In photos, courtesy of your correspondant half-drunk on free Skyy vodka. They’re a sponsor, huh. Free vodka and Stella Artois flowed at the afterparty, which was neatly divided into VIP and non-VIP classes. Us bloggers as citizen media? My ass. More about the bullshit, nice pics of mayors and more ass after the jump.

Photo: San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom opens the 49th SF International Film Fest by honoring the 10-year anniversary of our sister-city relationship between Paris and SF by presenting the mayor of Paris, Bertrand Delanoë, with a pretty shiny gold key to our city.
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