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Can you play cricket wearing a burka? Being in a Muslim family in modern-day India can sometimes be a struggle for 20-year-old Kaikasha and her two sisters. Their father wants them to wear burkas and to have arranged marriages, but these determined young women have dreams of their own. This beautiful and rousing story follows Kaikasha in her quest to be the first Muslim on the Mumbai women’s cricket team and then follows her into a corridor of uncertainty after a shocking turn of events changes the fate of her family.

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Everyone is just as messed up as you are. Just go with it. What happens when love disappears from an otherwise satisfying marriage? Do you throw in the towel? Do you try to revitalize the spark? Do you pursue your forgotten dreams and goals? Jane tries to work through her marriage and life. The results are sometimes disastrous, sometimes wondrous, but always exciting. Will she learn to “Just be!” and fulfill the prophecy of becoming the “unstoppable smart, classy bitch?” See Jane run through the maze of her own making to find the exit to her truth. – Pratibha Kelapure

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A troubled teen turns a poet’s life upside down. Taekgi, a sexually lukewarm poet who married late in life, struggles with the desires that arise after witnessing a young boy making out with a girl in a restroom at the local donut shop. As Taekgi entangles himself in the boy’s life, we wonder what kind of desire this is: companionship, paternal affections, pederasty, or simple pity for a troubled youth? The film’s dynamic ride exposes an emotional space that defies labels while exploring marriage, family roots, and social taboos.

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Each year, one of the world’s most life-affirming films receives the coveted Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award at Cinequest. It is a great honor to present Pick of the Litter as this year’s winner. The movie exemplifies the work of caretakers who help people thrive in their health and their lives. Artists Dana Nachman and Don Hardy continue to create inspirational, compelling, and empowering documentaries.

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A retrofuture attempt to win back a lost love. Somewhere in the Caribbean, in a future that never was…thus begins this zany tale of love and time travel. Laura, frustrated and ready to leave the predictable Diego, agrees to one more weekend of sex to rekindle things, but will her macho ex-boyfriend win her back instead? This film is set in a quirky retrofuture complete with campy ads for technology products that seem, like Diego, more failure than success.

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Rule of Law or Dignity of Human Life - what comes first? In this intra-cultural powerhouse, set in North Africa, we join the journey of Rinaldi caught between doing his duty and following his heart. Every day millions of immigrants wash up on the shores of new countries, afraid and confused. In harsh situations, some are captured and sentenced to survive under militia control. Rinaldi is entrusted to stop illegal travel from Libya to Italy.

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Roll out the red carpet and join us for an evening of laughs and big guests as director, star, and past Cinequest Maverick Award recipient William H. Macy (Shameless, Fargo) returns to Cinequest to present his highly anticipated new comedy, Krystal. Tyler Ogburn (Nick Robinson, Everything, Everything, Jurassic World) has had a very sheltered upbringing, mostly due to a heart condition that deters him from living the normal life of going to college, playing sports, or pursuing love.

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What mends a broken heart? Alex finds himself recovering from a recent breakup just as his terminally-ill father decides to stop his cancer treatment. Attempting his version of tough love, Alex’s roommate criticizes Alex for not even trying to start again. Later, Alex crosses paths with Manon at the supermarket and realizes that he has the opportunity to forage a new love. In this French romance, the characters honestly expose themselves to each other and are able to analyze their own decisions, resulting in a superb film about love, loss, and renewal.

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A quiet detective, a juggler, and a time-travel experiment gone wickedly wrong. Darius is an introverted detective who spends most of his free time looking over a sullen, old lady living next door. When a new murder case turns up, he visits the scene of the crime but discovers something quite peculiar this time around – the dead body is identical to his own. As his day-to-day life begins to blur into a series of erratic and haunting memories, an outlandish childhood friend reaches out and connects.

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Suspense skyrockets when a dare goes terribly wrong. Odds Are…you’re in for gripping suspense that wraps around itself like a snake strangling a mouse. It starts as a game: randomly pick the same number as your opponent and accept his/her challenge. But what happens when a dare goes too far? Who’s really in trouble now? Based on actual events, this intense psychological thriller, Odds Are… has all the elements to scare you out of your seat. Twists and turns and troubles unfold as a sociopath hunts young college students in a creepy house.