The 13th Annual Rochester International Film Festival

Ask around and you’ll hear the same thing. Rochester is not a movie town. Sure, Lea Thompson is one of ours, and a scene from the Mighty Ducks was filmed here (D2 or D3, it’s not important). Yes, and every now and then you’ll even find someone with a Handycam at Silver Lake, but Rochester’s not a movie town, right? Don’t be so sure.

     The 13th Annual Rochester International Film Festival (http://www.rifgweb.org/ ) opened tonight and the Wehrenberg theater, who’s hosting the event this year, rolled-out the red carpet. Literally.
     And it sold-out!
     About 200 film lovers packed the theater for the opening feature The Counterfeiters (which took the Oscar last year for Best Foreign Film) but not before crowding the anteroom to enjoy a generous reception. Happy Family played afterwards with a coffee break between the films.

    (Read Tom Weber's "International film fest wows locals" for additional information.)

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