I attended BNAT3 but did not try to make this one (thousands compete for barely 150 seats). The flavor of the festival has been forever changed by the 3 screenings of Peter Jackson's Lord Of The Rings movies (BNAT3, BNAT4, and BNAT5 respectively, with Mr. Jackson himself attending last year). This year they added slideshows and short clips from other films. It has become that much less of a film festival (celebrating films old and new) and is a step closer to the film previews seen at larger conventions (albeit I was glad to see more revivals listed and fewer...