Tribeca Film Festival Awards

Saturday we found out that Kit's film was up for an award. She was leaving that afternoon, but Cherry and I decided to go in her stead. We thought it would be a casual ceremony; we were wrong. Arriving on the red carpet, we saw people in suits and gowns. We were underdressed.

Passing the photographers, no one took our picture. We walked past people being interviewed and found ourselves in the front row, off on the side. A band played in a corner of the stage. The ceremony kicked off with a speech by Jane Rosenthal. From there, celebrity presenters read off teleprompters and ad-libbed their way through the hour long ceremony.

One of the highlights was when Li Shaohong won the best narrative feature award for her film Stolen Life. The film is banned in China, and in her speech she hoped that with the award in hand, she can convince them to release the film in her home country. Unfortunately I missed it at the festival.

Other films I hope to catch include Victor Buhler's Rikers High, Sasie Sealy's short Dance Mania Fantastic, and Dan Krauss' documentary short The Life of Kevin Carter.