Cinequest 2015
Films showing at Cinequest in 2015
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- DirectorDana NachmanStarsMiles ScottEric JohnstonNick ScottOn one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5 year old cancer patient his wish. Batkid Begins looks at the 'why' of this flash phenomenon.
- DirectorNini Bull RobsahmStarsPia TjeltaChristian RubeckOn a weekend trip to a remote island cabin the psychopathic Thomas loses his memory, and Kathrine sees an opportunity to get out of the unhealthy relationship.
- DirectorPeter FlinthStarsLouis WilliamsHåvard JackwitzHalvor Tangen SchultzFour friends growing up in Oslo in the sixties, who occasionally think of themselves as the Fab Four. Based on the best selling book by Lars Saabye Christensen.
- DirectorOle EndresenStarsEdward SchultheissMorten RammHenriette SteenstrupA chubby jockey are no longer getting the best horses to ride, and has to cheat to pay off his considerable debt. A horse drugging goes wrong, and winds up in kidnapping the prizewinner horse Berlusconi.Chasing Berlusconi
- DirectorPer-Eric MalmStarsJonas von EssenMemory sports is a world-wide phenomenon that has been around for over 20 years. Competitors are challenged to quickly memorize incredible amounts of information. The one who can remember the most is the winner. In this documentary we get to know the characters who carry out these almost super human mental performances. Focus is on the Swedish national team of memory sports, who travel around Europe for a competition season. They encounter some of the top minds of the world as they prepare to face each other off to crown the next Swedish champion. An unexpected turn of events opens up an entirely new possibility as the team comes together for the grand finale, the World Memory Championships in London. The Coolest Memory Team Ever is a warm and humorous documentary about the ordinary strivings of people with extraordinary skills.Sweden's Coolest National Team
- DirectorNicole van KilsdonkStarsFrank LammersJim DeddesLies VisschedijkMasha is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and divorced. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk becomes incurably ill.
- DirectorJohn MacleanStarsKodi Smit-McPheeCaren PistoriusAorere PakiA young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.
- DirectorSaodat IsmailovaStarsRushana SadikovaBarohad ShukurovaSaodat Rahminova40 Days of Silence is the story of four women in Central Asia in key moments of their lives, discovered through their different ages. It is a trip into an unconscious and intimate female world; it is an attempt to portray broken identities and women who confront their own will to choose and decide.40 Days of Silence
- DirectorMehdi RahmaniStarsRoya TeymourianAfshin HashemiMohammad Reza GhaffariYoungest son of the family returns home to find out that every family member is in deep troubles.Snow
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsHera HilmarÞorsteinn BachmannThorvaldur KristjanssonA Reykjavik pre-school teacher struggles to raise her daughter while selling casual sex to help make ends meet.
- DirectorGrethe Bøe-WaalStarsKaisa Gurine AntonsenIda Leonora Valestrand EikeLeonard Valestrand EikeAccidentally, three sibling children are left alone in a winter storm on the island of Spitsbergen. No-one on the main land, an ocean apart, knows where they are. It's a dramatic fight for survival.
- DirectorJulie SokolowStarsDavid MatthewsA fearless outsider has been searching for love longer than many of us have been alive.
- DirectorJennifer Siebel NewsomStarsJoe HermanMichael KimmelCaroline HeldmanExplores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.
- DirectorJimmy LaroucheStarsMartine FranckeSébastien RicardGuy JodoinMarie leads a calm and happy life withe her boyfriend in a nice suburban neighborhood. After a night out in a bar with her colleagues, she wakes up dizzy, in a cab, with no memories of the night. What could Marie say to her boyfriend Richard, when he suspects her of cheating on him? What if Antoine, a simple auto parts delivery man, has the key to this enigma. Antoine and Marie traces a troubling portrait of two people's destinies forever united by one dramatic event... Her rape.
- DirectorAli AkbarzadehStarsLawrence LessigTim WuPeter LudlowThe Internet is under attack. This award-winning documentary explores the threat Internet censorship imposes on free speech, innovation, and democracy.
- DirectorPatty Ann DillonStarsAllen AultCraig BaxleyTerry BraceyA journey of compassion and consequence, through a process shrouded in secrecy. Executioners' lives intersect on a path to discovering freedom from their own personal prisons...
- DirectorGeoffrey EnthovenStarsJurgen DelnaetKoen De GraeveEvelien BosmansStef moved to a new home, but there is another man in his home, Theo. Theo is the previous owner of the house, he died a few years ago. Stef seems to be the only one who can see him.
