Big Sur International Short Film Series: Gala Finale

The crowd began to gather.

Britt Govea of (((folkYeah!))) — who's also a Henry Miller Memorial Library board member — was spinning classic film tracks.

While the Library conveyed its own magic.

Then the night itself began.

Among this year's short film finalists..."Las Palmas" — a kind of vignette of how northerners might travel when they find themselves in sunnier lands where alcohol is less taxed.

Coincidentally or not, the HMML's own Hippie Sven followed in his own short film feature.

To provide some balance, Sven's alter ego, HMML director Magnus Torén, was also in attendance.

While "Tuba Atlantic" earned second place in the jury's selection, on Sunday it also received the Audience Award.

"Luminaris" received the jury's first place award.

The short films were great. So many events at the Henry Miller Memorial Library are wonderful. But it's the people who gather for them who make them real happenings.

(And by the way, if you missed the Gala Finale to the Big Sur International Short Film Series at HMML, you can catch it at the Independent in Sand City on Thursday, September 6.)