Only one year younger than Sundance, the SBIFF is a very civilised affair, living up to its title with films from all over the world, unspooling in the theatres up and down State Street, and with only a faint whiff of Hollywood taking a short vacation to pat itself on the back.

I was not too fussed to miss the Opening Night Gala, which was Nothing But The Truth, a political thriller inspired by real events (Judith Miller/Valerie Plame). Directed by Rod Lurie it stars Kate Beckinsale, Angela Bassett, Alan Alda and Matt Dillon, and despite the festival’s reputation for somewhat lacklustre gala pictures, it seems to have gone down pretty well.

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