2017

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A comical journey about football, friendship, and nourishing your soul. Comedian and actor Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder; This is the End) has an unusual obsession – he is a die-hard fan of the Scottish soccer team, Glasgow Celtic. Jay, who takes pride in his Irish roots, hooks up with Irish-born soccer journalist, Eoin O’Callaghan and an eccentric journey is hatched. O'Callaghan will take Jay to search for his family in scenic Ireland, culminating in a life-long dream – a match in Glasglow for Jay to watch his beloved Celtics.

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Bel Powly (The Diary of a Teenage Girl), Nathan Lane (The Birdcage), Vanessa Bayer (Saturday Night Live), and Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects) traverse the landscape of life and love in this enchanting comedy. She's a genius—but can she find her way out of her apartment and into the real world? Carrie Pilby is so invested in her intelligence—and intent on hiding from past wounds—that she has cut herself off from the world. A homework assignment from her shrink gets her out of her apartment and her comfort zone, where relating to others brings her the gifts of life—and growing pains.

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A real fantasy. A true nightmare. Known to the world as the ‘mystery girl,’ Cadence is dating famous pop star, Taylor Lake. Unbeknownst to him, she is haunted by visions that blur the line of reality and nightmares. These get worse when Taylor’s obnoxious tour buddies show up and chaos ensues. With still no control of these visions, Cadence must fight against those she loves. Will Cadence escape her nightmares before they become reality?

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From Wall Street to his very own organic farm, an inspiring and powerful journey. Each year, one of the world's most inspiring and life-affirming films receives the coveted Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award and is presented at Cinequest. Previous recipients have included audience favorites I Am (directed by Tom Shadyac, Bruce Almighty), Wampler's Ascent, and Crescendo! The Power of Music.

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Finding your true self no matter what. Featuring the return of director Kavi Raz to Cinequest for his groundbreaking work in The Gold Bracelet (Cinequest, 2006), The Black Prince is the engaging true tale of the last king of the magnificent kingdom of Punjab, Maharaja Duleep Singh (Satinder Sartaj). Kidnapped from his throne at age 5, Duleep grows up under the supervision of Queen Victoria (Amanda Root, The Iron Lady) as an English prince. After thirteen years, he meets his birth mother and uncovers his true past, the King of Punjab.

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The spirit of all seasons: A journey from girlhood to womanhood. Her watchful gaze, graceful and muted, strikes a chord much like the works of Impressionist painters, so profound and breathtaking. Anishoara follows the almost speechless titular character through her daily life, doing chores, running through fields, and falling in love. A world is built in the Moldovan countryside, a timeless and ancient place – the way that Anishoara looks at the facets of life in her village lends a sort of mysticism to the film.

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Sent down the proverbial rabbit hole and dumped out the other end. William Bowman is a small town boy with small-town dreams. And like any average teenager, when approached with the subject of his future, Bowman would often retreat into the safe recesses of his mind. When a concussion seemingly sends William to an uncertain future, what follows is a series of hilarious capers from William’s status as an average teenager to a nationwide media phenomenon. Is William a product of bad luck? Good luck?

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A fringe existence disrupted by a chance invitation. Aloys is a quiet man, who has spent his life on the outside, observing others through an extensive hobby of filming and audio recording his neighbors and their intimate interactions. After his tapes are stolen, he accepts a mysterious phone call and an invitation to engage in the fantastical practice of "telephone walking" in exchange for the return of his tapes. In doing so, he escapes his physical world, exploring the depths of his imagination.

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What lasts longer - art, or the relationship that inspired it? David invites Sarah to his summer lake house to help finish his play. But Sarah has her own ideas about its subject: their decades-long, tumultuous love affair, and despite the peaceful solitude, both are thrown into re-examining the multitude of eras they've survived together. All the Beauty is an intimate and acute anatomy of a complicated relationship.

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One young girl’s journey to adolescence and to self-acceptance. Eleven-year-old Alba is painfully shy, and spends much of her time withdrawn and in silence, observing the beauty of tiny insects in the world around her. When her mother becomes ill, she moves in with the father she doesn’t know and quickly learns that he suffers from her same inability to connect. As they navigate their tense relationship, Alba deflects bullying at school, while simultaneously being surprised by bouts of kindness.