2008

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The pain and ecstasy of being young glow like ember in Glory Boy Days, one of the most extraordinary debuts at Cinequest.

Season:
2008
Director:
Paul Encinas
Cinematography:
Todd Banhazl
Cast:
Jared Mendiola, Eric Callero, Kameron Collins, Tony Agresti, Riley Kempton, Charise Loriaux, Lauren Plaxco
Editor:
Paul Encinas
Producer:
Greg Bradley
Executive Producer:
Barnaby Dallas
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama

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The day-to-day becomes suspenseful as a casual date turns into the love of a lifetime.

Season:
2008
Director:
Mickey Blaine
Cinematography:
Michael Goode
Cast:
Nicole Blaine, Forest Erickson
Producer:
Mickey Blaine, Nicole Blaine
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy, Drama

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The distance between us and those we love is often measured by silence. In that special darkness, we search for a bridge over which we can connect.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Alejandro Adams
Cinematography:
Casey Wilms, Christ Taylor
Cast:
Steve Voldseth, Katherine Celio, Connor Maselli, Katherine Darling, Michael Umansky, Bronica DeCarlo, Debra Niestat, Valerie Weak, Larry Kitagawa, Katelyn Sacks
Editor:
Alejandro Adams
Producer:
Alejandro Adams, Amanda Davis, Marya Murphy, Betty Finkle, Elliot Finkle, Megan Maselli
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama

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?Old World? dad, meet your ?New World? kids.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
Test Screening
Director:
Mark Tran
Cinematography:
Todd Banhazl
Cast:
David Huynh, Chi Pham, Yen Ly, Steven Cloyes, Nanrisa Lee, Yvonne Troung, Hunter Vo, Minh Do, Eric Callero
Editor:
Jeremy Castillo
Producer:
Mark Tran, Todd Banhazl
Executive Producer:
Barnaby Dallas, Ned Kopp, Nick Martinez
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy, Drama

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Imagine a documentary about George W. Bush?s homosexual lover assassinating him with a car bomb.

AFR is the Danish equivalent of just such a story. Anders Fogh Rasmussen (AFR) -- the current prime minister of Denmark ? aims to reform the industrialized West?s economic policies toward the Third World. He meets Emil, an anarchist with severe neuroses. Emil and Rasmussen are both bisexual and each a reformist in his own way. But their lives are as different as can be.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Morten Hartz Kaplers
Cinematography:
Lars Bonde, Magnus Nordenhof Jønck
Editor:
Per Sandholt, Rasmus Madsen
Producer:
Meta Louise Foldager, Morten Hartz Kaplers
Language:
Danish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Soren Siegumfeldt

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A brilliant Stanford student descends into a life on the street.

Elizabeth Wiltsee?s intellect and talent showed promise for a brilliant writing career. In writer-director Bill Rose?s (The Loss of Nameless Things) moving homage, Wiltsee?s life and her work are given the tribute they deserve.

Elizabeth was a prolific writer, but she was unable to get her works published. She eventually landed homeless in Watsonville, sleeping on the steps of St. Patrick?s Church, apparently mute. It was at St. Patrick?s that she became part of a community that knew and cared for her.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Bill Rose
Cinematography:
Mickey Freeman, Bill Rose
Editor:
Rick LeCompte
Producer:
Bill Rose
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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A fast-paced stunner of Sputnik?s blast into orbit reveals the wellsprings of both our Cold War fears and space travel hopes.

In 1957, the Cold War had been solely a battle of words, but with the launch of earth?s first manmade satellite, the race to dominate space began. Featuring a plethora of remarkable original footage, including information recently declassified by the CIA, this captivating journey provides a story filled with stunning immediacy considering the events depicted took place fifty years ago.

Season:
2008
Director:
David Hoffman
Editor:
John Vincent Barrett
Producer:
Eric Reid, David Hoffman, John Vincent Barrett
Executive Producer:
Jay Walker
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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In the maw of the Hollywood machine, it can be a quick and precipitous fall from being yesterday?s darling to today?s ignored and unemployable pariah.

Season:
2008
Director:
Ramy Katrib, Evan York
Cinematography:
Jeff Orsa, Ramy Katrib, Evan York
Cast:
Mardik Martin, Martin Scorsese, Gene Kirkwood, Irwin Winkler, Amy Heckerling, Mark Harris, Howard Rodman
Editor:
Lakan de Leon
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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The father of modern electric guitar sound, this 92-year-old still rocks.

Without Les Paul, there would have been no Chuck Berry, Jimi Hendrix or Eric Clapton. Just ask Keith Richards, who is one of many rock legends who appears to pay tribute in this captivating story of one of the 20th century?s greatest mavericks. Acquiring his jazz chops in Chicago during the depression, wowing audience in 1930?s Harlem and even backing Bing Crosby?s ?It?s Been a Long, Long Time,? Paul?s career spans decades and has yet to be matched by any other music artist.

Season:
2008
Director:
John Paulson
Cinematography:
Erich Roland
Cast:
Les Paul, Jeff Beck, Tony Bennett, Richard Carpenter, Tommy Emmanuel, Ahmet Ertegun, David Fricke, Gary Giddens, Merle Haggard, Sonya Hensley
Editor:
John Paulson
Producer:
James Arntz, John Paulson
Executive Producer:
Susan Lacy, Glenn Aveni
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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Can we ever know the truth, or is it too changeable and elusive, always just beyond our grasp?

A riveting, complex tale of espionage, manipulation, and betrayal, where the line between right and wrong and good and evil is constantly shifting and always blurry.

Helen Smyth, a New Zealand journalist, travels to Cuba with her family. While there, she by chance meets enigmatic, suave and beguiling Nestor Baguer. Later, however, after being pulled into a tangled web of intrigue, Smyth senses that something is wrong.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Helen Smyth
Cinematography:
Tim Rose, Helen Smyth, Ben Powdrell, Francesca Carney
Editor:
Ben Powdrell
Producer:
Helen Smyth, Tim Rose
Language:
English and Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Jonathan Crayford, Andreas Lepper, Ben Powdrell
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