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In the News (Sun 27 Dec 09)

  
  Cinequest Film Festival
The producers of "Blackmailing Santa" are proud to announce acceptance into the Twelfth Annual Cinequest Film Festival, occurring February 21 - March 3, 2002, in San Jose, California the heart of Silicon Valley.
This honor is an exciting step for the production as Cinequest has been noted as one of the "Top Ten Film Festivals" by author Chris Gore.
The film was directed by award winning filmmaker David Michael Maurer and penned by acclaimed author Dylan Campbell.
www.blackmailingsanta.com /press1.htm   (187 words)

  
 Film Artists Network / F.A.N. Mail
Cinequest Film Festival, the festival that is synonymous with Maverick, is now accepting submissions of feature and short films of artistic, social or stylistic merit.
Cinequest is Northern California’s premier motion picture institute that produces: Cinequest Film Festival, a discovery festival of Maverick films and technology forums; Cinequest Distribution: delivering films to fans worldwide through leading Internet technologies plus DVD and TV; Cinequest Screenwriting Competition; and Camp Cinequest: a groundbreaking youth education program.
Cinequest is honored that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has elected to recognize the Cinequest Film Festival as a qualifying festival for the Short Films category for the 80th Annual Academy Awards®.
www.filmartistsnetwork.com /fan_mail.htm   (748 words)

  
 Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
Cinequest is renowned as the Maverick film institute that stays ahead-of-the-curve in providing year-round Internet and DVD distribution solutions for Independent and International filmmakers as well as for showcasing the technologies that revolutionize film making and distribution.
Cinequest is excited to announce that film submissions and attendance for Cinequest 16 broke all records for previous Cinequest festivals.
Cinequest is a premier motion picture institute that produces: Cinequest Film Festival, a soul-stirring and personable discovery festival of international films and forums for movie lovers, Maverick film artists and students; Cinequest Online, delivering films to fans worldwide; Cinequest DVD Label; Youthquest; and Cinequest Screenwriting Competition.
www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=35331588   (1035 words)

  
 FilmFestivals.com Cinequest - Film Festival
Topping last year's 10th anniversary wasn't easy, but Cinequest is proud to present its best yet by enhancing its commitment to the finest in maverick cinema and by launching a powerful technology component.
Cinequest DXD will attain the position of top stop for professionals and film lovers looking to explore cutting edge issues in digital media technologies while experiencing the finest cultural applications of these tools.
Cinequest has also expanded into Palo Alto, as presented by the San Francisco Chronicle, which is further testimony to the exciting growth of Silicon Valley's film festival."
www.filmfestivals.com /cinequest/2001/films.shtml   (332 words)

  
 Cinequest of San Jose
All of these festivals are ranked among the highest of the high when it comes to newcomers marketing their films.
All of them are known worldwide for their diversity in film and filmmakers and are considered the spirit of the indie world.
Cinequest is preparing for its Cinequest 12 February 21- March 3, 2002.
www.suite101.com /article.cfm/film_city/83743   (312 words)

  
 FilmFEstivals.com Cinequest - Film Festival
Cinequest is pleased to announce its new expansion into Palo Alto, as presented by the The Chronicle.
Cinequest is honored to have director Kari Nevil in downtown San Jose for both opening night screenings: first at Camera Three Cinemas for the 7:00PM show, and then around the corner at Camera One Cinema for the 7:15PM show.
Through a personable showcase of maverick films, filmmakers and the technology that is reshaping the industry, Cinequest works to inspire and enable mavericks in their creative quests.
www.filmfestivals.com /cinequest/2001/index.shtml   (679 words)

  
 Film Festival Channel - North American Film Festival   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Background: The festival got started back in the fall of 97 when a group of film students at UNC decided that Chapel Hill needed a short film festival with prizes and revelry.
Background: Cinequest is Northern California’s premier motion picture institute that presents a soul-stirring and personable festival of international films and digital media forums for movie lovers, maverick film artists, and film students.
The spirit of the festival has been carried on by a small group of creative minds, who continue to insist on a non-competitive atmosphere for the celebration and screening of independent films.
www.filmfestivalchannel.com /northamerica_C.html   (1393 words)

