2012

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Are we really strangers?

Cinequest’s partnership with RDFZ, China’s leading high school, brings you a very special look into the future of film. Cinequest proudly presents a debut film showcasing world-class quality from teenage prodigies. Spectacular talent along with the cultural collaboration of the United States and China make Past Summer the manifestation of emerging brilliance.

Season:
2012
Director:
Yiqi Song, Guangwei Du
Cinematography:
Guangwei Du
Cast:
Yifei Wu, Ling Dai, Yiheng Wang, Zhan Su
Editor:
Guangwei Du
Producer:
Xiaotian Wu
Language:
Mandarin with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Guangwei Du

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We're scared to show this film...because that's exactly what she would want.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Norio Tsuruta
Cinematography:
Masashi Sasaki
Cast:
Mirai Shida, Haruna Kawaguchi
Editor:
Hiroshi Sunaga
Producer:
Shinya Furugori
Language:
Japanese with English subtitles
Genre:
Horror

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Family is still family. Conventional or not.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
North American Premiere
Director:
Gustavo Loza
Cinematography:
Carlos Marcovich
Cast:
Jorge Salinas, Luis Roberto Guzman, Ana Serradilla, Bruno Loza, Nailea Norvind, Andres Almeida, Dominika Paleta, Mario Zaragoza, Silverio Palacios, Alejandro Calva
Editor:
Camilo Abadia
Producer:
Matthias Ehrenberg, Ricardo Kleinbaum
Executive Producer:
Angel Losada
Language:
Spanish with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Zbigniew Paleta

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They've retired from work, but will they retire from life?

Season:
2012
Director:
Taylor Guterson
Cinematography:
Taylor Guterson
Cast:
Britton Crosley, Bob Burkholder, David Vanderwal, Gail Shackel, Benita Staadecker, Steve Stolee
Editor:
Taylor Guterson
Producer:
Johnathan Boyer, Taylor Guterson
Executive Producer:
David Skinner, Tom Gorai
Language:
English
Genre:
Comedy

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A basketball star with a secret must confront her parents.

Emily Tay, the star of Harvard's women's basketball team, has a secret. Her parents emigrated from Burma and have sacrificed everything for her success, both on and off the court. But Emily has a dream, and it does not include what her parents have planned for her.

Season:
2012
Director:
Melissa Johnson
Cinematography:
Stefan Glidden
Editor:
Amanda Hughes
Producer:
Melissa Johnson
Executive Producer:
Sara Sackner
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Elliott Goldkind

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The good thing about being a puzzle piece is fitting in.

Meet Holly: a jobless, aimless, twenty-something girl, scarred by a short-lived relationship. Meet Ashley: a man in his late twenties, longing to relive his childhood without the trauma of his parents' divorce. Both are oddly similar to one another—nostalgia keeps them both from moving on and acting their age.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Kenny Riches
Cinematography:
Bill Otto
Cast:
David Fetzer, Ashly Burch, Liberty Cordova, Colin Fugit
Editor:
TJ Nelson
Producer:
Kenny Riches, Patrick Fugit, Dominic Fratto
Language:
English
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Andrew Shaw

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Everyone agrees health care costs are out of control - how do we stop it?

No matter where you stand on the new health care law, one thing is indisputable - medical costs are soaring out of control. Two time Oscar-nominated director Roger Weisberg illuminates the crisis by focusing on the abuses of the system while also examining promising programs which control the rampant spending plaguing our country.

Using heart-wrenching personal dramas, Weisberg insightfully puts a human face on unnecessary procedures that may do more harm than good.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Roger Weisberg
Cinematography:
Sandra Chandler
Editor:
Pascal Akesson
Producer:
Roger Weisberg
Language:
English
Genre:
Documentary
Music:
Richard Fiocca

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Following your heart is more important than following society.

Season:
2012
Premiere status:
World Premiere
Director:
Guy Lee Thys
Cinematography:
Bjorn Charpentier
Cast:
Cem Akkanat, Simon Van Buyten, Karlijn Sileghem, Gamze Tazim
Editor:
Marc Wouters
Producer:
Guy Lee Thys
Language:
Flemish, Turkish, Dutch, French and Arabic with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Buscemi, Michelino Bisceglia

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Why watch a horror movie, when you can live it?

Winner of the Best Director at the Fantastic Horror & Fantasy Film Festival and featuring veteran actor Sid Haig (The Devil's Rejects) and Courtney Gains (Children of the Corn), Mimesis brings to life the blood-curdling pleasure of horror films through a loving homage to a George Romero classic.

Season:
2012
Director:
Douglas Schulze
Cinematography:
Lon Stratton
Cast:
Allen Maldanado, Lauren Shafer, Jana Thompson, Gavin Grazer, Sid Haig, Courtney Gains
Editor:
Rob Frenette
Producer:
Kurt Eli Mayry, Gavin Grazer, Douglas Schulze
Language:
English
Genre:
Horror
Music:
Diego Navarro

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Follow your dreams, no matter what side of the border they take you.

Season:
2012
Director:
Tom Gustafson
Cinematography:
Kira Kelly
Cast:
Shawn Ashmore, Lila Downs, Martha Higareda, Adriana Barraza, Deanna Dunagan, Tom Wopat, Kate Burton
Editor:
Cory James Krueckeberg, Jennifer Lee
Producer:
Rafael Cuervo, Alejandra Cardenas, Tom Gustafson, Cory James Krueckeberg, Ramiro Ruiz
Executive Producer:
Gill Holland, Ambrose Roche, Isabella Smejda
Language:
English, Spanish with English subtitles
Genre:
Drama
Music:
Tim Sandusky
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