First full day and five films, all of which were UK Premieres - kicked off with DEVELOPMENT HELL, a documentary about the ten turbulent years it took to make BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS (our Closing Film).

FISH STORY was very well received - the convoluted plot line with the revelatory ending delighted the crowd!

Our Guests started arriving with Teddy Chen touching down at Heathrow, Yves Montmayeur from Paris readying for his Q&A on Saturday and talking of Q&As Xavier Jamaux held a Q&A after ACCIDENT.

Xavier, also from Paris, talked about how he got into scoring Hong Kong films and the approach of Johnnie To and Soi Cheang to their films and the soundtrack, plus also some insight that he used to play in a band with one of the guys who went on to form the French duo AIR. Our audience had some questions for him ranging from the influence of French films on the Milkyway team as well as the way in which Xavier approaches his compositions for the films he is scoring.

The final act (Part 3) of 20th CENTURY BOYS was played to an anticipating audience and yes...we did tell them not to leave during the credit sequence as there was more footage after that! Thanks to Shazad from Sci Fi London for some 20th Century Boys T-shirts which our Volunteers threw into the crowd.

And the day finished with a couple of tasty treats - whilst the audience were watching the horrific story of a noodle maker using people she killed to spice up her soup stock in MEAT GRINDER, Linh and I took time out to try some spicy food of our own with guests Xavier, Yves and Adam Torel from Third Window Films and Jasper Sharp, author from Midnight Eye, all with their respective better halves, at the very excellent Empress of Sichuan on Lisle street, sampling various permutations of chilli fish, chilli fish with tofu and chilli with chicken and chilli with more chilli (thankfully with ice cold beer to hand!).

Totalled up all the scores on the voting for the Audience Film Award and Jackie Chans LITTLE BIG SOLDIER still in pole position with 8.76.