Opening

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Opening was one of six San Francisco International Film Festival premieres being showcased on Jaman. To check out the other films in SFIFF International Online and their screening times go to www.jaman.com/festivals/sfiff

A handful of self-styled bohemians reveal their less attractive sides in this improvised drama from filmmaker Rob Nilsson. Martha (Elisabeth Kirsch) runs an art gallery in a shabby but fashionable section of Kansas City; the gallery is having money troubles, and with property values on the rise in the neighborhood, Denny (Denny Dey), a developer, would love nothing more than to get his hands on the building, though Martha has no interest in selling to him. Martha is opening a show featuring the work of two local artists, Rossana (Rossana Jeran) and Sally (Sally Bremenkamp) who are bitter rivals for attention among the city's creative community; Rossana is also having a lesbian relationship with a woman who has been financing her work, despite the fact her benefactor is married. Opening night for the show is filled with drama, as Martha has to deal with Denny's hard-sell tactics and her daughter's abrasive attempts to sell Martha on featuring her boyfriend's work at the gallery. Featuring a cast of primarily non-professional actors who improvised their own dialogue and crafted their own characters, Opening premiered at the 2006 Mill Valley Film Festival.