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A romance a decade in the making.

Can love at first sight happen ten years down the road? Nick and Kate decide to take their longtime friendship to the next level. Starting in Las Vegas, they reveal their feelings for each other over the course of a journey across the Northwest. Tentative at first, their love grows stronger and more serious as they make their way through such monuments as the Grand Canyon and Mount Rushmore. But is their bond strong enough to withstand the often startling personal revelations along the way?

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Oliver Cukor
Cast:
Sarah Louise Lilley, Sean Matic, Roland Dixon, Starlita Deuereaux, Rose Raab, Lawence E. Raab, Vicki Skow, Alistair Baker, Rhonda M. Baker
Editor:
Oliver Cukor, Scott Brock
Producer:
Oliver Cukor, Lidija Cukor, Nina Cukor
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Robi Banerji, David Macus, Rob Taylor

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All this time and nowhere to put it.

In the living room of a suburban home, Liam Lombard lays dying. His family watches ? helpless. No warning. No signs. No time for goodbyes. Three years later the world of the four people who loved him most are inadvertently changed forever.

Season:
2009
Director:
Christopher Weekes
Cast:
Noni Hazlehurst, Steve Rodgers, Leeanna Walsman, Christopher Weekes, Matthew Newton, Rhys Muldoon, Gary Sweet
Editor:
Simon Wright
Producer:
Bridget Callow
Executive Producer:
Michael Favelle
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Brian Cachia

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The classic, I hate your guts, no wait, I like you, my brother is deaf, let?s ride a couch down the street, love story.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Rhett Lewis, Burke Lewis
Cast:
Candyce Foster, Rhett Lewis, Zachary Christian, Tappan Wybrow, Jeni Thompson, Eliza Couch, Barry Parslow
Editor:
Burke Lewis
Producer:
Brent Burnett, Ben Spackman
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Paleo

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Obsession consumes two men dead-set on winning the high-stake bet of a lifetime.

Viktor, a wealthy, arrogant oligarch, agrees to pay young Maxim, his cocky employee, $15 million if the young man can endure fifteen years of imprisonment in confined, guarded quarters. If Maxim fails to complete his detention, he will be indebted to work without pay for the rest of his life.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Natalia Bronstein
Cast:
Viktor Verzhbitsky, Vladimir Zherebtsov, Marina Mogilevskaya, Sergey Chonishvilli, Anatoly Belyi, Olesya Zheleznyak, Evgenia Loza, Daria Poverennova
Editor:
Roman Kanatnikov, Tatiana Belousova
Producer:
Natalia Bronstein
Executive Producer:
Irina Mitrofanova
Language:
Russian (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Peter Klimov

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Brazen fantasy, transformation of the soul, the consequences of sinful pleasures are thrown overboard in a bold sexual frenzy.

All aboard the Kriemhild--a floating sin city where the booze is cheaper than anywhere else. The beauty and cruelty of humanity becomes unabashedly on display through the wonders of sexual prowess and intensity. Every morning riding down the beautiful Blue Danube, the brilliant eyes sparkle and the eerily complacent smiles dazzle the passengers to be, as the captain and his crew put on their radiant masks.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Darko Bajic
Cast:
Miki Manojlovic, Tim Seyfi, Branislav Lecic, Ana Franic, Ursula Gottwald, Michael Picirilli, Dragan Nikolic, Bojana Maljevic, Ivan Bosiljcic
Editor:
Filip Dedic
Producer:
Darko Bajic
Executive Producer:
Aleksandar Obradovic
Language:
Serbo-Croatian, German, English (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Boris Kovac

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Going home and finding love. Is it too late?

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Özcan Alper
Cast:
Onur Saylak, Raife Yenigül, Megi Kobaladze, Serkan Keskin, Nino Lejava, Sibel Öz, Cihan Çamkerten, Serhan Pirpir, Yaşar Güven
Editor:
Thomas Balkenhol
Producer:
F.Serkan Acar
Language:
Turkish, Georgian, and Hemsin (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama

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Note to self: fight my werewolf urges to kill the girl I love.

Meet John Doe, a friendly wolf turned bloodthirsty man under the light of a full moon. Afflicted by amnesia and fueled by the inexplicable craving for raw meat, John goes on a killing spree in the Hollywood Hills. Unable to curb his new cravings or remember how he acquired them, he enlists the help of quirky punk rock grocery delivery girl, Audie, whom he quickly falls in love with.

Season:
2009
Director:
B. Scott O'Malley
Cast:
Christa Campbell, Derek Hughes, Rance Howard, Richard Riehle, Tara Price
Editor:
B. Scott O'Malley, Mary Reese
Producer:
Christo Dimassis, Roger M. Mayer, Karol Tafolla Ballard, Jeffrey J. Orgill, B. Scott O'Malley
Executive Producer:
Christo Dimassis
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Karl Preusser

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Don't look now, but one of the world's great national cinemas just got even better!

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Seyed Reza Mir Karimi
Cast:
Hengameh Ghaziani, Haleh Homapur, Nayereh Farahani, Mehran Kashani, Nastaran ali Hamdam, Mohammad Javad Jafarpur
Editor:
Seyed Reza Mir Karimi
Producer:
Seyed Reza Mir Karimi
Language:
Farsi (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Mohammad Reza Aligholi

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A critic?s life suddenly has more drama than the films he?s reviewing.

François has just landed a position as a film critic with a small-town theater. It?s a movie lover?s dream job, but there?s only one problem: He knows practically nothing about cinema.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Lionel Baier
Cast:
Robin Harsch, Natacha Koutchoumov, Elodie Weber, Bulle Ogier
Editor:
Pauline Gaillard
Producer:
Robert Boner, SAGA Production
Language:
French (w/ English subtitles)
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Karol Szymanowski

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Old World? dad, meet your ?New World? kids.

Last year, Cinequest was extremely honored to present the first audience test screening of Mark Tran?s, All About Dad?a very exciting event that found the sold-out theatre audience laughing, crying, and ultimately cheering. For this year, we are thrilled to have Mark present the final film to audiences.

Season:
2009
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Mark Tran
Cast:
David Huynh, Chi Pham, Yen Ly, Steven Cloyes, Nanrisa Lee, Yvonne Troung, Hunter Vo, Minh Do, Eric Callero
Editor:
Jeremy Castillo
Producer:
Mark Tran, Todd Banhazl
Executive Producer:
Barnaby Dallas, Ned Kopp, Nick Martinez
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
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