Sorting through the myriad brochures and flyers that cover my coffee table I discovered that the nationwide French film festival that started on November 8th finished today.  Of the 40 or so screenings in Edinburgh I saw precisely none which for a devout francophile deserves a rap over the knuckles.

Will I do better with the Catalan film festival?  I can surely improve on a score of zero but it's not certain.  I'm not free to see anything before their grand finale screening and subsequent party at La Tasca on the 16th.

That's probably booked solid by now but they have thoughtfully scheduled a post grand finale screening the following day.  Is this a coda or a confusion?  Given that its title is Die Stille vor Bach I suppose it could be either.