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What would it mean to wake up one morning and find all your beliefs had vanished in the shifting winds? This is the story of Derek, a luge racer from a former Eastern Bloc republic. As a child, his skull was surgically altered to make him the world's most aerodynamic human. Now the winds of change swirling about him become the greatest test of his resiliency.

"One of the best shorts in the last ten years." - Sundance programming dir. John Cooper

"Haunting...an incredibly creative portrait of a child molded by authority." - Filmmaker Magazine

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Cinequest presents Comedy Favorites with a gigantic bag of mixed nuttiness. Going from hilarious fantasy to sexy office humor to referential chuckles, this year?s comedies are more outrageous, more gut-busting and more daring than ever before.

Tales of young filmmakers trying to get that last shot and of a psychiatrist dealing with that one tough patient fly alongside stories of retired 16-year-olds, odd sports and the light of the world. Japan, Brazil, and Germany are represented, as well as Bay Area filmmakers.