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LAFF stylin' with 'Prada' opener
Sundance fave 'Quinceanera' gets Centerpiece slot
By Gregg Kilday
David Frankel's "The Devil Wears Prada" will kick off Film Independent's 2006 Los Angeles Film Festival on June 22 as the festival's opening-night film, screening at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood. Fox Searchlight is releasing the film, which stars Meryl Streep as the editor of a woman's fashion magazine, on June 30.
The documentary competition, which also carries a $50,000 grant from Target, will encompass 11 films: "Beyond Conviction," directed by Rachel Libert; "The Creek Runs Red," directed by Bradley Beesley, Julianna Brannum and James Payne; "Darkon," by Andrew Neel and Luke Meyer; "Deliver Us From Evil," by Amy Berg; "East of Havana," by Jauretsi Saizarbitoria and Emilia Menocal; "Inheritance," by James Moll; "Kabul Transit," by David Edwards and Gregory Whitmore; "Mario's Story," by Jeff Werner and Susan Koch; "Matthew Barney: No Restraint," by Alison Chernick; "Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater," by Julie Anderson; and "A Place to Dance," by Alan Berg.
