"Bella" has taken the People's Choice Award in truly surprising fashion. I have no doubt that the filmmakers are absolutely floored having been so in awe of the fact that they even made in here. The film, which I thought would be released ever since seeing it, is now guaranteed of such a fate. As Kris says on the main page, that means absolutely nothing for awards' season but that's frankly irrelevant. "Bella" will now reach an audience it otherwise would not have. Good for it.

I pretty much wrapped everything up yesterday so I'll only say this: It's been a pleasure covering the festival for In Contention. I only hope you enjoyed reading the coverage as much as I've enjoyed writing it.