2013
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In this city there are no strangers, travelers are all trying to find a place, our home. Aina, a nurse by profession, lives with her grandmother. Aina reaches Mexico City in search of her father, whom she had believed dead. Aina's only reference is a photo of a child with a note on the back: "our house in 37 Juarez street." What she finds in the vast city are many streets with that name. And given the chance to explore all of those tiny universes with the number "37", Aina experiences life in Mexico City and finds opportunities that change her forever.
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Lovers without borders. Kasia is a Finnish girl who meets the handsome Norwegian Jacob while they are both vacationing in Istanbul. The two explore the city together the next day, and sparks fly, but Jacob's vacation is over and he returns home. Months later, after taking a job in Oslo, Kasia searches for Jacob. She mistakes him for a man named Andreas and starts a relationship with this doppelganger even after Andreas corrects her. However, their flame is not igniting as quickly as with Jacob.
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A gentle, coming-of-age fable that paints an emotional and colorful portrait of Mumbai life. A spirited boy, Rahul spends his days skipping along the rooftops of his neighborhood. To avoid his abusive father, Rahul finds sanctuary in the streets with his streetwise friends Arbaaz and Salman. While they wander the narrow passages of the city, their story unfolds through pranks, stealing food, and following Saloni, Rahul's crush.
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Sweating and out of breath, over-weight Michael arrives late for his 7 year-old nephew's birthday pool-party. Almost 30 now, Michael is still struggling to become independent of his older domineering sister Yael. He comes ready to convince her that he no longer needs her support, but learns it's not going be an easy battle when she tells him she invited a girl to the party and it's a date. Part of Shorts Program 8: Student Shorts
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A friend 'til the bloody end.
The owner of Hal's Hardware Store is ready to retire. Teddy, the manager, and Cal, a lifetime employee, are overlooked in the search for a new boss. Feeling entitled to the position, they devise an obscure scheme to take what they think is rightfully theirs. These scatterbrained childhood friends are pushed to their limit, making lethal adjustments for their plan to succeed. Thinking they're in the clear, they soon realize they've made a foolish mistake, which condemns them to the hot seat.
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Fighting her fears of being ordinary, Molly finds freedom through forbidden romance. There's something about Molly Maxwell; only she doesn't know what it is. Pressured to live up to her genius I.Q., 16-year-old Molly struggles to stand out at her alternative school. She finally copes with the expectations of her friends and family when she begins an independent study with her young, handsome English teacher. Not only does she develop a talent for photography, but her blossoming intimate relationship really makes her feel special.
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Tim Collin's life is slowly spiraling out of control and comes to it's breaking point in the eye of a South Florida hurricane. He seeks shelter from the massive force in an abandoned motel and just when things couldn't get worse, he discovers an old, bloack and white television that sees 15 seconds into the future. With this chance encounter, an epic battle of Man vs. Fate ensues, launching Tim down the rabbit hole where his darkest demons have lied dormant for years. Part of Shorts Program 5: Mindbenders
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The culmination of Cinequest 23 continues our tradition of creating unforgettable events, and we proudly present our most spectacular so far with Midnight's Children, the momentous collaboration between director Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie.
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A penitentiary parlor. A mother and her son meet for the first time since the young rebel took part in a bloody robbery. Part of Shorts Program 1: The Battles We Fought
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Marvin was born with a hole in his head, he wasn't born stupid, he wasn't born dead... Part of Shorts Program 4: Animated Worlds