- DirectorKadir Ferati BalciStarsMatthieu SysDries de SutterAngelo TijssensFollowing a brief affair, gym teacher Jurgen decides to marry his fellow teacher Sibel. But that's not what their families expected: Jurgen's Flemish parents don't understand why their only son dumped his previous girlfriend to marry a colleague; while Sibel's Turkish brother is agitated by her impulsive decision. Jurgen and Sibel look forward to their big day. But are they marrying just each other, or are they marrying their families as well? A comedy about French fries and baklava; about marriage and trust; about Flemish modesty versus Turkish temperament.
- DirectorVictor LevinStarsAnton YelchinBérénice MarloheOlivia ThirlbyAn aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.
- DirectorRoel MondelaersStarsWine DierickxJunaid FaizWouter HendrickxPlan Bart is a romantic comedy about competing desires -- sacrificing one's childhood dreams for the responsibilities of adulthood, air guitar championships for diapers and bottles, 'having sex' with 'making love.'
- DirectorNick BrandestiniStarsSamuelJosiahFloraAt the Arctic edge of America, five Native Alaskan teenagers strive to be both modern American kids and the inheritors of an ancient whaling culture.
- DirectorVeronica MannionStarsVeronica MannionAriel HartAmir AbdullahAn aspiring actress navigates the musically comedic underbelly of Hollywood in search of fame fortune (boys) and herself. Hint: she finds one.
- DirectorGábor ReiszStarsÁron FerenczikKatalin TakácsZsolt KovácsA trip to Lisbon helps a nerdy guy who is quickly approaching 30 finally get his mojo back.
- DirectorMatti HarariArik LubetzkiStarsMoran RosenblattReymonde AmsellemShlomi KoriatRebecca Abarnabel, a single daughter born into an Orthodox Jewish family, is tired of the lifestyle that her father, Reuven, has forced upon her. She and her mother, Victoria, go on a life-changing journey between worlds.Apples from the Desert
- DirectorLorenzo CorvinoStarsGwendolyn GourvenecDavide PaganiniJacopo Maria BicocchiA troupe of reporters is given a video by a mysterious someone. The video is the proof left by three thirty-something, two men and a woman, of a road trip on the French Riviera, the chronicle of a week to complete an assignment before they are involved in an accident. The three share the destiny of a doomed generation.
- DirectorKarim PatwaStarsMax HubacherSabine TimoteoScherwin AminiRobert (22), a former driver in illegal races, returns to his hometown after a long period of absence. He is determined to put his past behind him and starts an apprenticeship in a repair shop. When he meets teacher Alice, his life starts to unravel. The strong bond of a dark past connects them. He follows her every move and spies on her. In order to get closer to her, he pretends to be someone else and takes an English class with her. But for how long can he hide his true identity?
- DirectorThomas MillerStarsJordan BaileyCourtney BishopKevin Depasse'One Day in April' follows four teams of college cyclists as they prepare for the Indiana University Little 500, a grueling bicycle race held each year in Bloomington, Ind. 'One Day in April' tells the story behind the race - how the riders spend months and sometimes years preparing themselves mentally and physically for one race and one shot at glory.
- DirectorGreg W. LockeStarsKelly SebastianOliver FetterTyler Evan RoweForever Into Space tells the story of Audrey Harrington (Kelly Sebastian), an over-educated and underemployed twenty-something film blogger attempting to make sense of the times while living in New York City during a period of societal change and cultural shifts. As she finds her way we meet her "city family," a group of disillusioned - and sometimes entitled - young adults dealing with challenges of their own.
- DirectorTorre CatalanoStarsAlex AshbaughJodi BalfourJordan HayesIn an attempt to abandon their well-practiced social constructs, a group of friends test the limits of monogamy, friendship, betrayal, and freedom.
- DirectorYvan IturriagaRay TellesStarsPedro E. Guerrero"A Photographer's Journey" captures the remarkable life and work of Pedro Guerrero (1917-2012). He left behind thousands of photographs and nearly 15 hours of interviews beautifully shot in 2011. This film tells, in his own words, the remarkable story of a Mexican American boy born and raised in segregated Mesa, Arizona in the early years of the 20th century who goes on to a remarkable international career. Through his lens and voice we will explore Pedro's unique perspective on life, art, architecture and the artists he encountered. Guerrero used his outsider's eye to produce insightful and iconic portraits of Frank Lloyd Wright, Alexander Calder and Louise Nevelson as well as important images of modernist architecture. He was the first Hispanic to enroll in Wright's Taliesin Fellowship in 1939. Yet his story is largely unknown.
- DirectorKris ElgstrandStarsArabella BushnellAlan SilvermanBronwen SmithCarol discovers how to lose friends and alienate people when she starts singing songs she wrote about people she knows.
- DirectorWei ZhangStarsAnlian YaoYan TangJu ZhaoWorkers work for boss, boss works for the multi-nationalsFactory Boss
- DirectorGeorge OvashviliStarsIlyas SalmanMariam ButurishviliIrakli SamushiaThe river creates and the river destroys in an eternal cycle that even man can't escape.
