Festivals
22nd Annual Cinequest Film Festival
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San Jose, CA--The 22nd Annual Cinequest Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, Mar. 11th, 2012 with encore screenings of the jury and audience award winning films, announced the previous evening at the Closing Film and Awards ceremony, and other festival favorites. Recognized as one of the world's top 10 festivals, Cinequest hosted screenings and events Feb. 28-Mar. 11 in downtown San Jose at Camera 12 Cinema, SJ Repertory, and the California Theater, smashing all previous records for film submissions, attendance and box office sales.
Luc Besson's The Lady, a provocative political-romantic drama depicting the life of Burmese activist Sung San Suu Kyi, kicked off the festival at the California Theater on February 28th. Terrence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea, a powerful drama starring Oscar winner Rachel Weisz as a woman willing to sacrifice her marriage and social standing for a doomed love affair, was the closing night feature, also at the California Theater, on March 10th.
Following are the 2012 Cinequest Award Winners:
MAVERICK COMPETITION
Best Feature Film: Drama -- Children of The Green Dragon, dir. Bence Miklauzic (Hungary)
Best Feature Film: Comedy -- Come As You Are. dir. Geoffrey Enthoven (Belgium)
Special Jury Prize: Narrative -- Old Goats, dir. Taylor Guterson (USA)
Best Documentary Feature -- Invisible Strings: The Talented Pusker Sisters, dir. Agnes Sos (Hungary)
Special Jury Prize: Documentary -- Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, dir. Jesse Vile (USA/UK)
Best Narrative Short -- And Winter Slow, dir. Brian Lannin (USA)
>Best Animated Short -- Dripped, dir. Leo Verrier (France)
Best Documentary Short -- Everything is Incredible, dir. Tyler Bastian, Trevor Hill and Tim Skousen (USA)
Best Student Short -- The Homecoming Queen, dir. Rammy Lee Park (USA)
Special Jury Prize: Short Film -- Pass The Salt, Please, dir. Tatjana Najdanovic (USA)
Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award -- Dave, dir. Eric Geadelmann (USA)
DIRECTORS AWARDS
New Visions Award--Shuffle. dir. Kurt Kuenne (USA)
Global Landscapes Award--The Other Family. dir. Gustavo Loza (Mexico)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Feature Film--King Curling, dir. Ole Endresen (Norway)
Best Documentary--Jason Becker: Not Dead Yet, dir. Jesse Vile (USA)
SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CONTEST
First Place--Mr. Tesla (Robert Holbrook)
Second Place--Welcome to Akron (Stephan Bugaj)
Third Place--Saint Patrick's Tear (Neil Cumbria)
MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARDS
Ensemble Award -- Kati Coiro and Krysten Ritter (Life Happens)
Individual Awards -- Elliott Gould, Philip Kaufman, Terence Davies, Michael Miller, and Michael Mina
Cinequest 2011: 21st Anniversary Wrap-up
San Jose, CA--The 21st Annual Cinequest Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, Mar. 13th, 2011 with encore screenings of the jury and audience award winning films, announced the previous evening at the Closing Film and Awards ceremony, and other festival favorites. Recognized as one of the world's top 10 festivals, Cinequest hosted screenings and events March 1-13 in downtown San Jose at Camera 12 Cinema, SJ Repertory, and the California Theater, smashing all previous records for film submissions, attendance and box office sales.
John Turturro's Passione, a spectacular and beautiful love poem to the city of Naples, Italy, kicked off the festival at the California Theater on March 1st, and Soul Surfer, the true and inspirational story of shark-mauled surfer Bethany Hamilton starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt, closed the Festival on March 13th.
Following are the 2011 Cinequest Award Winners:
MAVERICK COMPETITION
Maverick Spirit Award -- Mozart's Sister, dir. Rene Feret (France)
Best First Feature -- Rosa Morena, dir. Carlos Augusto de Oliveira
Special Jury Prize: Narrative -- Falling Overnight, dir. Conrad Jackson (USA)
Best Documentary Feature -- Dying to Do Letterman dir. Biagio Messina and Joke Fincioen (USA)
Best Special Jury Prize: Documentary -- The World According to Ion B, dir. Alexander Nanau (Romania)
Best Narrative Short -- Inside Out, dir. Jim O'Doherty (USA)
>Best Animated Short -- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, dir. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (USA)
Best Documentary Short -- The Stitches Speak, dir. Nina Sabnani (India)
Best Student Short -- The Pool Party, dir. Sara Zandieh (USA)
Special Jury Prize: Short Film -- Tussilago, dir. Jonas Odell (Sweden)
Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award -- I Am, dir. Tom Shadyac (USA)
DIRECTORS AWARDS
New Visions Award--Make A Movie Like Spike, dir. Jamil Walker Smith (USA)
Global Landscapes Award--Togetherness Supreme, dir. Nathan Collett (Kenya)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Feature Film--The Liverpool Goalie, dir. Arild Andresen (Norway)
Best Documentary--Dying to Do Letterman, dir. Biagio Messina and Joke Fincioen (USA)
SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CONTEST
First Place--Mr. Tesla (Robert Holbrook)
Second Place--Selcome to Akron (Stephan Bugaj)
Third Place--Saint Patrick's Tear (Neil Cumbria)
MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARDS
John Turturro, Alyson Stoner, AnnaSophia Robb
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