  
 The Bryan-College Station Eagle > Entertainment > Movies
The Texas Film Festival audience will be among the first to see one of the most eagerly anticipated films of 2004.
Billed as “based on a true story” by Disney, the film is generating controversy among both historians and equestrians who call his claimed exploits a hoax.
While the judges are deciding on their favorite films, visiting directors will participate in one of the festival’s most popular events: the War Stories Panel at 7:30 p.m.
www.theeagle.com /spotlight/movies/2004articles/021204filmfestival.htm   (748 words)

  
 indieWIRE: Cinequest Touts Maverick Filmmaking at 16th Fest in San Jose
Festival organizers like to describe Cinequest as "the anti-red carpet," where many films are world premieres with no celebrity talent or big-name director attached.
With the excitement surrounding Cinequest's initiatives, some filmmakers are worried that this new wave of internet and mobile investment may be a second dot-com boom, where hype outpaces results.
While many filmmakers made the trip to San Jose to show their film for the first time, they also had a chance to meet insiders at a series of Filmmaking and Technology Forums, each dedicated to a different stage in the process of making a movie.
www.indiewire.com /ots/2006/03/cinequest_16_ce.html   (952 words)

  
 Cinequest Partners with Netflix in DVD Label Launch   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Unique to the Cinequest distribution model are two items: Instead of outside acquisition of films, all titles on Cinequest DVD are culled from films that premiered either at the Cinequest Film Festival or on Cinequest Online.
The partnership began when Reed Hastings, CEO and Founder of Netflix, advised Cinequest that a DVD label would distinguish it amongst film festivals worldwide and that he would be supportive of this venture.
The Cinequest site, www.cinequest.org, which connects to Cinequest Online, garners over three million hits per month during February and March when the festival is in full swing.
www.ambosmedios.com /releases/2005/9/prweb285422.htm   (1103 words)

  
 Cinequest Film Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Cinequest Film Festival is the first major annual independent film festival held after the Academy Awards.
Located in San Jose, California, Cinequest has grown to be one of the largest and most influential film festivals featuring new film makers.
The opening night film was The Movie Hero starring Jeremy Sisto and the closing night film was 100 Mile Rule starring Michael McKean and Maria Bello.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cinequest_Film_Festival   (799 words)

  
 Metroactive Movies | Cinequest Film Festival
Cinequest is also hosting a panel discussion by a scad of film executives, including the Artist's Colony's Ian Jessel, Sony's Laurence J. Thorpe and Robert Miller, director of the first all-digital film, Mail Bonding.
Set in 2017, the film is a heartwarming story of a pair of telepathic epileptic mutants, father and daughter, who are rebelling against the New Electronic Order (NEO), the military/industrial/entertainment complex that has literally zombified the world.
This 1988 film concerns a pair of twin brothers in Pittsburgh--a mentally challenged young man (Tom Hulce) and his caretaker older sibling, a med student (Ray Liotta as an uncomplicated nice guy for a change).
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/02.17.00/cover/cinequest2-0007.html   (2594 words)

  
 David Strathairn Online | Misc. Projects | www.david-strathairn.com
OVERVIEW: David Strathairn attended the Cinequest San Jose Film Festival in 2002 to receive the special Maverick Spirit Award, given yearly to creative artists who have put forth honorable and dedicated work in the film industry.
Following a screening of two of David's films, Blue Car and Beyond the Call (which replaced the short film, The Victim that was originally supposed to be shown), Cinequest held a 45-minute moderated Q & A session with the legendary actor and then presented Mr.
began starring in films because of college buddy, John Sayles, and was instrumental in changing the face of the independent scene with his role in Sayles' seminal film, Return of the Secaucus Seven, as well as their further collaborations like Brother From Another Planet, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish, City of Hope, and Limbo.
www.david-strathairn.com /projects/cinequest.html   (527 words)