- DirectorJoshua SeftelStarsTita Ang-AngcoMichael CarboneJames EstrinPhotographer Phil Toledano has become obsessed with his future. Using DNA tests, fortune tellers, and a prosthetic makeup artist, he begins photographing the many dark possibilities that might await him -- despite his wife's pleas to abandon the project. Over three years, Toledano's obsession alters him and his family forever.Death Becomes Him (short)
- DirectorMelissa R. DonovanStarsZemene Tiget AdababyOheneba Boachie-AdjeiMenormelkam EndashawZEMENE is a feature documentary about a young Ethiopian girl's bravery in the face of enormous odds. Living in a remote village with a rare curvature of the spine, Zemene struggles with poverty, poor education, and potentially life-threatening illnesses. But a chance encounter in the streets of Gondar with Dr. Rick Hodes sets in motion a series of events that will change Zemene's life forever. Shot throughout the beautiful countryside of Ethiopia, the film is a poetic testament to the power and bonds of compassion and the potential within us all.
- DirectorIsa QosjaStarsIrena CahaniLuan JahaDonat QosjaIn a traditional village where life is gradually being rebuilt, schoolteacher Lushe is driven by her conscience to give an interview to an international journalist. During the interview, Lushe admits that she and three other women from the village were raped by Serbian soldiers. When the men from the village find out that it was Lushe who spoke to the journalist, they start a hate campaign against her and her little boy.
- DirectorVirginia GrisStarsVirginia GrisAngélica AragónJorge Luis MorenoA Dominican girl is forced to return home to the suffocating and elite society in her hometown of Cardo. She meets a tailor who teaches her a supernatural way to escape.Beast of Cardo
- DirectorGilberto González PenillaStarsAngel NorzagarayGisela MadrigalHoze MeléndezThe life of an ordinary family hiding secrets from each other, despite living under the same roof.The Hamsters
- DirectorCharlie GriakStarsMatt CiciJudd EinanAmanda DayAn intense, boldly cinematic new vision which focuses on a cult-like group and the vulnerable young man who becomes involved in their agenda.
- DirectorMaria RipollStarsNandita DasAina ClotetVaibhavi HankarePain is universal. But so is hope. A story of hope and love across Mumbai and Barcelona; from India to the Mediterranean and all the way back.
- DirectorAndrea KalinStarsJohn BoggessJoanie Mayer HopeNimesh NagarshethBelow the belt cancers and a below the radar cause are thrust into the limelight as N.E.D., or No Evidence of Disease, a rock band of GYN surgeons, put the plight of their patients center stage in this riveting story of women fighting for their lives.
- DirectorEric BadrosStarsTaylor GrahamHeather WeeksLavinia Postolache'Clew' is the story of Jack Hadrian, a painter living in the mid-twenty-first century who contracts for the purchase of a Muse, a genetically engineered bioform designed to be his perfect mate, after his fiancée disappears mysteriously.
- DirectorNicholas CollaStarsVirginia GayBen RidgwellMahalia BrownA lonely man obsessed with symmetry is forced to reveal a peculiar imperfection when he falls in love with the seemingly perfect woman.(short)
- DirectorKahlil SilverStarsPaul EenhoornShogi SilverClare O'ConnorDown on his luck, a sophisticated Ladies Man agrees to take an unusual assignment escorting an Older Academic for an eventing out. The night takes an unexpected turn as the two learn something about women they never knew.
- DirectorKristjan ThorStarsScotty CroweJessica CummingsNerea DuhartAstraea, a telepathic teenage girl, follows her visions through a post-apocalyptic America and into a snowy wilderness. She hopes to find her family and re-build her way of life, but first she must control her gift and survive the winter.
- DirectorAaron KeelingAustin KeelingStarsEmily GossTaylor BottlesCathy BarnettA psychological horror film about a young woman coping with an unwanted pregnancy after moving into a seemingly haunted house.
- DirectorAndrea KalinStarsJohn BoggessJoanie Mayer HopeNimesh NagarshethBelow the belt cancers and a below the radar cause are thrust into the limelight as N.E.D., or No Evidence of Disease, a rock band of GYN surgeons, put the plight of their patients center stage in this riveting story of women fighting for their lives.
- DirectorKyle SteinbachStarsAlex KnappSean RoneyJulian MasterA trio of awkward teens intend to win a horror festival by making their own movie, but wind up getting their actress possessed in the process.
- DirectorTim BartellStarsRicky MabeJordan MonaghanConor LeslieA lonely artist brings a young, drifter woman back to his tiny apartment to live with him. Between his obsessive tendencies and her non-stop drinking, something strange happens. They start to care for each other.