CIFF opens with red carpet gala
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Posted: Sep 21, 2012 10:51 AM MT
Last Updated: Sep 21, 2012 10:40 AM MT
People walk the red carpet for the opening night of the Calgary International Film Festival, which featured a screening of Midnight's Children. (CBC)
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Glitz and glamour marked the Red Carpet Opening Night Gala of the Calgary International Film Festival at the Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary Thursday night.
Alberta Culture Minister Heather Klimchuk hosted the event that featured Midnight's Children, directed by Canada's Deepa Mehta.
The film is based on the Booker Prize-winning novel by Salman Rushdie.
Canadian director Deepa Mehta was on hand for the screening of her film Midnight's Children at the opening night of CIFF. (CBC)According to the CIFF website, the story centres on Saleem Sinai, who was born at midnight on the eve of India's independence from Britain.
As a child, Sinai discovers he has the power to communicate with the hundreds of children around the nation born that night, and that each of them possess a magical power.
The festival runs for 11 days and will screen more than 150 multi-genre films.
If you plan to take in CIFF festivities around town, send your photos to CBC Calgary at calgarynewstips@cbc.ca.
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