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Day 65


Day 65 (28th October)

Another 4 movies today. Last 3 days have been among my best this year, as I immersed myself into the magical, mesmerising world of cinema. All 4 films today were outstanding, but the one that stood out even more was Cold War, the Polish film that got the Best Direction award at Cannes this year. It now tops the 12 movies I have watched in the last 3 days. Today I carried food with me and ate in between screenings; it helped. And while waiting in the queue, I did something quite uncharacteristic – I struck up a conversation with a lady and we exchanged notes on the movies we had watched. Sadly, I have to take a break from the festival for next 3 days, because I have committed myself to an assignment. When I had a regular job, I would take leave to attend the film festival. Ironically such a luxury is not available to the freelancer.

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