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What are you willing to sacrifice for those you love? Powerful performances by Wim Willaert (Ex Drummer) and Anemone Valcke (Oxygen, Cinequest 2012) highlight Peter Monsaert's powerful and emotional debut feature. With the help of retired hairdresser Denise and friend Rachid, Rudy begins his journey to reclaim the life that prison took from him. But he cannot seem to get it right. With his eyes on his goals, Rudy starts to get his life back on track, but his dark past comes creeping in once again, threatening to ruin everything for which he has worked.

Season:
2013
Director:
Peter Monsaert
Cinematography:
Ruben Impens
Cast:
Anemone Valcke, Wim Willaert, Mourade Zeguendi, Patricia Goemaere, Robrecht Vanden Thoren, Margriet Bruggeman
Editor:
Alain Dessauvage
Producer:
Annemie Degryse, Jan De Clercq, Alexander Vandeputte
Language:
Dutch, French with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Triggerfinger

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Is it radical revenge or an accident? Ju Lie, a mild-mannered woman with one daughter, is married to businessman Yongzhao. Leading a seemingly routine life, her world flips upside down when she spots her husband entering a hotel with another woman. This love triangle takes a turn for the worst when the other woman is struck by a car on the highway, just hours later. In the hazy smog of Wuhan, China, the police wonder if her death was truly an accident.

Season:
2013
Director:
Lou Ye
Cinematography:
Zeng Jian
Cast:
Hao Lei, Qin Hao, Qi Xi, Zu Feng, Zhu Yawen, Chang Fangyuan, Qu Ying
Editor:
Simon Jacquet
Producer:
Nai An, Kristina Larsen
Language:
Mandarin with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Peyman Yazdanian

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In this city there are no strangers, travelers are all trying to find a place, our home. Aina, a nurse by profession, lives with her grandmother. Aina reaches Mexico City in search of her father, whom she had believed dead. Aina's only reference is a photo of a child with a note on the back: "our house in 37 Juarez street." What she finds in the vast city are many streets with that name. And given the chance to explore all of those tiny universes with the number "37", Aina experiences life in Mexico City and finds opportunities that change her forever.

Season:
2013
Director:
Hatuey Viveros
Cinematography:
Vidblain Balvas
Cast:
Aida Folch, Diana Bracho, Tara Parra, Jorge Zarate, Eugenia de la O, Harold Torres
Editor:
Aina Calleja
Producer:
Henner Hofmann, Lilana Pardo, Nicolas Celis
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Music:
Galo Duran, Juan Pablo Ramirez

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Lovers without borders. Kasia is a Finnish girl who meets the handsome Norwegian Jacob while they are both vacationing in Istanbul. The two explore the city together the next day, and sparks fly, but Jacob's vacation is over and he returns home. Months later, after taking a job in Oslo, Kasia searches for Jacob. She mistakes him for a man named Andreas and starts a relationship with this doppelganger even after Andreas corrects her. However, their flame is not igniting as quickly as with Jacob.

Season:
2013
Director:
Eirik Svensson
Cinematography:
Martin Solvang
Cast:
Pamela Tola, Espen Klouman Hoiner, Mattis Herman Nyquist, Audun Hjort
Editor:
Karsten Meinich
Producer:
Karin Julsrud, Lasse Saarinen
Language:
Finnish, English, Norwegian with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Verneri Pohjola

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A gentle, coming-of-age fable that paints an emotional and colorful portrait of Mumbai life. A spirited boy, Rahul spends his days skipping along the rooftops of his neighborhood. To avoid his abusive father, Rahul finds sanctuary in the streets with his streetwise friends Arbaaz and Salman. While they wander the narrow passages of the city, their story unfolds through pranks, stealing food, and following Saloni, Rahul's crush.

Season:
2013
Director:
Manjeet Singh
Cinematography:
Siddarth Kay
Cast:
Rahul Bairaji, Arbaaz Khan, Tejas D Parvatkar, Salman Khan, Aftab Khan, Dhanshree Jain
Editor:
Tinni Mitra
Producer:
Manjeet Singh
Executive Producer:
Lina Dhingra
Language:
Hindi with English Subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Mathias Duplessey

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A friend 'til the bloody end.

