It's seems like the momentum behind Short Cuts Canada programmes this year shows no signs of letting up. 

After two fantastic screenings of Programme 2 with Maddin's Night Mayor, Radwanski's Out in that Deep Blue Sea, and Samer Najari's Snow Hides the Shade of Fig Trees (along with the rest of that great programme), there's an incredible appetite for incredible Canadian short film, and we did all we could to feed it with last night's premiere of Programme 3 at Jackman Hall.

A sold out (and I mean sold-out. not a single empty seat in the theatre, we packed in as many from the Rush line as possible) audience was introduced to a funny, thoughtful, and very ecclectic line up of films.  

 Cordell Barker has arrived from Winnipeg to present his newest animated NFB film Runaway, and as he did back in May, the National Post has him blogging about the experience. We were talking about the difference between the presentation of shorts at Cannes and Toronto, and he said that screening it in Toronto with a full public audience in a programme of short films, gives a filmmaker a great appreciation of how their film is received (hopefully, April enjoyed it on the big screen even without her glasses :).  

 The Post also did a quick Q&A with Dusty Mancinelli (whose film SOAP is also in programme 3). Too bad Daniel Day Lewis isn't here for the fest to meet up with Dusty and discuss new projects. 

You can catch the repeat screening of programme 3 with directors in attendance today at 3pm at Jackman Hall.