
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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Comment from Lynn Horne
Time: October 17, 2007, 7:10 am
Hey Irene. I hear ya on the SJIWFF thing. As publicist and mangler er I mean manager, for Ron Hynes, who you’ve described in your latest blog as “the star” of the festival’s gala opening film “To Dublin With Love”, I too had to type the words St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival too many times. Then there’s the fact that Ron Hynes is not a woman (although he does profess to be “in touch with my female side”). Anyway, thanks for the shout out. Enjoy SJIWFFing and party right hard! lh




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