SpIFF 2010 visits KXLY

My day started early. Can you believe 4:23 a.m.? I had the alarm set for 4:30 because I was supposed to go to KXLY, channel 4 , to talk about the Spokane International Film Festival 2010 . But once I was up, well … no going back. Not for seven minutes, anyway.

So that’s how I came to be sitting in KXLY’s parking lot at 5:18, going over my notes. Let’s see, this is the 12th-annual SpIFF. It began last night at AMC’s River Park Square theatres with a showing of the documentary “Soundtrack for a Revolution.” It runs through Feb. 7 at both AMC and the Magic Lantern. It boasts 26 feature films and 26 shorts from about 20 countries. Tickets are $10, and student prices are available.

That was the plan. But who knows what I said? I was on camera for about two minutes, just before 6, and I was too busy answering questions from anchor Kalae (Kuh-LIE) Chock to do much more than name my fellow SpIFF programmers and give a lame explanation about what a film-festival movie is (“it touches your heart and your head” … WTF?). I don’t think I even mentioned the phone numbers: (509) 720-7743 or (888) 411-7743.

Whatever. By a few minutes after 6, I was on the street, watching the moon set in the west and headed home, job done. Later tonight I’ll be at River Park Square to see the U.S. documentary “The Horse Boy” at 5:30 and then at 8:30 to see the Chinese film “Cow.”

Shouldn’t be too much of a problem. I doubt anyone even noticed. Any viewers crazy, or unfortunate, enough to be up that early probably had eyes only for Chock or her coanchor Mike Gonzales.

To see the full SpIFF schedule, click here.

To see Kalae Chock on camera, click on the embed below: