AIFF first edition is ready to unfold.
The 9 hours flight from Amsterdam was surprisingly smooth, great legs room, food, good selection of inboard entertainment.
I arrived in time to discover the festival settings under the sun.
Very nice hotel on the island's best beach (pale blue and transparent water, etc)
Red carpet ready for the opening ceremony with prime minister and other officials confirmed to honour Richard Gere with Golden Aruba Award, and presentation of Hachiko, a dog tale.
One of my colleagues reporting for filmfestivals.com and guest from the festival (Vanessa McMahon) had the mis-fortune of landing in Aruba with no lugage (they got lost in germany), thank god we had some filmfestivals.com T Shirts to help.
Let us see what happens to our second correspendent Wendy Dent arriving today.
Getting ready at the press office with media requests for interviews...