In order to get to CineVegas after landing at McCarren Airport, you must first ride an escalator under Bette Midler’s legs. More images from the festival after the jump.

Musicians featured in/on the soundtrack for Rachel Samuels’ psycho-noir sort-of musical Dark Streets, which premiered at CineVegas on Saturday night and was followed by a concert to benefit New Orleans blues artists in post-Hurricane Katrina exile.

CineVegas Artistic Director Trevor Groth and Juan Cardarelli, co-director/star of Happy Birthday, Harris Malden.

Stream/indieWIRE’s Eric Kohn and journalist/Jackpot Jury member Mark Olsen.

Filmmaker/Woodstock and Philadelphia Film Festival programmer Michael Lerman.

Cinematical contributor/It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia staff writer/my fellow CineVegas Shorts jury member Patrick Walsh.

Film Threat’s Mark Bell, pointing his camera at myself and Eric Kohn. Mark’s version of this moment can be found here.