally “His big advice to me, among Cinema. n cast on the basis of your face. n Petra Kvitová holds court KVIFF in numbers* 120,899 tickets sold Jakub Anděl they can even be romantic. But 11,982 fully accredited participants, of which: I also watch movies inspired by real life, with more serious 10, 217 were Festival Pass holders Besides having its usual slew of themes. About the tragic fates of movie luminaries, KVIFF re- 811 film professionals people battling a serious disease, ceived an extra sprinkling of star- for example. Of course, losing at 647 journalists dust this week when newly- tennis cannot be compared to 413 screenings crowned Wimbledon champion something like that. Petra Kvitová paid a flying visit n Audiences here at the festi- 307 filmmakers to the festival. The Festival Daily val are spending whole days in 199 films had a few words with the 21-year- cinemas. How often do you go old tennis star while she was here. to the movies yourself? 113 films on 35 mm Naturally, I go very rarely. And n 25 world premieres How have things changed if I do, I usually choose Czech for you since you won Wimble- movies. 16 European premieres don? n Have you been to KVIFF at least 2 infants with The Festival Daily staff There are many more people before? around me than before. But in the The film festival with so many 1 suggestion to mate a Crystal Globe with an Oscar middle of all that I remain the stars is what comes to mind in 0 times someone said “I got into film to make money.” same, I only give more inter- connection with Karlovy Vary, of views, have more phone calls, etc. course. But I had never been here *Statistics valid at the time of printing (5pm). Final sta- It’s not always pleasant but I am as a spectator. I have come once tistics to be revealed later today... (COC) coping fine. or twice to the Karlovy Vary ten- n Was the cheering and clap- nis tournament or to a training ping during your arrival differ- camp. I once went for a walk ent from that on the tennis around the town center with my court? Hloušek Petr Photo: parents, but I can hardly remem- PRÁVO Audience Award They are actually quite similar. Newly crowned Wimbledon champ Petra Kvitová. ber that. The final results for this a quick look at the movies Only on the court I am used to it n How are you spending your year’s Audience Award that are presently in the driv- because applause comes after n Have you seen the Ameri- way the players in the film go div- Karlovy Vary visit? Which item competition run by the ing seat. playing nice shots, for example. can romantic comedy Wimble- ing and flying around the court – on your schedule are you look- Czech national daily Právo They don’t make me so nervous. that definitely isn’t a real tennis don with Kirsten Dunst and ing forward to? will be out later today! As we Current Standings n If you were to compare Paul Bettany? environment. But the depiction of I will have lunch with [KVIFF went to print, the last of the your final match to a film, what Yes, I have. the history of the tournament and president] Jiří Bartoška and other votes were being counted to 1. Nicky’s Family genre would it be? n Does the real tournament the overall atmosphere are close festival officials but I’m afraid include last night’s midnight 2. Almanya It definitely wouldn’t be a hor- environment resemble the one to reality. I will have to leave soon after- screenings. The final results 3. Incendies ror movie. More like an action in the film? n What other films do you wards. Actually, it will be similar will be announced over the 4. Collaborator shoot-em-up with a happy ending As for the matches, you would- like? to when I came to Karlovy Vary course of the day, but here’s 5. Hello! How Are You? (laughs). n’t really find a similarity. The I watch comedies quite a lot, to play tennis. n

