With all the fake studying I've been doing for my non-exams this week, it has only truly hit me in the last 24 hours that I will be spending my weekend at the Cannes Film Festival. I cannot remember the last time I was this excited about anything. Even before coming to France, embarking on a year abroad that I have been planning for five full years, there was a fair bit of anxiety and fear accompanying my anticipation. But this is truly an all-around win-win situation, and it is times like these that assure me that working in the film industry, as cheesy as it might sound, is what I am meant to do.
As I took a last look at the program for the weekend, I got a little ahead of myself thinking I had found a loophole in the strict accreditation system that prevents non-industry insiders from attending the so-called 'day after' screenings of in-competition films (I hadn't). I am, however, going to try for some tickets to screenings in the Director's Fortnight and keep my fingers crossed that the weather will hold up for public admission screenings on the beach at night. Could anything be more magical?
And regardless of weather I rub elbows with Hollywood elite or even catch a glimpse of the famous steps of the Palais this weekend, one of my life dreams is about to come true. How can I be expected to sleep on a night like this?!?
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