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Mindbenders has proven to be one of the most widely successful and popular programs with festival audiences over the past 10 years. It is a Cinequest staple sought after by dedicated fans, hungry for challenging subjects and/or the outright odd. This year's program will, no doubt, continue the string as it swings wildly from twisted humor to shocking reality (and unreality) and into the visually hallucinogenic. The year 2000 edition of Mindbenders ranges across the map. Highlighting the series is J.J.

Season:
2000
Director:
Dewey Nicks

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident.

Season:
2000
Director:
Enriko Boettcher

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident.

Season:
2000
Director:
Hannes Rall

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident.

Season:
2000
Director:
Christopher Watson

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident.

Season:
2000
Director:
Mike Munn

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident.

Season:
2000
Director:
Jeff Van Hanken

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They adroitly vaporize reality to immerse viewers in fascinating, hazy, and ephemeral worlds--each story a vacation through transient experiences that are both beautiful and haunting. Like the characters and experiences highlighted in this series, the films are transient, but the imagination that they spark is profound. Beautiful World explores an old man's perception of the world when mistakenly caught up in a sadistic game. Hole in the Road rides through beautiful corn field landscapes as a man transitions between surreal existences after being involved in a brutal car accident.

Season:
2000
Director:
Robert C. Winn

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Dream is exactly what it sounds like. Masayo Nishimura takes us on a strange journey that will leave you wondering, was that really a dream?

Season:
2000
Director:
Masayo Nishimura

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In Home Sweet Home by Stephen Green, a hermit crab looks for a new home. Unfortunately, the beach is a lot more dangerous that it seems.

Season:
2000
Director:
Stephen Green

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Melvin: The Red Headed Stepchild by Michael McCormick is a story about a kid who doesn't play nice with his toy, and it doesn't play nice with him. A more sadistic toy story.

Season:
2000
Director:
Michael McCormick
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