31.   Auster is no newcomer to the festival circuit.

32.   She became a favorite in the U.S. blues festival circuit and recorded on the Chicago-based Alligator Records label with the likes of Robert Cray and Bonnie Raitt.

33.   The auction format may smooth over some frustrations first-time filmmakers go through in searching for distributors on the festival circuit, Del Rio said.

34.   The festival is aimed at fringe filmmakers who may not stand a chance in the competitive, Hollywood-driven film festival circuit.

35.   The martial arts and historical romance set in ancient China has generated a lot of Oscar buzz since making its way around the film festival circuit.

36.   Instead of making it onto the big screen such films are often forced onto the festival circuit.