Join us as we say farewell to our 30th Festival at the Mill Valley Community Center. Feet First Eventertainment DJs will induce you to dance away the evening, while you enjoy delicious foods by From Soup to Nuts Catering, Cocina Poblana and sweet desserts from “Take a Dip” Fondue Fountains, Debbie Does Desserts and Edible Arrangements. Our exclusive wines for the evening are from the award-winning Bonterra and Five Rivers Vineyards.

Closing Night Gala Sunday, October, 14, 7:30–10:30 pm Mill Valley Community Center PARTY ONLY $55 <buy tickets>

Sunday, October 14, 5:00 pm CinéArts@Sequoia FILM AND PARTY $65 FILM ONLY $25 <buy tickets> Sunday, October 14, 5:15 pm CinéArts@Sequoia FILM AND PARTY $65 FILM ONLY $25 <buy tickets> The Kite Runner US 2007 122 MINS Invited guests: Khaled Hosseini, David Benioff, Marc Forster Director Marc Forster Producers William Horberg, Walter F. Parks, Rebecca Yeldman, E. Bennett Walsh Screenwriter David Benioff Cinematographer Roberto Schaefer Editor Matt Chesse Cast Shaun Toub, Khalid Abdalla, Nasser Memarzia, Said Taghmaoui Print Source Paramount Vantage

Director Marc Forster’s (Finding Neverland, MVFF 2004) reverent envisioning of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel is that rare example of refined literary adaptation, which makes a beloved book transcendent on screen. Wonderfully well told, this heartrending story of friendship and redemption begins in Afghanistan in 1978, where two boys are inseparable, but unequal: Amir is the privileged son of a wealthy businessman, and Hassan is his loyal servant and a member of the disdained Hazara minority. Their social inequality, and a brutal incident, ultimately tarnish their joyful youth together, and when the Soviets invade in 1979, Amir and his father flee the country, completing the boys’ separation. As an adult, Amir finds the past resurfacing, along with long-buried feelings of shame and failure. But an unexpected opportunity to “be good again,” takes him on a perilous journey back to his war-torn homeland, where carefree children once finessed bright-colored kites across the snow-dusted rooftops of Kabul. —Joanne Parsont