It’s that time of the year again when the film world converges on Mill Valley for the 32nd Annual Mill Valley Film Festival. Frank Howard Allen has been a sponsor and supporter of the MVFF for ten years and counting and we are thrilled for this event to be back in town.

The Festival begins on Thursday, October 8, with two opening films (The Boys Are Back and Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire), followed up by an Opening Night party where we’ll be hanging out with invited guests Clive Owen, Scott Hicks and Lee Daniels. The 11-day event continues with a full line-up of movies, parties, tributes, spotlights, and live performances. It is so much fun to discover small independent films that can have a huge impact when they get released. The local restaurants and bars are energized with a little bit of “Hollywood” going on, minus the “LA thing.” There are also seminars for aspiring filmmakers and tributes to many fine actors, writers and directors. This year’s tributes include: Uma Thurman, Woody Harrelson and Anna Karina.

Each year, the stars and film people always seem to fall in love with Mill Valley and Marin – We have plenty of homes to choose from this year, so if you’re in town for the event, think about this: you could be living a fabulous but low key/high quality lifestyle in Mill Valley, and only travel to Los Angeles to make your movies…I’m SOLD !

The MVFF wraps up on October 18 with the closing films (Looking for Eric and The Young Victoria) and a Closing Night party and moonlight cruise aboard the California Hornblower.

Frank Howard Allen’s downtown office is located in the heart of all the MVFF action. We are located at 25 East Blithedale between Sunnyside and Throckmorton and across from Bungalow 44. Please stop in and say hello.

Check out www.MVFF.com for more information or to purchase tickets.

See you at the movies…



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Posted by:Andy Gellepis