10 Things I Wish I Had Brought With Me to the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

1. An umbrella (for the occasional rain)

2. A raincoat (for the occasional heavy showers)

3. Galoshes (for the frequent torrential downpours)

4. Anti-depressants (for most of the films)

5. Amphetamines (for the extremely long films)

6. An ejector seat (for the Romanian film „Somewhere in Palilula“)

7. Some comedies on DVD

8. A Russian-English dictionary

9. Mountain-climbing equipment for reaching my hotel

10. The International Guide to Actors Who Are Sort of Familiar-Looking But Whose Names You Can’t Quite Remember