MILL VALLEY, California - The Mill Valley Film Festival opened Thursday night and will run to October 12th at various theaters in Mill Valley, San Rafael, Larkspur, and Berkeley.

There are 48 different film festivals in California alone and more than 12,000 worldwide. The Mill Valley Film Festival is by and for Bay Area people.

48 years strong

The 48th Annual Mill Valley Film Festival kicked off its 11-day run at the legendary, 96-year-old, Sequoia Cinema. The festival is dedicated to the promotion and production here in the Bay Area of quality, mostly independently made films.

Hundreds gathered and reminisced about previous festivals many had attended and anticipated the many films to come, most by independent filmmakers. "There's an intimacy about it and you get to talk to and li

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