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WHAT AM I DOING HERE? Dressing John Malkovich Robert Fischer Laura McGinnis, Veronika Bednářová Writer/film historian n So, what are you doing at Being John Malkovich may not be within KVIFF? your grasp. But dressing like him? That’s an- I have a documentary called other matter entirely. Starting Out: The Making of Malkovich is fascinated by fashion, and over Jerzy Skolimowski’s “Deep the years that interest has turned from a hobby End.” The film Deep End, into a profession. On July 7, Malkovich hosted which is 41 years old, has been a fashion show from his Technobohemian fash- restored to really wonderful con- ion label. Czech actors – including Pavel Liška, dition so this was a suitable op- Jan Budař and Vojtěch Kotek – modeled portunity for me to make this Malkovich’s creations in Karlovy Vary at an documentary. I tried to contact event whose proceeds went to a children’s as many people as possible who charity. were involved in the making of “I always had an interest in fashion,” the film... talked to them, inter- Malkovich said yesterday at a small press jun- viewed them, found photographs ket at which the Festival Daily was in atten- of the making of the film, and re- dance. He has designed costumes for plays, Jan Handrejch Photo: visited the location where the from the chores and running modeled for designers, and written and direct- John Malkovich with his fashion models from the Czech film and arts scene. film was shot. around like crazy that I do at the ed fashion films. When somebody approached n Why make a film like Munich festival. him about designing his own line, he accepted details and in the end the details are things you modern world. You know, we all travel around that? n Is there anything that dis- with enthusiasm, producing ten collections in often can’t control, just like in movies,” he says. so much now, like bohemians, going from here My specialty is making and tinguishes KVIFF from other five years. In addition, both acting and fashion have the ca- to there... And then everything techno I like be- producing documentaries about festivals? “To me, it’s not so much about artistic pacity to transform a person and allow him cause everything’s technical. Everybody’s got cinema, about classic films, if I am always surprised to see achievement; it’s just about self-expression. I’m (Technobohemian is strictly a men’s fashion la- their phone and their iPod and they’re all at- you will. I think we all have to how many young people turn up not someone really capable of feeling achieve- bel) to adopt different roles. tached across the world.” remember where we come here. Such a large part of the au- ment. I never really knew what it meant because For the record, Malkovich is open to the idea Some people, of course, are more connected from... as filmmakers. I always dience is made up of young peo- I’m always on to the next thing.” of making women’s clothes, particularly for than others. find it very important not to for- ple who seem to come from all Technobohemian is his latest fashion adven- costumes. He’s directing a theatrical production “My phone got stolen in Prague,” Malkovich get the tradition of filmmaking. over the Czech Republic just to ture, and it’s just as quirky as the man who let of Les liaisons Dangereuses in Paris later this confesses. “I had a 1904 Nokia. So I got an n Do you come regularly to watch new films. You don’t see Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman invade his year and intends to design the costumes. But de- iPhone. I can’t really operate it, but some KVIFF? that at many other festivals, and cranium. Malkovich designs everything in his signing is a time-consuming pursuit, especially friends have been helping me.” I’ve forgotten how many times that’s something I really enjoy collections. He sketches the patterns and choos- for a man with as many professional interests For Malkovich, fashion is a satisfying, but de- I’ve been here exactly, but I and I think it makes this event es the fabric. According to the label’s website, as Malkovich, and he prefers to keep a man- manding field. In comparison, making a film would guess this is my fifth or special. all of the fabrics except the denim products are ageable workload. looks easy, he says. sixth time in Karlovy Vary at the n What happens to your produced entirely in Italy. So where does the He lifted the label’s name from what he refers “For me, a movie is a vacation, you know, be- festival, the second time with a movie after this festival? maestro draw his inspiration? to cryptically a “yet unpublished Italian novel.” cause it’s only a 12-hour day and people leave film. Seven years ago, I was here My film will be included as a “From everything,” he says. “Seeing people When pressed to elaborate, he reveals that the you alone when they know you’re shooting.” with a movie called Fassbinder bonus feature of the DVD and on the streets, seeing what they wear, travel... novel in question is based on some people he For now, Technobohemian only has a few in Hollywood. I also work as a Blu-ray of Deep End. I think it’s history, paintings, photographs, museums – knows, including Technobohemian partner Ric- stores – in Germany, Holland, Italy, China and programmer for the Munich film coming out next week in Great everywhere, really.” cardo Rami. For Malkovich, the word suggest- the United States. So if you want to dress like festival. Because Munich is just Britain, then in Germany and For Malkovich, the connection between act- ed both technology and small-b bohemianism: John Malkovich, you may have to travel a bit to one week before this event, I France and pretty much all over ing and designing is obvious. people who are connected, itinerant and mod- find an outlet, or contact them online. But of usually take an opportunity to Europe. I think that’s the right “They’re pretty much the same, especially ern. course, traveling and technology are what Tech- relax at this wonderful festival place for the film to be. (COC) movie acting and fashion, because it’s all about “It seemed like it summed up a lot of the nobohemian is all about. n REVIEWERS RECOMMEND Dan Fainaru Film critic, Screen International

Somewhere Tonight Director: Michael Di Jiacomo, Netherlands, USA, 2010, 85 min July 9, 12:30pm, Čas Cinema John Turturro plays a simple-minded courier, his wife Kather- ine Borowitz is an agoraphobic spinster, and together they join forces for a reworking of an old film by the late Dutch director Theo van Gogh, 06 (1-900), about two lonely persons who strike up a strange kind of relationship over a sex line. The magnetic personalities of the two lead ac- tors hold this otherwise stagy piece together, their physical presence lending to the two roles a depth that is never quite explored by Michael di Jiacomo's script.

