2016
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A love born from loneliness and a longing for rejuvenation. Miklos has never found the love of his life...and now he has only six months to live. Despite the diagnosis of a rare lung disease, the Holocaust survivor is determined to have the life he's always wanted. By writing letters, he reaches out to 117 women with the hopes that one will write back. There's beauty in hoping. There's bliss in finding one that replies. This unconventional love story, based on true events, deeply moves and communicates the yearning for affection felt by a man who previously felt nothing but fear and hatred.
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Kiernan Shipka (Mad Men), Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), and Lucy Boynton (Miss Potter) star in an atmospheric horror tale in which an invisible, evil power terrorizes young students. In recent years, there have been few horror films that one could call visionary. Osgood Perkins' directorial debut, February, is one of those. In the dead of winter, Kat (Shipka) and Rose (Boynton), two very different girls, find themselves spending winter break at their prestigious prep school.
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Opening Cinequest with a bang! Academy award-winning director Gavin Hood will present his captivating new thriller Eye in the Sky, starring Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen, Trumbo), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter, Die Hard), Iain Glen (Game of Thrones, Downton Abbey), Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips), and Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad). Is the life of one innocent worth the lives of thousands? Colonel Katherine Powell (Mirren) is in charge of a top-secret mission: to capture, not kill, a terrorist.
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These old coots are going out with a bangif only they could agree on how. Plan to rob a jewelry store? Check. Meathead partner in crime? Check. Strategy to execute said plan? Uncheck. Hugo's been diagnosed with terminal cancer, but that won't stop him from making a little extra cash. His simple plan of selling his house to Pacoa man who once had an affair with his wifegoes awry when Paco reveals he hasn't a penny to his name. Solution? Commit a robbery, naturally. They hire the perfect thug to do it, but none of the men can agree on a strategy.
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Exciting adventures in a zombie-powered Steampunk world. Ever wonder what the world would be like if the British Empire had been built upon a working class of reanimated corpses? Welcome to The Empire of Corpses. Director Ryotaro Makihara delivers a highly stylized, hold-onto-the-seat-of-your-pants, modern anime adventure where corpse reanimation technology is so successful that it threatens to topple the living population. John Watson, a brilliant medical student, has been invited to join the UK's exclusive secret society to unearth the memoirs of Victor Frankenstein himself.
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"Those who remain search for meaning and connection in a world without memory." No one knows what happened yesterday. No one will remember today. The survivors of a terrifying global virus must experience life one moment at a time in a decaying landscape of a world no longer resembling their own. Lovers must stick together or risk losing each other forever. Children search for lost parents. Violence ensues as people resort to desperate measures. Nowhere is safe. Nowhere is home.
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Cam can cook bacon, but he can't seem to bring any home. A comedy about measuring up, Dependent's Day stands tall in portraying the millennial midlife crisis. An aspiring actor and part-time babysitter, Cam feels the pressure to provide from everyone around him: his successful fashion designer girlfriend, her friends, her parents, even his own friends. Can Cam be independent? That's the question. His lazy attempts at finding a job are his stabs at an answer. Though we all aspire for instant success and independence, it takes more than high hopes. Sometimes you need a little nudge.
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A complicated relationship among three women can only lead to one thing: murder. Filled with sex, violence, and intrigue, Demimonde reveals the "Old World" prior to the upheaval of World War I. A cipher of a woman arrives to take a job as a maid in a household that entertains the richest of Hungary's upper class. There she meets a famous prostitute and her rigid housekeeper. A bizarre relationship ensues among the three women, revealing the lengths to which they will go for passion.
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"He will fight for a peaceful solution. Violently, if need be." With award-winning director Micha Lewinsky's (The Friend, Cinequest 2009; Will You Marry Us?, Cinequest 2010) powerful new drama, we find conflict-avoidant Thomas just wanting a relaxing holiday in the Swiss Alps. But, it's a slippery slope from the beginning. In an effort to repair his own family ties and to impress his boss, he takes his family and his employer's daughter with him. Tragedy strikes and Thomas feels responsible. Should he be his typical passive self?
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Cinequest Film Festival 2016 culminates with the United States Premiere of Simon Stone's beautiful and haunting The Daughter, which boasts an incredible ensemble cast including Academy Award winner Geoffrey Rush (Shine), Ewen Leslie (Sleeping Beauty), Paul Schneider (Lars and the Real Girl), Miranda Otto (The Lord of the Rings), Anna Torv (Fringe), Odessa Young (Wonderland), and Sam Neill (Jurassic Park). After a fifteen year absence, Christian (Schneider) returns home to New South Wales for what should be a celebration of his father Henry's (Rush) marriage to Anna (Torv).