It was strangely appropriate, but very very inconvenient. Yesterday's high winds were proving too dangerous for the blow-up screen at people's park to show classic film WIZARD OF OZ outdoors - it was so blustery that we had scary visions of our film fans young and old being whisked of to Oz in a magical tornado...
Of course, we couldn't allow that, and so were completely devastated thinking we were going to have to cancel (especially after the success of the Some Like It Hot drive-in the night before). But luckily with only 20 minutes notice, the Grand Jersey Hotel came to the rescue and let us use their plush rooms as an alternative!
The venue proved a hit, and it wasn't long before the audience was settled in their seats and Dorothy was dancing her red sparkly shoes along the yellow brick road with her lovable gang.
And lets not forget the 48 Hour Film Challenge filmmakers, who were hoping to screen their films that night. They were given the luxury of their own private screening room to share the little gems they had made during the past couple of days. More on them later. Sebastien Meyer, one of our festival photographers, managed to papp them all together in their directors chairs... what a gorgeous lot, eh?
The evening was well and truly saved - thank you Grand Jersey Hotel!
Photos: Danny Evans
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