On the opening day of the The Los Angeles Film Festival, the day was filled with excitement  with fans packing the streets and watching the parade and honoring the Stanley Cup champions.

The LA Kings but movie fans were looking forward to Oscar winner Woody Allen appearing and presenting his romantic new film”To Rome with Love”.

So love was in the air all over downtown Los Angeles with smiling faces , the red carpet and the film fans and lovers of Hollywood. The LAFF directors were very smart to garner this film as their opener. Woody must have felt like he was in NYC for a moment within walking distance to the the Staples ,Center,Nokia ,The Convention center, and with the Regal Cinemas and LA LIve across the street to The Ritz Carlton ,The Marriott . Sort of like being on Central Park West in NYC without Central Park. If the festival sponsors would have provided  a horse and carriage  alongside a yellow cab,Woody might  have had a New York moment.But hold on for a moment his new film was  shot in Rome,Italy not Rome New York. Actors are always very happy to be in a Woody Allen film because they might win an Oscar like many actors have or get a nomination  or even better audiences love Woody Allen movies and they will be seen and their IMDB rating will rise..Woody  is really a hopeless romantic and  love is always on his mind and in his movies.Sometimes he even falls in love with the actresses and he actually married Mia Farrow who was one of his stars. Being a New Yorker,I remember him from New York days playing his clarinet and  his girlfriend Louise Lasser who was a waitress at The Bear Garden ,a restaurant in New York owned  by David Milton , a writer .

But that was many years ago.,so let’s get back to the Los Angeles Film Festival 2012  with the  talented female cast members Penelope Cruz, Greta Gerwig, Alessandra Mastronardi and Simona Caparrini.who heated up the red carpet . Film Independent FIND) has an excellent  staff of programmers  for LAFF  who pick the best festivals films from Sundance  ,Berlin and Cannes and lots of surprises with indie films , world premieres and numerous panels with icons in the film industry who provide the most current info on making it in Hollywood today in all aspects of the film industry
I’ve included a clip of the opening night red carpet

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Check out the website for the program and check in daily because screenings of popular films added
http://www.lafilmfest.com/