"I thought the curatorial selectivity was of a higher order this year, " said Richard Lorber, the president and CEO of Kino Lorber, a New York-based independent-film distribution company that had two of its own titles (the French drama "Elles" and the Thai thriller "Headshot") in the festival.
In order to accept the nomination I needed to sign some papers, send a headshot, revise some pieces of my application, and get a lot of stuff in order and do it all before 11pm on the first day that Baby K was home.