Cinequest 2015
Films showing at Cinequest in 2015
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- DirectorDana NachmanStarsMiles ScottEric JohnstonNick ScottOn one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5 year old cancer patient his wish. Batkid Begins looks at the 'why' of this flash phenomenon.
- DirectorNini Bull RobsahmStarsPia TjeltaChristian RubeckOn a weekend trip to a remote island cabin the psychopathic Thomas loses his memory, and Kathrine sees an opportunity to get out of the unhealthy relationship.
- DirectorPeter FlinthStarsLouis WilliamsHåvard JackwitzHalvor Tangen SchultzFour friends growing up in Oslo in the sixties, who occasionally think of themselves as the Fab Four. Based on the best selling book by Lars Saabye Christensen.
- DirectorOle EndresenStarsEdward SchultheissMorten RammHenriette SteenstrupA chubby jockey are no longer getting the best horses to ride, and has to cheat to pay off his considerable debt. A horse drugging goes wrong, and winds up in kidnapping the prizewinner horse Berlusconi.Chasing Berlusconi
- DirectorPer-Eric MalmStarsJonas von EssenMemory sports is a world-wide phenomenon that has been around for over 20 years. Competitors are challenged to quickly memorize incredible amounts of information. The one who can remember the most is the winner. In this documentary we get to know the characters who carry out these almost super human mental performances. Focus is on the Swedish national team of memory sports, who travel around Europe for a competition season. They encounter some of the top minds of the world as they prepare to face each other off to crown the next Swedish champion. An unexpected turn of events opens up an entirely new possibility as the team comes together for the grand finale, the World Memory Championships in London. The Coolest Memory Team Ever is a warm and humorous documentary about the ordinary strivings of people with extraordinary skills.Sweden's Coolest National Team
- DirectorNicole van KilsdonkStarsFrank LammersJim DeddesLies VisschedijkMasha is in an overwhelming relationship with Luuk, father of two and divorced. Nothing seems to stand in their way until Luuk becomes incurably ill.
- DirectorJohn MacleanStarsKodi Smit-McPheeCaren PistoriusAorere PakiA young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.
- DirectorSaodat IsmailovaStarsRushana SadikovaBarohad ShukurovaSaodat Rahminova40 Days of Silence is the story of four women in Central Asia in key moments of their lives, discovered through their different ages. It is a trip into an unconscious and intimate female world; it is an attempt to portray broken identities and women who confront their own will to choose and decide.40 Days of Silence
- DirectorMehdi RahmaniStarsRoya TeymourianAfshin HashemiMohammad Reza GhaffariYoungest son of the family returns home to find out that every family member is in deep troubles.Snow
- DirectorBaldvin ZophoníassonStarsHera HilmarÞorsteinn BachmannThorvaldur KristjanssonA Reykjavik pre-school teacher struggles to raise her daughter while selling casual sex to help make ends meet.
- DirectorGrethe Bøe-WaalStarsKaisa Gurine AntonsenIda Leonora Valestrand EikeLeonard Valestrand EikeAccidentally, three sibling children are left alone in a winter storm on the island of Spitsbergen. No-one on the main land, an ocean apart, knows where they are. It's a dramatic fight for survival.
- DirectorJulie SokolowStarsDavid MatthewsA fearless outsider has been searching for love longer than many of us have been alive.
- DirectorJennifer Siebel NewsomStarsJoe HermanMichael KimmelCaroline HeldmanExplores how our culture's narrow definition of masculinity is harming our boys, men and society at large and unveils what we can do about it.
- DirectorJimmy LaroucheStarsMartine FranckeSébastien RicardGuy JodoinMarie leads a calm and happy life withe her boyfriend in a nice suburban neighborhood. After a night out in a bar with her colleagues, she wakes up dizzy, in a cab, with no memories of the night. What could Marie say to her boyfriend Richard, when he suspects her of cheating on him? What if Antoine, a simple auto parts delivery man, has the key to this enigma. Antoine and Marie traces a troubling portrait of two people's destinies forever united by one dramatic event... Her rape.
- DirectorAli AkbarzadehStarsLawrence LessigTim WuPeter LudlowThe Internet is under attack. This award-winning documentary explores the threat Internet censorship imposes on free speech, innovation, and democracy.
- DirectorPatty Ann DillonStarsAllen AultCraig BaxleyTerry BraceyA journey of compassion and consequence, through a process shrouded in secrecy. Executioners' lives intersect on a path to discovering freedom from their own personal prisons...
- DirectorGeoffrey EnthovenStarsJurgen DelnaetKoen De GraeveEvelien BosmansStef moved to a new home, but there is another man in his home, Theo. Theo is the previous owner of the house, he died a few years ago. Stef seems to be the only one who can see him.
- DirectorKadir Ferati BalciStarsDries de SutterMatthieu SysAngelo TijssensFollowing a brief affair, gym teacher Jurgen decides to marry his fellow teacher Sibel. But that's not what their families expected: Jurgen's Flemish parents don't understand why their only son dumped his previous girlfriend to marry a colleague; while Sibel's Turkish brother is agitated by her impulsive decision. Jurgen and Sibel look forward to their big day. But are they marrying just each other, or are they marrying their families as well? A comedy about French fries and baklava; about marriage and trust; about Flemish modesty versus Turkish temperament.
- DirectorVictor LevinStarsAnton YelchinBérénice MarloheOlivia ThirlbyAn aspiring novelist enters into a relationship with a woman, though there's just one catch: She's married and the couple can only meet between the hours of 5 and 7 each evening.
- DirectorRoel MondelaersStarsWine DierickxJunaid FaizWouter HendrickxPlan Bart is a romantic comedy about competing desires -- sacrificing one's childhood dreams for the responsibilities of adulthood, air guitar championships for diapers and bottles, 'having sex' with 'making love.'
- DirectorNick BrandestiniStarsSamuelJosiahFloraAt the Arctic edge of America, five Native Alaskan teenagers strive to be both modern American kids and the inheritors of an ancient whaling culture.
- DirectorVeronica MannionStarsVeronica MannionAriel HartAmir AbdullahAn aspiring actress navigates the musically comedic underbelly of Hollywood in search of fame fortune (boys) and herself. Hint: she finds one.
- DirectorGábor ReiszStarsÁron FerenczikKatalin TakácsZsolt KovácsA trip to Lisbon helps a nerdy guy who is quickly approaching 30 finally get his mojo back.
- DirectorMatti HarariArik LubetzkiStarsMoran RosenblattReymonde AmsellemShlomi KoriatRebecca Abarnabel, a single daughter born into an Orthodox Jewish family, is tired of the lifestyle that her father, Reuven, has forced upon her. She and her mother, Victoria, go on a life-changing journey between worlds.Apples from the Desert
- DirectorLorenzo CorvinoStarsGwendolyn GourvenecDavide PaganiniJacopo Maria BicocchiA troupe of reporters is given a video by a mysterious someone. The video is the proof left by three thirty-something, two men and a woman, of a road trip on the French Riviera, the chronicle of a week to complete an assignment before they are involved in an accident. The three share the destiny of a doomed generation.