May 15

So today the festival officially started and the sheer amount of people is a little overwhelming. I woke up and took some mucinex and shot up some afrin then went down to the pharmacy across the street to get some French nasal spray that is made from eucalyptus and other all natural stuff that's supposed to fight the bacteria and whatnot. I felt fine mostly throughout the day, maybe I was too distracted by my job placement to really notice my cold.

The bus drivers had a strike today so if any buses were running, they were very infrequent (though they apparently resolved their conflicts so I hope they'll go back to normal. Power to the people). Consequentially, I decided to walk the thirty minutes to Cannes instead of taking a cab, which turned out to be a sweatier endeavor than I had hoped it would be. Once I got into the actual city of Cannes near the Palais, the lines to get into the Marche du Film was incredibly long. I considered taking the back entrance, called "the artists entrance," in order to avoid the crowd and see the short film corner/Marche, but instead I headed to the American Pavilion for the free internet and to meet the people I'll be working for.

As a member of the publicity/PR team, a lot of my job includes updating The American Pavilion Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram while also checking out the daily publications to try and find any press breaks to post about. Essentially my job, with 4 others, is to make sure people are up to date with any American Pavilion events as well as promoting the sponsors. While it didn't really seem like a job that I would fit into exactly, using social media to advertise the sponsors and events, it is actually a pretty all right job. I'll get the chance to cover the roundtables and events while being present for them, potentially it'll let me get closer to the industry professionals and interview them. Although its a fairly chill job to have, we sit and browse the internet and flip through magazines, it can get hectic at times trying to keep up with all the needs of the day. Our shifts either go from 10-3 or 1-6, maybe earlier or later depending on the events that are getting covered. I'm trying to take the majority of early shifts that way I have the rest of the day to go films or just relax.

Almost everyone is going to The Grace of Monaco tonight, which is totally uninteresting to me. I think they're just interested in seeing the opening film of the festival. I'm just going to take it easy tonight and do some research on the other upcoming films and plan a schedule for the rest of the week. Its kind of tough trying to plan which ones I want to go to and figuring out if I'll need to use my stars for the raffle or if I should use my points from the short film corner. Vish and I are just chilling in the room with a bottle of wine and browsing the web. I enjoy my roommates, they are super chill and really easy to get along with. If we had to live together anywhere else, I think we would be good roommates.