2013
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This animation describes a girl's story who was taken to Java island as a comfort woman. Chung Seo-woon, the real victim of World War, narrates her story with her real voice. Part of Shorts Program 6: Docu-Nation
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Hark is about a man who is confronted with a moral dilemma to save his own life or risk the life of another. The characters in Hark are ordinary people making choices to survive. The story draws attention to the harsh reality of human trafficking and shines light where there is darkness. Part of Shorts Program 3: Choice and Effect
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At the beginning of 1991, after the Romanian Revolution, an old barber meets by chance his former torturer who came in for a shave. Quickly, the parts are inverted though the client refuses to acknowledge that he has been recognized. Part of Shorts Program 1: The Battles We Fought
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Two boys. Two worlds. One Cuba. Raised in a wealthy neighborhood of Havana, 12-year-old Mayito has everything at his fingertips: loving and affectionate parents, delectable home-cooked meals, and, most recently, the latest PlayStation 3 video game console. His classmate Carlos, on the other hand, comes from a low-class residential district where he cleans and sells empty beer bottles just so he can save enough money to buy the kite of his dreams. When Mayito steps into the impoverished community for the first time, he discovers a strange new world.
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Without Internet access and the ability to obtain information or advice regarding agriculture or business, many farmers in poor or hard to reach rural areas do not see their businesses thriving. Grameen Foundation USA received the Flextronics Economic Development Award at The Tech Awards 2012 by creating a social enterprise that has 800 Community Knowledge Workers travel to farms and share agriculture information with small-holder farmers with their on-hand smartphones. These workers have reached 65,000 farmers in 8,800 villages worldwide. Plays with the feature film Plimpton!
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Two kids. One mysterious blue goldfish. And a beautiful adventure.
Young Brazilian immigrant Ricardo is having real trouble settling into Japanese school, where he is bullied and can barely follow the classes. When Ricardo catches a blue goldfish that turns out to be the spirit of a Chinese Princess, the ensuing surge of interest in this rare creature forces him and his charming classmate, Hanako, to join forces to take on the mayor and the Yakuza to save their town and the livelihood of its people.
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No one does their chores when it comes to the home we all share - the earth. Plays with the feature film Somewhere Slow
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Three coincidences, two souls, one day. In this modern day love story, coincidence brings two strangers together on the bustling streets of lonely people in Manchester, England. The deeply philosophical, "Him" pretends to be people's guardian angel, when in actuality, he needs one the most. After seeing the confident and sweet "Her" three times in one day, "Him" decides fate is bringing them together. Over the course of one very eventful day, they experience fate, electric energy, and the unknown powers of the heart.
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Cinequest proudly opens the 2013 festival with director Sally Potter's (Orlando) new film. Elle Fanning, Alice Englert, Annette Bening and Christina Hendricks breathe life into 1960s London in this coming-of-age story.
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FULL-TIME MINISTRY is a character portrait about a devout Christian man who, by day, struggles to keep his religious faith out of the public high school classroom where he teaches; by night, he is an outsider artist who creates gospel-inspired ice sculptures. Shot on 16mm black-and-white stock, this 4-minute non-synch film is highly visual and uniquely positioned to appeal to both religious and secular audiences. Part of Shorts Program 8: Student Shorts