Cynematik • Cyndi Greening

Ticket sales for packages and passes begins tomorrow, October 24th, for the 2006 Festival. I pulled an excellent time this year — Monday morning at 10:30 a.m. I have high hopes for a good package. Alec got Wednesday morning at 10:30 a.m. A significantly worse time (although not as bad as my draw LAST year. I got the last hour of the last day which left only the most expensive pass as an option.) I’m already excited about going and getting geared up. If you haven’t checked out the website, you might want to give it a look, It’s media rich and very useful.

Of course, Alec and I will be covering the festival for Cinema Minima again! Coverage begins today!

Last week, I discovered that the sister of one of my graphic design students had a bit part in an independent film currently making the festival circuit — EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED. It turns out that M.K.’s sister is the drummer in the Gypsy Punk band Gogol Bordello. While they’ve been popular in NYC for several years, they’re becoming more well-known of late.

EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED was written and directed by THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE’s Liev Schreiber. The film debuted at Telluride and won the Laterna Magica Prize at the Venice Film Festival.