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One life taken; one life saved… Memento Mori is an evocative cinematic journey alongside the living and the dying, bringing to the screen a human drama never-before-captured on film. In an organ transplant hospital, every facet of the human experience—joy, anguish, pain, and a profound appreciation for the beauty of life and the inevitability of death—is concentrated in one building and let loose to roam the halls.

Season:
2017
Director:
Niobe Thompson
Cinematography:
aAron Munson, Sergio Olivares
Editor:
Scott Parker
Producer:
Rosvita Dransfeld, Bonnie Thompson for NFB
Executive Producer:
Rosvita Dransfeld, David Christensen for NFB
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Jonathon Kawchuk

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Falling in love is easy; falling out is the hard part. Dash (Jacob Tierney, The Trotsky) has nothing figured out. He's a 33-year-old mural artist living check-to-check. A psychologist would classify him as clinically depressed, but he is still in denial and lost in the past. In fact, Dash thinks he still has a chance with his ex-Lauren (Jessica Pare, Mad Men). After all, she is only engaged to Dash’s charming nemesis Mark Adam Jones (Jay Baruchel, How to Train Your Dragon).

Season:
2017
Director:
Tyson Caron
Cinematography:
Jonathon Cliff
Cast:
Jacob Tierney, Rebecca Gibson, Ali Tataryn, Jay Baruchel, Jessica Pare
Producer:
Kyle Irving
Executive Producer:
Jacob Tierney, Lisa Meeches
Language:
English
Genre:
Romantic Comedy

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You are your own worst enemy. Imagine the worst day of your life. Now, insert Adam who happens to be reliving his day endlessly. Loop pulls together a supernatural story of a man who gets a second chance to do what is right… then a third, and a fourth. In hopes of saving his wife and future child, Adam has to brave his nightmares and prove himself worthy. Fighting to uncover a scandal that leads to his own demise, Adam seems to be getting in the way of himself. This fast-paced, sci-fi thriller re-defines “the edge of your seat,” leaving one with a thorough boggling of the mind.

Season:
2017
Director:
Isti Madarasz
Cinematography:
Andras Nagy
Cast:
Denes Szaraz, Dorina Martinovics, Zsolt Anger
Editor:
Zoltan Kovacs
Producer:
Tamas Hutlassa
Executive Producer:
Julianna Ugrin
Language:
Hungarian with English subtitles
Genre:
Science Fiction, Thriller
Music:
Adrian Foulkes, Lucio Godoy

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Music: the universal language. No matter from what corner of the world you come, or color of your skin, or language you speak, at the heart of every culture lies the basis of what makes their culture: music. The Listen Project is an ongoing journey and ever-growing library of intimate and rarely seen performances of artists from every corner of the globe, as they attempt to answer the unanswerable: "What would we put into a time capsule that will be opened in 1000 years?" A narrative that spans from the beginning of time is spun through different cultures.

Season:
2017
Director:
Garry Bassin
Cinematography:
Attila Csoboth
Producer:
Garry Bassin, Tomoko Yamaguchi
Language:
Various with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary

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Israel, a country of refugees. Levinsky Park, a community of refugees divided. No country has been more historically indebted to refugees than Israel. Yet, in the Levinsky Park neighborhood of Tel Aviv, a community of sub-Saharan African refugees seeking freedom in a strange new world has created a vexing clash between two cultures, each seeking to retain its own identity.

Season:
2017
Director:
Beth Toni Kruvant
Cinematography:
Amir Terkel
Editor:
Cindy Kaplan Rooney
Producer:
Beth Toni Kruvant
Language:
English, Hebrew with English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Ben Decter

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Is there a proper way to do anything these days? Ben is an extremely laid-back young man. He spends his days between driving for Uber and hanging out with friends; by night, he is a stand-up comedian, using his personal life as the raw material for the jokes. Occasionally, he will meet a girl who charms him, but somehow, he fails to pursue the romance any further.

Season:
2017
Director:
Michael Jones
Cinematography:
Martin Gubbins
Cast:
Jackson Tozer, Fabiana Weiner, Troy Larkin, Tegan Crowley
Editor:
Michael Jones
Producer:
Caitlin Farrugia, Michael Jones
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy

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When you're chasing your tail, life is always just out of reach. Thirty-two-year-old Laura is coasting, waiting for her life to fall into place like it has for her friends, with houses in the suburbs or gigs on the Jimmy Kimmel show. The draft of Laura’s novel is never quite ready, and she can't bring herself to settle down with her supportive, unexciting boyfriend. Even an affair with an intriguing performance artist isn't enough to keep her interest for long. But the harder she works to “be herself," the less satisfying her life becomes.

Season:
2017
Director:
Michael Ferrell
Cinematography:
Paul Rondeau
Cast:
Dana Brooke, Michael Ferrell, Josh Tyson
Editor:
Chris Prine
Producer:
Michael Ferrell, Chris Prine, Devin Sanchez
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
Music:
Chris Prine

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Cinequest’s Opening Nights are always a spectacular treat for movie lovers, and you’ll want to join us for an evening of laughs, as director Mark Pellington (Arlington Road) presents his captivating new comedy, starring Shirley MacLaine (Terms of Endearment, Mrs. Winterbourne, Postcards from the Edge) and Amanda Seyfried (Les Misérables, Big Love, Mamma Mia!). In business, Harriet Lauler (MacLaine) was always as good as they come; although her luck in friends and family, not so much.

Season:
2017
Director:
Mark Pellington
Cinematography:
Eric Koretz
Cast:
Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Heche, Thomas Sadoski, Philip Baker Hall
Editor:
Julia Wong
Producer:
Mark Pellington, Kirk D’Amico, Anne-Marie MacKay
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Nathan Matthew David

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At some point, all children lose their innocence.  Ten-year-old Jamal loves his carefree life with his mum in rural Bangladesh, until the day when he is robbed of his innocence when his childhood friend and everyday playmate is forced to become a child bride. With new insight into social norms, Jamal begins to notice his surroundings and realizes his need for a social identity. His search puts his mother at risk, as she has a past she is forced to hide.

Season:
2017
Director:
Bijon
Cinematography:
Ramshreyas Rao, Andrew Wesman
Cast:
Mahmudur Anindo, Sheuly Aktar, Chinmoyee Gupta, Monir Ahmed Shakeel, Rokeya Prachy
Editor:
Luke Slendebroek
Producer:
Arifur Rahman
Executive Producer:
Anish John, Bijon, Arifur Rahman
Language:
Bengali with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Bruce Driscoll

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Hilarity ensues when his royal majesty finds his soul on the road trip from h**l through the Balkans. A sly and delightful "mockumentary" featuring the “only-for-show” monarch of Belgium. Stuck in Turkey with only his entourage and a documentarian without air travel or cell phones (both having been knocked out by a cosmic event) they attempt to get back to Belgium to confront a domestic crisis before the clock runs out.

Season:
2017
Director:
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Cinematography:
Ton Peters
Cast:
Peter Van den Begin, Bruno Georis, Lucie Debay, Titus De Voogdt, Pieter Van der Houwen
Editor:
David Verdurme
Producer:
Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth
Language:
English, Flemish, French, Bulgarian with English subtitles
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
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