This selection of films, as in previous years, is the result of a fairly gruelling period of viewing and assessment. Most of the films arrive on or after the deadline and so cannot be given as full aconsideration as they deserve. Consequently the demands of the situation make it very difficult to stay sane and lucid let alone turn up a consistent programming structure. Apologies must go to those filmmakers whose films were not shown, not necessarily because they were deemed unacceptable, but for reasons such as lack of time, too similar or too different and all those other things that seem important after watching many films night after night into the early hours of the morning. We are showing 60 films of the 120 submitted.