Remaining Screenings: 3/2 9:00 PM (Cam 12)
Documentary director Cullen Hoback returns to Cinequest (past offerings included the fantastic “Monster Camp”) with a film that blurs the lines between truth and fiction so completely that it’s hard to tell what really happened and what didn’t. “Friction” is ostensibly a documentary about Hoback’s attempt to shoot a fictional film at a local summer camp, basing his story on the people he had available — a pair of married teachers and the small group of high school age students at the camp. But the story he’s trying to shoot (in which a student comes between a pair of married teachers) starts to bleed into real life, with the real relationship quickly becoming as strained as the fictional one.
It’s hard to tell whether “Friction” is what it says it is, or is a convincing meta-film. Either way, it’s thought-provoking and complicated, and sure to leave you eager to mull it over with a friend or two. Be sure to bring them to the show with you so you can share your ideas about what really happened.