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1 Entry to the pier area of the film festival. 2 A dedicated pier, with converted warehouses. 3 4 5 Adrian Martin arrives from Australia! 6 7 9 Opening Ceremony. 10 11 12 13 14 Fatih Akin and actresses. 15 Outside the after-party. 16 Adrian with Max Le Cain from Ireland. 17 The Olympion Theatre. 19 Is Adrian high? He's smiling in every photo! 20 21 Vassily Bourikas, director Experimental Forum section. 22 23 Yannis and Adrian. 24 Rosemary and Will. 25 Peter from Germany. 26 The Wild Bunch: Adrian, Phil, Vas, Pip. 27 28 Max and Adrian. 29 An Exp. Forum session - bring out your Super 8 projectors! 30 Misa from Serbia. 30a Rosemary and reels of film. 31 Punters for some Yugo experimental film. 32 Vassily, Peter, Karpo Godina. 33 Vas shows Karpo the Exp Forum book. 35 TIFF pres Georges Corraface is excited, because ... 36 Jane Birkin is here! 37 39 41 42 The daily paper that TIFF brings out. 42a 43 The Phillipine gang. 44 45 Sherad Anthony Sanchez after his screening. 46 Max talks about Carmelo Bene. 47 Proud to be a pimp! Cahiers du Cinema critic at right. 48 Khavn de la Cruz rocks the house! 49 50 51 Michelle also from Australia! 52 Phil, Max, Vas, Will, Shell. 53 The Olympion at night. 54 55 56 Legendary director Nikos Koundouros enters the cinema, TIFF director Despina Mouzaki next to him. 57 58 Another legendary Greek director, Costas Ferris. 59 60 Greek critics. 61 Factory knockoff time. Actually, the audience coming out of a screening! 62 Yannis gets set for a magical bus ride, to ... 63 ... the Thessaloniki Train Station!  ?? 64 Where Yorgos has been setting up ... 65 66 Vas and Adrian watch. 67 Yes, the image is upside down. You got a problem with that? 68 Number One! 69 Another bus ride to another special place. 70 Max and Michelle. 71 We enter the old building ... 72 Max to the max! 73 An expanded cinema show ... 74 ... in an expanded environment. 75 76 77 78 Max and Yannis. 79 80 A full house ... 81 ... with cameramen at the ready ... 82 ... and people sitting in the aisles, for ... 83 Herzog! 85 Festival organisers observe from side-stage. 85a 87 A typical press conference. 87a The main hangout place. 88 Always something going on ... 89 90 91 9 perfect days, followed by a perfect mist on the last day. 93 Closing Night. 95 96 Yeah right. 98 All the award winners. 99 Ooh, what happened? What a contrast. Back at my place in Volos! Furnished with computers and whatever else I can fit into the small place! 100 101