Always important in a festival are the guests. For a first year, the festival team have managed to bring a mix of filmmakers and actors (hailing as far as Sweden) to help promote their movies and the festival. Look for upcoming interviews with some of these fine folks within the next couple of weeks.

Michael Caton Jones at the fest with genocide drama Shooting Dogs

Actor & first time director D.B. Sweeney in town with Dirt Nap

Crazy film Kill your Darlings being repped: Swedenish filmmaker Björne Larson on the right.

Johan Sandstrom producer of Kill your Darlings

Cast of Kill your Darlings: actor Greg Germann (Ally McBeal)

Cast of Kill your Darlings: Andreas Wilson (from the Danish film Evil)

Director Anne Feinsilber and producer Carine Leblanc at the fest with the excellent: Requiem for Billy the Kid

Blinded by the beautiful weather…actor Laurent Lucas here with 2 films including: Dominik Moll’s Lemming

Luc Picard: one of the better actors in Quebec.