Talelight Films hosted their third annual tribute to the Vancouver International Film Festival on Thursday night at the upscale OPUS Hotel in Yaletown.

The event hosted guests throughtout two floors of the hotel – on the main floor in OPUS Bar, Elixir Restaurant, the OPUS’ lounge and on the second level in OPUS TWO which was converted into a gallery featuring past and upcoming projects created by Talelight Films’ co-founders, James Upton and Jeff Richards.

More photos and the original release, after the jump.

The original release:

For Immediate Release, September 8, 2008

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PRESENTS

THIRD ANNUAL ‘TALELIGHT NIGHT’ AT THE OPUS HOTEL

Thursday, October 2nd 2008 at 8 P.M.

The Opus Hotel, 322 Davie Street, Vancouver B.C.

On Thursday, October 2nd, Jeff Richards and James Upton, co-founders of Talelight Films, return to the Opus Hotel to host The 3rd Annual ‘Talelight Night’, produced by The Social Concierge. The Talelight Night is a stylish and dynamic entertainment industry celebration during the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF).

The Talelight Night has become one of the must-attend events on the VIFF calendar. The Talelight Night offers an opportunity to network with industry leaders, stars of film and television, delegates of the Vancouver International Film Festival, local and international co-production partners, and members of the media. The red carpet entry leads to two floors of a vibrant networking environment, with live jazz music, cocktails and canapés. Additionally, Heineken is proud to present the Talelight Films Gallery of feature films at The Talelight Night, featuring many of the projects that Talelight Films has in development.

The Talelight Night provides a showcase for Talelight Films’ current and upcoming projects and at the same time allows the company to give back to the community that has shown it such exceptional support. Talelight Films is proud to support the Greater Vancouver Food Bank Society again this year and representatives of the Food Bank will be at the event to accept donations.

Talelight Films would like to thank the generous sponsors of The Talelight Night: Adara Hotel, Bombay Sapphire, Elixir, Grey Goose Vodka, Heineken, Northwest Imaging & FX, Opus Bar, Opus Hotel, ULTRA Menswear, Birks, EP Canada, HollyNorth, Off-set Rentals, Trinity Power, Focus Entertainment Insurance Brokers, Heenan Blaikie, InspiRED Cinema, Lonsdale Events, Quana, Static Photography, Western One, and William F. White.

Talelight Films Inc. is a Vancouver, British Columbia-based filmed entertainment company, co-founded by Jeff Richards and James Upton, that develops, finances and produces high quality commercial live-action feature films that are marketable to an international audience. Talelight Films was founded on the principles of integrity, respect and strong creative vision. With access to a diverse project library of over 65 feature film projects in a variety of genres, Talelight Films is carrying out its mandate to create strong, marketable films for an international audience, with quality roles for women.

Talelight Films is currently developing, with Equinoxe Films, the multi-million dollar feature film “Notes from a Life”; this is the first film in Talelight Films’ three-picture theatrically released co-production/distribution deal with Equinoxe Films, one of Canada’s leading production/distribution companies.

Talelight Films is also developing the comic book film noir action musical feature film “Invaders From Mars”, with local production company Centurion Pictures, in addition to developing several feature films as part of Talelight Films’ internal production slate.

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For more information, please contact:

James Upton
Co-Founder
Talelight Films Inc.
(604) 209-6931
www.TalelightFilms.com

For media inquiries, please contact:

Jessica Dunn
Dunn Right Public Relations
(778) 846-2394

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