Hey LVHIFFers,

Thanks so much for bearing with us this first weekend. Although we are bringing in hordes of attendees into theaters to enjoy tons of films, there have been some kinks operation-wise. I assure you, we're ironing them out. Anyway, what a weekend! The silver anniversary is going very well. We've got record sold out screenings, Bai Ling partying hard and a large Korean contingent creating a craze among many Korean film fans. SAD MOVIE, our Opening Night film, was a great success! And with Lee Byung-hun, star of A BITTERSWEET LIFE (its U.S. premiere is 10/24, 9:00pm at Hawaii Theatre), attending the festival, the countless screams of Japanese women are heard everywhere around town.

Anyway, sorry for the delay in posting, but we'll get to regularly posting by tomorrow. Thanks to Mynette Louie from the Hawaii Film Office, and Harvard-brainiac, for her awesome and informative blog, reporting on the festival. She's a hoot and knows the industry like the back of her hand!

Blog you tomorrow!!!