2002

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Otilia is a sensuous woman with a gorgeous body. An enormous birthmark, however, mars her face-leading to scorn and rejection by all the men in her small village. That is, all except for Melquiades, her one true friend, a slow hulk of a man, employed by her family, who has always loved Otilia just the way she is. Embarrassed by the attention paid to his daughter's body and the ridicule given to her face, Otilia's father arranges for her to marry the local police chief.

Season:
2002
Director:
Dana Rotberg
Cinematography:
Guillermo Granillo
Cast:
Gabriela Canudas, Alberto Estrella, Alvaro Guerrero, Ana Ofelia Murguia, Julieta Egurrola
Producer:
Alfredo Ripstein
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles

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The Internet is all encompassing. It is used to make millions, to locate libraries of useless knowledge, to invade the privacy of others, and for many lonely souls, to provide sexual gratification. John Roth is a shy computer nerd who hasn't gotten over being dumped by his fianc?e. Together with his old college roommate, Moe, they start up Intercon-X.com, an adult web site, in their Manhattan apartment.

Season:
2002
Director:
Jed Weintrob
Cinematography:
Toshiaki Ozawa
Cast:
Josh Hamilton, Harold Perrineau, Isabel Gillies, John Fleck, Vanessa Ferlito, Eric Millegan
Producer:
Tanya Selvaratnam, Adam Brightman

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Paul Sarossy (cinematographer of The Sweet Hereafter, Exotica, Affliction) delivers a powerful and visually stunning film in his directorial debut, Mr. In-Between. Jon, a hired assassin whose impressive reputation precedes him, is slowly coming to grips with the moral implications of a multitude of unspeakable sins. Entrenched in his subterranean world of murder, drugs, and isolation, Jon is wrenched out of his soulless reverie when he runs into Andy, an old school friend who lives with his beautiful wife, Cathy, and daughter, Kirsty, but has fallen on hard times.

Season:
2002
Premiere status:
United States Premiere
Director:
Paul Sarossy
Cast:
Andrew Howard, Geraldine O'Rawe, Andrew Tiernan, David Calder, Saeed Jaffrey
Producer:
Andreas Bajohra, Yvonne Michael, Bob Portal, Michael Cowan, Jason Piette

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Marina Flores, 1990; Norma Aguilar, 1991; Maria del Rosario Gomez, 1993; Olgo Carrillo, 1995; These are the names of young women, many working in the maquiladoras - assembly plants that line the Mexican-American border near Ciudad Juarez. All slender, dark-skinned, and long-haired, they begin to disappear in 1990. Victims of brutal rapes, their bodies, sometimes just skeletons surrounded by remnants of clothing, are discovered months and years later. A young woman who has escaped abduction accuses Sharif Sharif, an Egyptian. But after his arrest, the disappearances continue.

Season:
2002
Director:
Lourdes Portillo
Cinematography:
Kyle Kibbe
Producer:
Lourdes Portillo
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles

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Electrical engineers turned filmmakers, Matt and Dan O'Donnell, transform this multi-character story into a surreal adventure in their 3-D animated feature, Missing Persons - a fascinating journey through the lives of four lost souls who are intertwined by the investigation of a half-drowned man living one foot beneath the surface of the Atlantic Ocean. Grizzled NYPD detective, John Funn, hooks up with the mumbling Officer Snookie, as they traverse a New York filled with street fighting drug vendors who have a bad habit of surviving shotgun blasts.

Season:
2002
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Matthew O'Donnell, Daniel O'Donnell
Producer:
Matthew O'Donnell, Daniel O'Donnell

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Meet an American family with traditional family valuesÉbut this is definitely not the Donna Reed Show.

Season:
2002
Director:
Eva Saks

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Missing Allen is a detective story that leads the viewer into the American Heart of Darkness of Waco, Texas; Oklahoma City; UFO-believers; and religious cults. November 1995-filmmaker Allen Ross disappears without a trace. Five years later, his friend and sometimes cameraman, Christian Bauer, decides to make a movie about him. Unwittingly, what begins as homage to a missing friend becomes a riveting mystery rivaling any detective story. Leaving the security of anonymity behind the camera, Bauer becomes director and detective.

Season:
2002
Director:
Christian Bauer
Cinematography:
Michael G??ck
Producer:
Christian Bauer

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Every year, Cinequest presents a new batch of twists and misdirections called Mindbenders, short films that drag you kicking and screaming to a destination you may not expect, may not want to be, and may even leave you wondering just where you have been. Just be careful what you wish for and who you ask.

Season:
2002
Director:
Tu Turhan

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Every year, Cinequest presents a new batch of twists and misdirections called Mindbenders, short films that drag you kicking and screaming to a destination you may not expect, may not want to be, and may even leave you wondering just where you have been. Just be careful what you wish for and who you ask.

Season:
2002
Director:
David Brooks

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Every year, Cinequest presents a new batch of twists and misdirections called Mindbenders, short films that drag you kicking and screaming to a destination you may not expect, may not want to be, and may even leave you wondering just where you have been. Just be careful what you wish for and who you ask.

Season:
2002
Director:
Scott Allen Perry
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