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Imagine a documentary about George W. Bush?s homosexual lover assassinating him with a car bomb.

AFR is the Danish equivalent of just such a story. Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AFR) -- the current prime minister of Denmark ? aims to reform the industrialized West?s economic policies toward the Third World. He meets Emil, an anarchist with severe neuroses. Emil and Rasmussen are both bisexual and each a reformist in his own way. But their lives are as different as can be.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Morten Hartz Kaplers
Cinematography:
Lars Bonde, Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Editor:
Per Sandholt, Rasmus Madsen
Producer:
Meta Louise Foldager, Morten Hartz Kaplers
Language:
Danish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Soren Siegumfeldt

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A brilliant Stanford student descends into a life on the street.

Elizabeth Wiltsee?s intellect and talent showed promise for a brilliant writing career. In writer-director Bill Rose?s (The Loss of Nameless Things) moving homage, Wiltsee?s life and her work are given the tribute they deserve.

Elizabeth was a prolific writer, but she was unable to get her works published. She eventually landed homeless in Watsonville, sleeping on the steps of St. Patrick?s Church, apparently mute. It was at St. Patrick?s that she became part of a community that knew and cared for her.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Bill Rose
Cinematography:
Mickey Freeman, Bill Rose
Editor:
Rick LeCompte
Producer:
Bill Rose
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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A fast-paced stunner of Sputnik?s blast into orbit reveals the wellsprings of both our Cold War fears and space travel hopes.

In 1957, the Cold War had been solely a battle of words, but with the launch of earth?s first manmade satellite, the race to dominate space began. Featuring a plethora of remarkable original footage, including information recently declassified by the CIA, this captivating journey provides a story filled with stunning immediacy considering the events depicted took place fifty years ago.

Season:
2008
Director:
David Hoffman
Editor:
John Vincent Barrett
Producer:
Eric Reid, David Hoffman, John Vincent Barrett
Executive Producer:
Jay Walker
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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In the maw of the Hollywood machine, it can be a quick and precipitous fall from being yesterday?s darling to today?s ignored and unemployable pariah.

Season:
2008
Director:
Ramy Katrib, Evan York
Cinematography:
Jeff Orsa, Ramy Katrib, Evan York
Cast:
Mardik Martin, Martin Scorsese, Gene Kirkwood, Irwin Winkler, Amy Heckerling, Mark Harris, Howard Rodman
Editor:
Lakan de Leon
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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The father of modern electric guitar sound, this 92-year-old still rocks.

Without Les Paul, there would have been no Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. Just ask Keith Richards, who is one of many rock legends who appears to pay tribute in this captivating story of one of the 20th century?s greatest mavericks. Acquiring his jazz chops in Chicago during the depression, wowing audience in 1930?s Harlem and even backing Bing Crosby?s ?It?s Been a Long, Long Time,? Paul?s career spans decades and has yet to be matched by any other music artist.

Season:
2008
Director:
John Paulson
Cinematography:
Erich Roland
Cast:
Les Paul, Jeff Beck, Tony Bennett, Richard Carpenter, Tommy Emmanuel, Ahmet Ertegun, David Fricke, Gary Giddens, Merle Haggard, Sonya Hensley
Editor:
John Paulson
Producer:
James Arntz, John Paulson
Executive Producer:
Susan Lacy, Glenn Aveni
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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Can we ever know the truth, or is it too changeable and elusive, always just beyond our grasp?

A riveting, complex tale of espionage, manipulation, and betrayal, where the line between right and wrong and good and evil is constantly shifting and always blurry.

Helen Smyth, a New Zealand journalist, travels to Cuba with her family. While there, she by chance meets enigmatic, suave and beguiling Nestor Baguer. Later, however, after being pulled into a tangled web of intrigue, Smyth senses that something is wrong.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Helen Smyth
Cinematography:
Tim Rose, Helen Smyth, Ben Powdrell, Francesca Carney
Editor:
Ben Powdrell
Producer:
Helen Smyth, Tim Rose
Language:
English and Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Jonathan Crayford, Andreas Lepper, Ben Powdrell

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Surprises await the prodigal daughter?s return to the family business. It doesn?t get any more real than real life.

Emily Ting loved her life in New York City. But when her father requested she return to Hong Kong and take over the family business, Ting didn?t exactly know how to say ?no.? Promising herself she would go for just one year, she sacrificed all she had accomplished for a grueling new life as CEO in training for one of Hong Kong?s most notorious toy companies.

Two years later, she?s still there ? with no end in sight.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
Sneak Preview
Director:
Emily Ting, Helen Jen
Cinematography:
Helen Jen
Editor:
Emily Ting
Producer:
Emily Ting
Language:
English and Chinese w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Michael Paul

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Listen to the Swiss air and a soundtrack will form.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Stefan Schwietert
Cinematography:
Pio Corradi
Editor:
Stephan Krumbiegel, Calle Overweg
Producer:
Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer
Language:
Swiss and German w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Knut Jensen

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When minions of hell run alongside this double-decker bus of destruction, only the D-Tour could bring a new perspective on the journey that lies in its wake.

Season:
2008
Director:
Jeremy Konner
Cinematography:
Jeremy Konner
Cast:
Jack Black, Kyle Gass
Editor:
Jeremy Konner, Eric Binns, James Atkinson, Kevin Mayfield
Producer:
Jeremy Konner, Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Benjamin Cooley
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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A true love story about murder, friendship, betrayal and family

Dr. Andrew Bagby, raised in Silicon Valley, was murdered by Dr. Shirley Turner, the mother of his unborn child. Bagby?s childhood friend, filmmaker and Cinequest alum Kurt Kuenne (Scrapbook, Drive-in Movie Memories), initially intended to make this film for Bagby?s son, Zachary, as a way he could get to know his father. But when Turner flees to Newfoundland to escape her arrest for murder, the film and Kuenne take a new direction.

Season:
2008
Director:
Kurt Kuenne
Cinematography:
Kurt Kuenne
Editor:
Kurt Kuenne
Producer:
Kurt Kuenne
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Kurt Kuenne
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