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13th Annual Beverly Hills film festival opens
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May 7, 2013
Original URL: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/13th_Annual_Beverly_Hills_film_festival_opens



The 2013 Beverly Hills Film Festival is set to open on Wednesday. The
event will feature multiple independently produced films and
screenplays. 130 screenplays have been listed as finalists in the
Screenplays category. The festival spans five days, ending on May 13th.
Numerous films will be screened at the festival, including the short
film, ''Byron's Theme''. Other films include ''A Thousand Kisses Deep'',
and ''A White Mule''. 

Screenwriter and indie film producer, Kara Rainer's story entitled
''RORRIM'' was selected as a finalist in the screenplay category. Rainer
told ''Wikinews'', "...I am thrilled that ''RORRIM'' was picked with so
many [screenplays] being selected." Rainer's story revolves largely
around an old hand mirror she discovered while attending an estate sale
in Dallas, Texas. 

In 2012, the festival opened with the film, ''The Black Tulip'', a film
shot entirely in Afghanistan. That film ultimately won multiple awards
at that year's festival, including Best Producer and Best Actor.
Previous festival attendees reads like a 'Who's Who' in Hollywood:
Martin Landua, Danny Devito and Doris Roberts, among many others. The
festival will be featured at the historic Chinese 6 Theatres on
Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California. 

== Sources == 

* http://beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com/gallery_2013_screen.php
* http://movies.broadwayworld.com/article/BYRONS-THEME-Will-Screen-at-the-Beverly-Hills-Film-Festival-20130426
* http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/beverly-hills-film-festival-opening-night-the-black-tulip-312894



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