I'm now the grand old age of 41!Have been obsessed with world cinema for well over a decade -before that i was interested,but not to the same extent(though i did study French cinema in the 30's as part of a uni French course in the early 80's).John Kobal's book of Top 100 Movies must take much of the blame/credit;when i bought it i'd not heard of many of the films listed in the critics'top 10's,which inspired me to more determinedly discover an exciting new world and started me collecting polls and selections.Living in Wales,i'm some way from the "action"i.e London and the National Film Theatre,too.Have relied a lot on videos and screenings at our local film society,particularly as the TV channels,including the BBC,have shown less and less international films in recent years-part of a general cultural "dumbing down" i'm afraid.You're to be congratulated on travelling a distance for screenings;for various reasons,this has been difficult for me recently.At least i managed to persuade a local Arts Centre to show more international films.There is an audience out there,which they'd not expected!I do some amateurish writing for MovieMail.Oh yes,and favourites(which i've listed elsewhere);Sansho the Bailiff,Paris Texas,Andrei Rublev,North by North West,2001:A Space Odyssey,Sunrise,Alice in the Cities,The Green Ray,Seven Samurai,Maborosi,Abraham Valley,Mirror,Some Like it Hot,Vertigo,Tokyo Story,Letter from an Unknown Woman,The Colour of Pomegranates,Partie de Campagne...As for short films,one i'm keen to see is the Brazilian "Isle of Flowers"(Furtado,1989).Has anyone seen it?