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Anne is a wedding planner prepared to pull out all the stops in her new business. Her partner in this endeavor is Jesper, Denmark?s only homophobic gay guy. And while Anne shares in the joy and grandeur of the big day for her clients, she has a problem taking the plunge herself. Struggling to get the business going, Anne makes the mistake of falling for a prospective client. And what is worse is that not only is the guy a groom to be, but he and his soon-to-be-bride are Denmark?s morning TV equivalent of Regis and Kathy Lee.

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Human resources drone and put-upon family man Harry (James Franco) imagines he could be the next Dostoyevsky if he could just get a little peace and quiet. With so much noise at home, Harry decides it?s time to move out in order to start his literary masterpiece.

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Cinequest is proud to offer a showing of both the legendary Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One, a remarkable study of the possibilities of cinema first shown in 1968, with its 2005 companion piece, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take 2½.

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What separates each of us from the other? Director Lynne Sachs explores this complex question and others in her haunting new film States of Unbelonging?a beautiful poetic journey that searches for how one person understands another across cultural, historical and political divides.

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Though hardly famous, Jack Mullin?s influence extends from the creation of tape following World War II to the rise of the iPod in recent times. The engaging Sound Man sheds welcome light on the career of this neglected pioneer, responsible for the innovation described as ?a musician?s dream.?

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After a year locked in a trunk at the back of the attic, Mindbenders returns with tales too bizarre to be put on at any time other than late night. Only then can dark tales of clown on mime violence mingle with the talk of the mean streets and the unnatural cycles of food growth. There?s amputation, mutilation, excrement and even a film for those who are big into anthropomorphic animals in suits or b.b. gun fans. These Mindbenders may well be the strangest ever, and it will certainly keep you awake and scratching your head.

Chris Garcia

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Ranging from action-packed to the fantastic to the quotidian, this collection of short films spans a range of emotions and visual styles. Wood Diary is a beautiful look at the everyday life of an outsider artist; a routine that makes a ritual of creativity. Music, to this film, is as important as the stark winter imagery. From Romania, A Lineman?s Cabin takes place along the tracks, in the wide open spaces and farmland next to the Black Sea.

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This inspiring collection of shorts pays homage to the actor?s craft and the storyteller?s gift for imagination. Up on the Rope presents a boy with an unusual perspective on life. In this case, it?s quite literal. Veteran British actor Alan Corduner (The White Countess, Vera Drake) plays an obsessive dandy in Against Nature, an upper crust scribe whose universe couldn?t be more ordered. That?s unfortunate for the homeless wreck outside his window. Bay Area filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt brings us his latest offering: an elegy for his deceased brother and a meditation on coping with loss.

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Animated Worlds returns for another run with some exceptional pieces of filmmaking. Featuring films from six countries and a local filmmaker?s work as well, powerful storytelling is infused with the magic of the animator?s art. Stop-motion, computer animation, tradition hand-drawn work as well as paper silhouette animation all meld on a canvas that celebrates the art of filmmaking. Traditional tales mix it up with the avant-garde, all while telling stories that captivate and entertain.

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In Combination is a concoction of stories that feature a look at the way things combine to form new outlooks and whole new universes. From the contrasts between the natural and man-made to the way black and white film footage can be taken and rearranged to form a new story, In Combination will examine what happens when the expected and the exceptional collide and release the resulting energies on the world. Fantasy grinds against reality, experience against expectation, happiness against sorrow in films that explore those areas of contact.