My only context for this year's Visions Film Festival and Conference was the Fest and Conference of last year. Last year, every event throughout the day functioned somewhat like a cog, building power and torque until pushing forward the overall mechanism of "Visions." So, to put it bluntly, last year felt as if at least one thing was going noticeably wrong with each cog. To begin, registration had a snafu, then projection had a crisis. To top it off, this immeasurably complicated machine seemed to be fueling itself with anxiety and lubricating itself with chaos.
I hadn't realized, but, for the past 9 months, I'd been operating under the assumption that our Visions was going to be host to the same awkward entropy. I could not have been more wrong. To my knowledge, there were only a few hiccups, and all were dealt with swiftly and efficiently. There was no slack. There wasn't a moment when a staff member just sat down at the completion of their delegated tasks.
Finally, I don't know if I'd change anything about this year's Visions. If I could say one thing to everyone going into Visions5, it'd sound something like this: Visions will return to you all of your time, all your energy, all our anxiety. In order for Visions to be a successful endeavor, you have to believe that this is something worth investing in.
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