Opening night party palace. Photo by Lynnette Gryseels. By John Esther
The inaugural Bel Air Film Festival commenced this evening with a little party inside Lionsgate Vice Chairman and Director Mark Amin's monstrously ostentatious mansion in the namesake city.
Titled "Film Fashion Night," non-filmmakers, leisure class denizens and others swallowed sparkling wine served in plastic cups while chowing down snacks of various merit. Honorees for the evening included Anya Sarre, celebrity stylist for such banal enterprises as Entertainment Tonight, The Insider and ET on MTV.
Hosted by Genlux Magazine, opening night held screenings of the short and enlightening documentary, Louise Dahl-Wolfe: Painting with Light, about the famed photographer’s life and works. While few from those present attended that documentary, only a few remained for the second and last short documentary of the night, James Gill Full Circle, which is an autobiographical look at the American pop artist James Gill.
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Above: A photo from the documentary Design by Light, an image far removed from opening night.
