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Countdown!

It’s only one week away to the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, and my first thought is I can’t wait. Just look how beautiful the poster is - that just screams good times are a-waiting.

My second thought is that I am going to absolutely die having to type that title out in full over and over for the next few weeks. So, I think we should give the festival a nickname. Like SJIWFF.

Not bad, huh?

Here’s how it could be used in a sentence.

“Going to catch some films at SJIWFF this year?”

“Of course, I go SJIWFFing every year.”

“Me too. Ever since SJIWFF won the prestigious “2005 Event of the Year”* by the City of St. John’s, it’s become my favourite cultural event.”

“A-SJIWFFing we will go, A-SJIWFFing we will go,
Hi ho and derry o…”

Oh, gawd - it’s beautiful! It just rolls off the tongue. Yet, it has a real energy, non? Even with that silent W.

And here’s good news. A quick Google scan shows there is no other Sjiwff in the world. Wow, what are the chances of that? That means it’s all ours - our little Sjiwff.

I’m sold.

* 2005 is coincidentally the year I attended my first Sjiwff. I’m just saying…

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Tags: St. John’s, International Women’s Film Festival, Newfoundland, NFLD

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