Oprah Winfrey featured Accidental Hero on her television show awarding Tommie Lindsey and his program the $100,000 Use Your Life Award
Award winner, Accidental Hero plunges the viewer into a multi-…
2002
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Of those very few individuals who have worked with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Sarah Vaughn, Ella Fitzgerald, Stan Getz, and Count Basie, there is but one who has written more than 100 musical scores for film and television, garnering four Grammy awards-out of over 20 nominations-and six Oscar nominations. The titles of his film scores are part of a canon of brilliant soundtracks that have redefined the way we look at film music, and everyone from film enthusiasts to collectors to hip-hop DJs (who often sample his work in songs) eagerly awaits his latest work.
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When he illuminates the screen, it's obvious that he favors honest craft over affected art, invoking a spirit and charisma that establish his personal style, his trademark, and his self-assurance. He is a complex actor with a simple approachalways aware of himself and the people with whom he worksand he is drawn to polished, intelligent language, as he magnificently mixes charm and subtle confidence. David Strathairn has led a life as varied as the roles he continues to choose-surprising audiences each step of the way with one unpredictable role after another.
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Oprah Winfrey featured Accidental Hero on her television show awarding Tommie Lindsey and his program the $100,000 Use Your Life AwardAward winner, Accidental Hero plunges the viewer into a multi-racial high school classroom where the focus of the students is winning...bringing home a state championship in a little known academic sport called "forensics." The art of public speaking is changing their lives, and Tommie Lindsey, their powerful African-American coach, is proving it.
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West Coast Premiere Closing Night Gala Cinequest alums and audience favorites, Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup) director and co-writer and Brandon Cole (OK Garage) co-writer, return with a pungent and provocative drama in the finest of Cinequest's maverick tradition.
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About seven years ago, German film producer Regina Ziegler commissioned a series of short films titled Erotic Tales. In that time, notable filmmakers from around the world have tackled the broad subject of the erotic, including Americans Bob Rafelson, Susan Seidelman, and Hal Hartley. Cinequest is proud to present three of the newest editions in this series, including two filmmakers from previous festivals, Jos Stelling (No Planes, No Trains, Cinequest, 2000) and Petr Zelenka (Buttoners, Cinequest, 1999).
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As part of our Focus on the Cinema of Mexico in our Global Landscapes program, Cinequest is privileged to introduce this exciting look at short films from Mexico. A series of ten visually captivating and inspiring tales have been concocted to entertain, challenge, and sometimes confuse-each with a distinct style and original vision.
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Cinequest's Student Short Film Competition showcases emerging film talent from campuses across the nation, resulting in a wild assortment of films. The diversity of this program, like any campus, gathers together topics and characters as varied as the students.
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Beautifully photographed, Steklarski Blues has been compared to "a voyage in a spaceship, guided by a quiet queen of glass." In fact, it could be said that all the films in this program explore some aspect of distance, whether it is being covered or growing between us. Films such as Viaje en Taxi, The Wait, and member take us for a ride from point A to point B, it is true. However, there are deeper journeys lying beneath the literal surface of these films, journeys of discovery, revelation, and madness.
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Loneliness, divorce, homelessness, aging, desperation, and love are all examined in interesting, profound, and sometimes humorous ways in this accomplished series of seven international shorts. Anyone who sees these wonderful films will understand the universal theme of the family experience explored in each story. From the serene beauty of the Russian countryside to the harsh realities on the streets of Mexico City, these electrifying tales are as diverse in story as they are in technique and genre.
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The title of this series is taken from the English translation of the Czech word Okenka, an apt description of film's improbable task to capture the scope of human emotion and experience. The movie screen gives just a portion, a peek through a window at what people have experienced in reality. And still, we gladly watch.