Cinefest 2015 poster

By: Nick Liard

It’s curtains for the 27th edition of Cinefest Sudbury’s International Film Festival but it was a happy ending.

Over 120 films hit the big screens from all over the world during the nine day festival.

Festival Director Tammy Frick says in just five days they surpassed attendance numbers from the year before.

Frick says this year brought in new audiences as well as those who have made it back year after year, with one woman telling her that she comes alone to the festival but meets up with a community of people who attend every year.

Frick says they will take about a week off and then it’s back to work for the 28th edition, and she expects final numbers to come in this week.