Underworld U.S.A. Director: Samuel Fuller, USA, 1961, 99 min July 9, 7:30pm, Lázně III A perfect lesson in how to make a thriller economically, how to move a camera and how to direct actors, courtesy of Samuel Fuller, possibly the most hard boiled of all American filmmakers. A street urchin, Tolly Devlin, who sees his father being beaten to death by four goons, grows into an expert safe cracker obsessed by only one thought, to find the villains responsible for his father's death and punish them, one by one. Watch for Hal Mohr's black and white photography and for Cliff Robertson's face, which seems to have been carved on purpose for this film. Objevte kousek stříbrného A Letter to Elia plátna v každé z našich destinací Director: , Kent Jones, USA, 2010, 60 min screened with Elia Kazan Outsider (Annie Tresgot, 1982) July 9, 4pm, Espace Dorleans Cinema Ať už si plánujete užít La Dolce Vita, nechat se okouzlit Moulin Rouge, A worthy tribute to one of the greatest filmmakers in American vydat se po stopách Vicky Cristiny Barcelony nebo se dotknout history, whose capacity to draw the best and most astonishing per- Nebe nad Berlínem, s námi se tam dostanete pohodlně a snadně. formances out of the actors that played for him remains unequaled Stejně tak jako do více než 60 dalších destinací. to this day. Kazan, whose Greek family emigrated from Turkey to America at the turn of the last century (see his America, America for that story), discusses with Michel Ciment in the earlier documentary not only his films but also his past, its historical background and how it has affect- Rezervujte své letenky na czechairlines.com ed his own personality. He also talks at length about the stigma he carried to the end of his life, after testifying in front of the McCarthy comission and naming some of his former partners in the Communist Party. The second film, made by Martin Scorsese last year, focuses not only on Kazan's history and his filmography but points out his overwhelming influence on the genera- tions of American filmmakers who came after him. Any student of cinema, or just admirer of films, should see this couple of documentaries. n

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What they said KVIFF in Kvotes at the fest

“No matter how big a piece of “I’m the president of the Czech “I don’t think its makes a dif- “That’s impossible. We’re “My girlfriend don’t mind. She “Something could be a great shit it is, it smells like roses to Republic.” ference whether you eat with Canadian.” sleeps like a kangaroo.” subject matter but for all the wrong your friends.” a fork or with chopsticks.” reasons... It’s poverty porn.”

Burt Young on his girlfriend’s ability Ted Hope on using to manage Václav Klaus Aaron Houston Amir Bar-Lev social media to find long-haul flights (reportedly) in response Kim Ki-duk on the likelihood that dismissing receptive audiences to Cary Joji Fukunaga’s on appreciating success would go "No, I don't think he was a ser- documentarians inquiry as to foreign films to his team’s head ial killer. He was, I think, a con- who don’t dig deep “I think this one looks very his identity beautiful standing next to an Os- victed murderer." “He was not someone who “I played George Washington “He would cut my shorts really car, because it looks like his “I discovered that I drink really knew he was going to be a star; he and still they hired me as a cop!” short. I had a good figure and a tight wife... I shall introduce them as well on stage...” thought he already was a star.” t-shirt. I’d hand out the flyers.” soon as I get home.”

John Malkovich sets the record straight regarding former driver and inspiration for the John Turturro Dame Judi Dench Goran Bregović Monte Hellman on work- David Morse eponymous film on building publicity for on her plans for the on the inspiration ing with a young Jack on the perils of production company, theater early in his career Crystal Globe for his latest CD Nicholson typecasting Mr. Mudd Off-Off Broadway

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Photo: KVIFF Photo: Petr Hloušek Photo: Petr Hloušek The leading ladies of Man about Town. Not quite La Dolce Vita but typically KVIFF. It’s been that sort of festival for all of us.

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