The Tahoe-Reno International Film Festival, which stagedits first event last year with a specific mandate to showcase sociallyresponsible films, has set The Secret asits opening night film on Aug 23.

The film is a historic account of an age-old secret saidto be 4,000 years in the making and known only to a fortunate few, whichapparently holds the key to wealth, health, love, happiness and relationships.

The Secret wascreated by Rhonda Byrne of Australia's Prime Time Productions, who willintroduce the film on opening night. It has enjoyed a successful viralmarketing campaign online where it is also available to buy as a DVD.

The festival takes place Aug 23 to 27; for moreinformation see www.t-riff.org.