The Standard Life Audience award was announced today. One of our favourite films (and conspicuously absent from The Best of the Fest) was the winner: The Buena Vista Social Club

2nd: East is East
3rd: The Big Tease
4th: All About My Mother
5th: A Room For Romeo Brass


Of course, it was also the closing gala today. At the Odeon, Beautiful People premiered, and the various awards were announced. Apart from the casts of Beautiful People and A Room For Romeo Brass, Charles Dance was spotted in the foyer -- with several shopping bags. I guess if you're up for the weekend you may as well make the most of it.

The closing party was held at "Scotland's Millennium Dome", the Dynamic Earth, and featured flaming torches outside -- definitely the party accessory of the festival.

An excellent party (free booze is always a winner!), with all the staff getting invites and a number of reasonably famous people there: the aforementioned casts of Beautiful People and A Room For Romeo Brass as well as Tim Roth, Lara Belmont and John Cusack (who's a lot taller than you think).

The party lasted into the small hours and most people ventured further afterwards. All I know is that I woke up the next morning with a large poster for Beautiful People propped up against my door and no idea why it was there.

Trinity