  
 Film Festival Today - Features - Article
Festival expert Chris Gore recently named Cinequest as a "Best Festival For Screenwriters" in the latest edition of his Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide.
Cinequest 14 was comprised of 168 films from 22 countries.
Cinequest is Northern California's premier motion picture institute that produces: Cinequest Film Festival, a soul-stirring and personable discovery festival of international films and digital forums for movie lovers, Maverick film artists and students; Cinequest Online, a premier Maverick film discovery and delivery site; Cinequest Digital Studio; Youthquest; and Cinequest Screenwriting Competition.
www.filmfestivaltoday.com /article_item.asp?ID=555   (457 words)

  
 Metroactive Movies | Cinequest Film Festival
Cinequest: The San Jose Film Festival, about to celebrate its 10th anniversary (Feb. 24-March 5), is luring back some former valleyites to exhibit their works.
The superb film Judy Berlin burrows closer to the mood of the suburbs of San Jose, even though it was filmed in Babylon, Long Island.
Cinequest runs Feb. 24-March 5 at the Camera Cinemas, Second and San Carlos streets, San Jose; the Towne Theater, 1433 The Alameda, San Jose; and the AMC Saratoga, Saratoga Avenue and Prospect.
www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/02.17.00/cover/cinequest1-0007.html   (3276 words)

  
 Cinequest fetes Ontiveros, Bakshi / Series seeking big name to honor   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
The festival, now in its 13th year, runs Feb. 27 through March 9 and opens with the world premiere of "The Movie Hero," the story of a man who believes his life is a movie.
Ontiveros, who received a special jury award at the Sundance Film Festival for her role in "Real Women Have Curves," will receive the Maverick Spirit Award at the festival's ninth annual Latino Celebration, March 5 at a location to be announced.
Festival spokesman Jens Hussey said festival organizers were still hoping to book a big-name actor or director to receive a Maverick Spirit Award.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/01/30/DD239003.DTL   (524 words)

  
 Students In Cinequest Film Festival
Three diverse De Anza College student films—a computer-animated comedy, a live-action comedy and an experimental short—are among the 13 films selected for the Cinequest Film Festival’s Student Shorts Competition slated for Feb. 24 at 11 a.m.
Kurt Kuenne, who was born and raised in San Jose, graduated from USC in cinema-television and independently produced the feature film “Scrapbook,” which screened at Cinequest several years ago.
Cinequest has been ranked as one of the world’s top 10 film festivals by the “Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide.” For further information about Cinequest or De Anza’s Film/TV Department, call Tavernetti at (408) 864-8872 or (650) 592-0524.
www.deanza.fhda.edu /marketing/press/202films.html   (419 words)

  
 San José State News
The 14th annual Cinequest Film Festival will be held March 3 - 14 in downtown San José.
Films made by SJSU students, past and present, will be shown at venues around San José including three campus locations.
Each year, it presents a soul-stirring and personal discovery festival of international films and digital media forums for movie lovers, maverick film artists and film students.
www.sjsu.edu /news/news_detail.jsp?id=461   (165 words)

  
 Comics2Film: G-Men From Hell (Archives)
The film garnered praise at this year's Cinequest film festival, including a positive write-up in Variety.
The film is slated for an early December release in Germany from Advanced Film-Verleih.
The film tells the story of a 35 year old pizza man who was once a child star, and who desperately wants to recapture his child-star glory.
www.comics2film.com /GMenFromHellArch.shtml   (3163 words)

