2008

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Surprises await the prodigal daughter?s return to the family business. It doesn?t get any more real than real life.

Emily Ting loved her life in New York City. But when her father requested she return to Hong Kong and take over the family business, Ting didn?t exactly know how to say ?no.? Promising herself she would go for just one year, she sacrificed all she had accomplished for a grueling new life as CEO in training for one of Hong Kong?s most notorious toy companies.

Two years later, she?s still there ? with no end in sight.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
Sneak Preview
Director:
Emily Ting, Helen Jen
Cinematography:
Helen Jen
Editor:
Emily Ting
Producer:
Emily Ting
Language:
English and Chinese w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Michael Paul

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Listen to the Swiss air and a soundtrack will form.

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Stefan Schwietert
Cinematography:
Pio Corradi
Editor:
Stephan Krumbiegel, Calle Overweg
Producer:
Cornelia Seitler, Brigitte Hofer
Language:
Swiss and German w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Knut Jensen

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When minions of hell run alongside this double-decker bus of destruction, only the D-Tour could bring a new perspective on the journey that lies in its wake.

Season:
2008
Director:
Jeremy Konner
Cinematography:
Jeremy Konner
Cast:
Jack Black, Kyle Gass
Editor:
Jeremy Konner, Eric Binns, James Atkinson, Kevin Mayfield
Producer:
Jeremy Konner, Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Benjamin Cooley
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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A true love story about murder, friendship, betrayal and family

Dr. Andrew Bagby, raised in Silicon Valley, was murdered by Dr. Shirley Turner, the mother of his unborn child. Bagby?s childhood friend, filmmaker and Cinequest alum Kurt Kuenne (Scrapbook, Drive-in Movie Memories), initially intended to make this film for Bagby?s son, Zachary, as a way he could get to know his father. But when Turner flees to Newfoundland to escape her arrest for murder, the film and Kuenne take a new direction.

Season:
2008
Director:
Kurt Kuenne
Cinematography:
Kurt Kuenne
Editor:
Kurt Kuenne
Producer:
Kurt Kuenne
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Kurt Kuenne

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What happens when you?re sick and uninsured?

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Roger Weisberg
Cinematography:
John Hazard, Shana Hagan, Deborah Eve Lewis
Editor:
Sandra Christie, Christopher White
Producer:
Roger Weisberg, Jilann Spitzmiller, Heather Courtney
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Richard Fiocca

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One man, two missing limbs? a fascinating story of adaptation in a world fueled by the status quo. 

Winner of the Jury Prize at the 2007 Mexico City Film Festival, veteran director Eva Norvind (whose daughter completed the film after her death in 2006) pays loving tribute to the strength of the human spirit and our ability to overcome any odds. 

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Eva Norvind
Cinematography:
Pedro González-Rubio
Editor:
Carlos Armella
Producer:
Eva Norvind, Nailea Norvind, Donald K Ranvaud
Executive Producer:
Robert Jacobssen
Language:
Spanish w/ English subtitles
Genre:
Documentary

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Winner - Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award Can a group of autistic kids really pull off a live musical?

Inspiring, joyful and heartwarming are not typical terms associated with autism. But when a group of kids, led by a determined teacher and director, who is also a parent to one of the kids, embark on a journey to put on a full-length musical play, all bets are off.

Season:
2008
Director:
Tricia Regan
Cinematography:
Tricia Regan
Editor:
Kim Roberts
Producer:
Tricia Regan, Perrin Chiles, Sasha Alpert
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary

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Two people, one forbidden place, an unlikely friendship

Season:
2008
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Chris Ford
Cinematography:
Cliff Traiman
Cast:
John Ratzenberger, Shelly Cole, Cindy Pickett, George McRae, Amos Glick
Editor:
Ian Montgomery
Producer:
Chris Ford, Jason Newmark
Executive Producer:
Scrott Gragon
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy, Drama
Music:
Michael Tremante

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Seething with familial conflicts and yearnings, Three Priests offers a powerful journey. Dustin and Joe are brothers who are as different as can be: one a confident ladies man and the other shy and insecure. Their parents, retired sheriff Jake (Michael Parks of Kill Bill) and his wife, Rachel (Olivia Hussey of Romeo and Juliet) have worked hard to carve out a quiet and safe life for themselves and their family.

Season:
2008
Director:
James Cole
Cinematography:
Guy Peires
Cast:
Michael Parks, Olivia Hussey, Wes Studi, Alexander Martin, Julia Jones, James Parks, Aaron Duffey
Editor:
James Cole
Producer:
Aaron Duffey, Eileen Oberholtzer, James Cole, Jay Towle
Executive Producer:
Gloria Pinza, Peter Jacobs
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Dan Cole

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Tackling a painful subject with sensitivity and taste, Superheroes scars and heals.

Season:
2008
Director:
Alan Brown
Cinematography:
Derek McKane
Cast:
Dash Mihok, Spencer Treat Clark, Nancy Giles, Katie Workum, Margo Martindale, Kelly McAndrew
Editor:
Craig B. Weiseman
Producer:
Agathe David-Weill, Steven Shapiro
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Paul Cantelon
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