Ask anyone who has been to previous festivals and they will tell you not to miss it.

"We have more Russian films than any previous festival," she said.

The preparation of the party begins right after the end of the previous festival.

Restaurants, bars and hotels for miles around carry posters of previous festivals.

As with the previous festival, several local venues and restaurants participated.

Another change this year is an added week to the previous eight-week festival.

In 2011, the festival was changed from May to June, because of rain during previous festivals.

The quality of the films being shown this year is generally higher than that at previous festivals.

I have so many memories and influences from seeing previous festivals.

Many will be familiar to visitors who attended previous festivals.