  
 CINEQUEST FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Be given exposure to literary agencies, film studios and Hollywood producers.
Cinequest is Northern California's premier motion picture institute that presents a soul-stirring and personable festival of international films and digital media forums for movie lovers, Maverick film artists, and film students.
Named one of the Top 10 Film Festivals in the world by the Ultimate Film Festival Survival Guide, Cinequest joined Cannes, Toronto, Telluride, and Sundance with this honor.
www.filmmakers.com /contests/news/14cinequest_contest_announced.htm   (343 words)

  
 cbs5.com - San Jose's Cinequest Film Festival Expands Lineup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Organizers released the festival's lineup Tuesday and announced that actor Edward James Olmos, perhaps best known for his stint on "Miami Vice" in the 1980s, will receive the festival's Maverick Spirit award.
Festival co-founder Halfdan Hussey said that in the past year thousands of people who have never been to the festival in person have seen some of its movies through www.cinequestonline.org.
For the second year in a row, Cinequest will be a qualifying festival for the Academy Awards in the short film category.
cbs5.com /topstories/local_story_031175258.html   (408 words)

  
 William H. Macy Returns to Cinequest
To obtain tickets to the Cinequest Film Festival and this spectacular event log on to www.cinequest.org or call (408) 295-FEST.
Written by David Mamet and directed by Stuart Gordon (Re-Animator), Edmond was one of the most talked about films at the Telluride Film Festival–and one of the most controversial.
Cinequest has built a reputation championing the Maverick film artist as well as providing them with groundbreaking technologies to create and distribute their work.
www.emediawire.com /releases/2006/2/emw347987.htm   (470 words)

  
 Civil Rights Documentary Film 'Dare Not Walk Alone' Screens at Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
This film, part of the Cinequest Film Festival in San Jose, Calif., speaks to a national issue that in the post Hurricane Katrina days has brought awareness to a continuing challenge that has affected Americans of all walks of life.
The film addresses the same ideas and struggles that led to the passage of the first civil rights bill on July 2, 1964 and the continued war 40 years later.
The goal of the event is to connect young people who are not from the civil rights generation to those monumental times, while still being a contemporary voice for the concerns of our generation to come.
releases.usnewswire.com /GetRelease.asp?id=61563   (526 words)

  
 CINEQUEST
Cinequest is living up to their slogan..."inspiring the maverick in all of us," and this year's festival 14 is a knockout.
Hailed by critics as an American writer on the level of O'Neill or Williams, we are robbed of an original voice in the theatre.
There are filmmakers in attendance for just about every film in the festival and many screenings are followed by "Q & A." There is ample opportunity to meet them.
www.bayareacasting.com /cinequest.html   (2161 words)

  
 (E) VOTE for "Freedom from Despair" Feb 9-15! , February 8, 2005
The film portrays the incredible journey of Kruno Brkusic, who as a young man risked his life to flee from a regime that punished independent thought and suppressed Croatian culture through state-sanctioned terror, imprisonment and exile.
The film was recently picked by Amnesty International to be included in "On Campus" film festivals that will take place in Universities around the United States.
The film has also been selected to screen at the Pula Film Festival, the ARPA International Film Festival and the Tiburon International Film Festival.
www.croatianworld.net /Letters/5014.htm   (1083 words)

  
 Lord of the Rings Movies Information | TheOneRing.net™ | News Archives
Some knew of his other film work or had even seen him on stage in San Francisco, doing his one-man show on Shakespeare or his Richard III; but all of us walked out with a much deeper appreciation of a life in the art and craft of acting.
In one of the nicest surprises of its 12-year run, San Jose's Cinequest Film Festival has recruited Ian McKellen for a Saturday chat/tribute.
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www.theonering.net /perl/newsview/7/1015425255   (1688 words)

  
 Festival Details: Cinequest Film Festival
The Cinequest Film Festival closed last weekend, awarding Brazilian film "O Homen Que Copiava" (The Man Who Copied) its Maverick Spirit award, capping a 12-day event in San Jose, Calif., that included 168 films from 22 countries.
In other prizes, Cinequest presented its best feature documentary prize to Celesta Davis' "Awful Normal." The film, which had its world premiere at the festival, focuses on the director and her sister's experience with child molestation in the late-1970s.
The 14th-annual Cinequest Film Festival is set to run March 3-14 in San Jose, Calif. This year's festival will offer 165 films from 22 countries, focusing on work by emerging filmmakers.
www.indiewire.com /onthescene/festivals/cinequest_film_festival.html   (281 words)

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