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Hi all.

I can't get out of bed. I have Post Festival Depression AKA PFD real bad.

Oh sure, the first day that I couldn't get out of bed was all about the hangover. Day 2, 3 and 4 were all about the post-fest crash and cold. But Day 5 - well this is just PFD - Post Festival Depression - because regular life can't compare to UBER FESTIVAL LIFE.

Oh yeah, I can stroll on over to the Masonic temple right now. But it won't be filled with brilliant people from around the country with the same interest as me who either want to share their tips on filmmaking, story telling or where to get the tight-fisted FEDS' money. Nope.

For sure, I can walk into the Majestic theatre, but there won't be films from all over the world playing to enraptured audiences.

And yes, I can put on my dancing shoes - but hula hoops and balloons won't magically appear and I won't get that urge to boogie down to Mama Cutsworth tunes, or the Subtitles' grooves.

All I can do is rollover in bed and hope that my cat Lulu won't bite me when I encroach on her space.

There's got to be a better way.

Send remedies in the comments.

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If you live in St. John's you probably know Tim from Capitol Video; if you don't - go there, it's at Rawlins Cross - the best films to rent in town , good conversation and excellent recommendations for when you want to watch something but just don't know what. For those of you who don't know Tim, I asked him to send me a blurb about who he is. This is what he sent;

"I started reviewing movies for Take Two, a radio show at CHMR in the fall of 1994, and began co-hosting the show the following semester, which I continued to do for a couple of years. During that time, I reviewed movies for a number of community publications, until early in 1997, when I began doing film reviews for the Express. I continued there until the end of 2003, then moved on to Current for half of the following year. I then went on to Independent, until its untimely passing, and am back with Current since September. For the past ten years or so, I've been operating Capitol Video, currently located on Rawlins Cross."

Tim did film reviews for us! This is his review from last nights screening - were you there? Comment and let us know what you thought - start a conversation!

WEDNESDAY NIGHT REVIEWS by Tim Conway

Sometimes, dreams come true. The same holds for metaphors in the 7 min. short, Struck, written and co-produced by Milena Ferreira, and screening at the WIFF’s Brevity Meets Levity show on Wednesday evening.

Just as Joel catches sight of a fetching woman on the other side of the street, he’s struck in the chest by a metre-long arrow. He’s not fatally wounded, but his life is certainly more complicated, as doctors choose to leave the projectile intact.

A well crafted, highly polished comic gem featuring a lot of familiar faces, Struck is a delightful picture that is sure to charm you. Afterwords, check out the entertaining "making of" offering on the film’s web-site.

Playing in the same show is a couple of 2min. films from mobiDOCS, a joint project of the NFB and Film Australia. First, Canadian film, I’ve Never Had Sex challenges participants to respond truthfully to a statement that begins "I’ve never had sex ...". Presumably shot on a cell phone, the folks behind the film were clever enough to realize that if you have no visuals to show off, you’ve gotta have content, and editing skills, which they do.

URNT4ME, an Australian component of mobiDOCS offers great visuals, but wastes way too much time with bells and whistles. The film offers reactions to the trend of announcing the break-up of a relationship via text-messaging. There’s a bit of older film footage cut into this that helps give it a professional glow, but in a two minute film, you don’t spend a third of the time on an introduction. The core material is great, but this is as much an audition for the film-maker as it is an attempt to entertain you.

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WOW! St. John’s did a great job representing Newfoundland at the AFF this fall. Down to the Dirt’s Anna Petras and Justin Simms arrived home from the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax, Nova Scotia with the award for the Best Atlantic Feature! Congratulations !! The prize for the Best Atlantic Short resides in St. John’s as well and went to Jordan Canning and Jody Richardson for their film Bedroom. Hooray! Well done everyone you make us proud!

It’s really buzzing in the office at 155 Water Street this week! Today a press conference was held at NIFCO announcing the Program and Workshops offered by the 19th Annual St. John’s Women’s International Film Festival! Exciting stuff – we’re lucky to be opening with the award winning Down to the Dirt! We’re really hoping Joel Hynes, Novelist/lead actor and Sherry White Co-screenwriter will be in attendance!

The Board had a fun job watching all those films but it got tough when it came time to make the decisions about what gets screened. Board member, Leslie Vyrenhoek, blogs about the task here at Cahoots. They did a great job though – the line-up looks fantastic!! Hats off to Mary Lewis and Lori Clarke for creating the trailer for the film festival. Check it out! Speaking of trailers… how is yours coming along?! Remember the deadline is October 6th for the moovy.ca trailer contest! Can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with!!

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