Berlin (and the second cut of sound)

So Roland sent me his latest mix by FTP, and I was able to see and hear it together on Sunday night. There were a few minor problems or questions.
One of the off-camera sounds (when he awakens in the morning and leaves the bedroom, we hear him open and shut the door) came across too much like a BBC sound effect.
Another question came in the form of the mix. The background texture are subtle, but perhaps too much so. The volume difference between the voices and certain sounds effects, such as the alarm clock, and the background atmosphere was too wide. Or so it seemed on my system. This all gets rather complicated when you go from one system to another.
But outside of that I have to say I was again very much surprised at my own film. Or rather after hearing it again at least it was a question. Is it good or bad? I just don't know. I think right now all I see is what it could have been, instead of what it is. So...
I am sending it off the Berlin Film Festival tomorrow. Yes, I know, this is the Berlin Film Festival, and they only accept 10 short films a year. What are my chances? But I can hope that they would at least remember rejecting me. You do have to enter these things, big or small. In mid-November I will send it to the Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
In these places you will quickly find out where you stand.