The owner of Hal's Hardware Store is ready to retire. Teddy, the manager, and Cal, a lifetime employee, are overlooked in the search for a new boss. Feeling entitled to the position, they devise an obscure scheme to take what they think is rightfully theirs. These scatterbrained childhood friends are pushed to their limit, making lethal adjustments for their plan to succeed. Thinking they're in the clear, they soon realize they've made a foolish mistake, which condemns them to the hot seat.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
WORLD PREMIERE
Director:
Rob Grant
Cinematography:
Michael Baier
Cast:
Mike Kovac, Scott Wallis, Bradley Duffy, John Fitzgerald, Len Harvey, Chelsey Reist, Justin Sproule, Teagan Vincze, Graham Wardle, Jesse Wheeler
Editor:
Rob Grant
Producer:
Scott Mainwood
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy

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Fighting her fears of being ordinary, Molly finds freedom through forbidden romance. There's something about Molly Maxwell; only she doesn't know what it is. Pressured to live up to her genius I.Q., 16-year-old Molly struggles to stand out at her alternative school. She finally copes with the expectations of her friends and family when she begins an independent study with her young, handsome English teacher. Not only does she develop a talent for photography, but her blossoming intimate relationship really makes her feel special.

Season:
2013
Director:
Sara St. Onge
Cinematography:
Catherine Lutes
Cast:
Lola Tash, Charlie Carrick, Krista Bridges, Rob Stewart, Richard Clarkin, A.K. Shand, Brooke Palsson
Editor:
Stephen Phillipson
Producer:
John Nadalin, Aeschylus Poulos, Mark Van de Ven
Executive Producer:
Justine Whyte
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Paul Aucoin

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The culmination of Cinequest 23 continues our tradition of creating unforgettable events, and we proudly present our most spectacular so far with Midnight's Children, the momentous collaboration between director Deepa Mehta and Salman Rushdie.

Season:
2013
Director:
Deepa Mehta
Cinematography:
Giles Nuttgens
Cast:
Satya Bhabha, Shahana Goswami, Rajat Kapoor, Seema Biswas, Shriya Saran, Siddharth, Ronit Roy, Rahul Bose, Anita Majumdar, Zaib Shaikh, Anupam Kher
Editor:
Colin Monie
Producer:
David Hamilton
Language:
English, Hindi with English Subtitles
Genre:
Comedy

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One would think that a simple road trip across Mexico would be less... complicated. For his 50th birthday, Marcos receives an invitation to the wedding of the only woman he loved, 30 years ago. To add to this, the Chinese Mafia is after his restaurant, and Marcos' dream of becoming a writer seems very unattainable. So, wouldn't the wedding be the perfect time to get away from it? One would think so.

Season:
2013
Director:
Gabriel Guzman
Cinematography:
Alejandro Cantu
Cast:
Odiseo Bichir, Victor Hernandez, Carlos Cobos, Eduardo Espana, Claudia Ramirez
Editor:
Gabriel Garcia Campillo
Producer:
Ale Garcia, Antonio Urdapilleta
Language:
Spanish with English Subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Rodrigo Montfort

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Everyone who falls in love with her ends up dead. Zoritsa is enchanting. But any man who comes close enough to see her lips pucker ends up dead in the most unthinkable way. All of her past lovers, absurd deaths point to her being magically cursed to kill off men and be the target of village hunts. And all she has is an unreliable gypsy's fortunes, until she meets Mane, a police officer. Mane wants to clear Zoritsa's name and follows her on her search for her curses cure-which entails visiting some of her old flames-and their burial grounds.

Season:
2013
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Christina Hadjicharalambous, Radoslav Pavkovic
Cinematography:
Vladan Jankovic
Cast:
Branislav Trifunovic, Ljuma Penov, Mirijana Karanovic, Nikola Pejakovic, Mihailo Janketic, Olga Odanovic, Dobrila Stojnic, Milos Samolov
Editor:
Marko Glusac
Producer:
Radoslav Pavkovic, Christina Hadjicharalambous
Language:
Serbian with English Subtitles
Genre:
Comedy
Music:
Dimitris Fritzalas
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