Audience Award Winners: Maverick Spirit Award: “Superheroes” Best First Feature : “It’s Better if Gabriela Doesn’t Die” Special Jury Award for Narrative Feature: “A Better Life” Global Visions Award: “The Trap” New Visions Award: “Who is K.K. Downey?” Best Documentary Feature: “Autism: The Musical” Special Jury Award for Documentary Feature: “Dear Zachary: A Letter to […]
Read more →I’m putting Konyec down as a drama but in reality, it’s a subtitled little soufflé. Charming. Emil and Hedl, an elder couple advanced in years and struggling with an inadequate pension, are not limiting their options to simply giving up and dying. Why not engage in armed robbery to make ends meet! Since they are […]
Read more →“Butterflies” is a pleasant little fantasy where a five year old makes a wish upon a shooting star and the wish comes true. Suddenly, charming urchin Sara discovers she can fly. Mom is the harried caretaker who listens to her little girl with a modicum of attention. Initially disbelieving, mom soon discovers Sara’s gift and […]
Read more →Superheroes is the poignant tale of a war veteran who struggles with the aftermath of the experiencing Iraq. Ben (Dash Mihok) has extensive psychological damage and is in therapy. He meets a young neophyte filmmaker, Nick (Spencer Treat Clark), at one of the sessions who would like to document his story. Mihok and Clark hold […]
Read more →“Disfigured” is the story of two women, each suffering from eating disorders; one bulimic, the other overeating. They are unlikely duo. Lydia is part of a Fat Acceptance/Activist group. Bulimic Darcy wants to join the group believing she fat. She is summarily tossed out the door. Lydia is more accepting of people and tries forming […]
Read more →COMMIT is an intriguing tale of two people who find one another on the internet, each looking for someone special. Well, rather, each was looking for someone willing to do something extremely special. The structure of the film was quite simple. Presented in three, uncut 30-minute segments, the film is most all dialogue. There’s little […]
Read more →The misfortunate Schroeder laments turning the big 3-0. Wow. 30 years old. Should be no big deal, except the lament began when he was injured and he lost the opportunity to play profession baseball. His dreams of sports was destroyed. These days he manages the grass on infield for the local semi-pro team. His frustration […]
Read more →“Disfigured” is a movie that takes on one of the most sensitive issues in our culture: weight. It tells the story of the friendship between Lydia (Deidra Edwards), a fat woman, and Darcy (Staci Lawrence), a recovering anorexic. Their relationship is tested when Lydia becomes involved with Bob, a sweet guy determined to lose his […]
Read more →Every year, the 48-Hour Film Project Filmapalooza is one of my favorite parts of Cinequest. This year, we were treated to nearly eight hours of short films in a series of four screenings. The project is straightforward: teams of filmmakers gather in cities around the world (last year’s project took place in over 50 cities […]
Read more →Remaining screenings: March 8, 6:30pm (Cam 12); March 8, 5:15pm (Rep) The title alone is an attention-grabber. The content is even more arresting: a group of autistic kids working together under the guidance of parents and teachers to put on a musical play. There are bumps and snags along the way, but the kids and […]
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