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Monday, May 02, 2005
Hot Docs - Closing Night
 
The Royal Ontario Museum
Hot Docs 2005 ended last night with a big party at the ROM (information about museum renovations are here). This year's festival was a great success with increased attendance across the board. And now, after working and over-working for three months, summer is here and I can turn back into a pumpkin and veg.
I continued my personal Closing Night Party tradition this year: introducing myself to at least one minor Canadian celebrity. Last year it was Lorraine Segato, this year it was Valerie Buhagiar from Roadkill & Highway 61. People I would like to meet in the future: Carling Bassett, Cory Haim, Louis del Grande, Cara Pifko ...
After the party, a bunch of filmmakers and staff went to one of those karaoke bars where you sit in a room and sing. As you know, it's not my karaoke ideal. I think public humiliation is a key element of the karaoke experience, but, when you're at a place like the Gladstone, there aren't as many opportunities to sing ... so the little rooms have that advantage.
What the hell did I sing? I don't even remember ... wait ... Burning Down the House and I provided some backup vocals on the Barbie Girl song. All that without the added bonus of public ridicule.
After the after party, an even smaller group went and had an after after party. That's when we got to see the weirdest video of the whole ten days when Tanya the art director from FLARE made us watch a CBC music video from the 80s in which she appeared decked out in Molly Ringwald duds and "sings backup" for some really creepy-looking singer. My god, I've been out-hammed!
The sun was starting to rise when I arrived home, warm and safe, and thought of all the fun friends I met at the Canadian International Documentary Festival. The End.
10:57 PM
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