Where the =)(/&% is Stina? Obviously she has been in her room (or a tornado?).

Patrik Eklund, director of the short film "Seeds of the Fall", here prowdly presenting the movie at a screening in Cannes. We are keeping our fingers crossed and hopes that his great movie will win!

Ukko Kaarto (marketing manager) at Blind Spot describe for us how they got attention and financing for their productions. Here is Ukko with their latest “Truth Today”. It’s a fascinating story how to think innovative and different both in business models and marketing. We have the intention to bring them to the Master Class in Skellefteå, January 2010. Until then we suggest you discover them at www.blindspot.fi

Berit, Swedish Lapland Film Commisioner and Katja Härkönen, information/PR at Filmpool Nord were at the “Millenium Party” yesterday. It was a fabulous event/party with many black copies of the maincharacter Lisbeth Salander in the “Millenium film” Mikael Nykvist and Naomi Rapace, actors and Niels Arden Oplev director, here at the press conference in Cannes.

Sarah Arildsson (Film Arc Norrbotten) is doing the red-carpet thing.That meens, you wait in a group with 200 other people to get a glimt of a Hollywood star. Finally you give up, fight your way out of the crowd, to later in the evening to discover that the star actually arrived 2 secounds after you left.

Fredric Larsson (Film Arc Västerbotten) vs Transformers. Since Fredric turned 30 he has been dreaming every night about meeting a Transfomer. In Cannes dreams come true.

Anne Laurila (Film Arc Finland) is working hard, trying to get some new speakers for the Film Arc master class in september.

A beatuiful view over Cannes. After five meetings between 10 to 13 your head is spinning with new ideas and plans, then it's good to get away and at least see that the view is stable.

Where is Stina (Film Arc, Project Leader)? At a meeting? In a Bar? At a movie or? No one can reach her beacause she poure water over her phone and it's now out of function.