FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS ARCHIVES
A fun and entertaining awards show at the Silicon Valley Capital Club (the former San Jose Athletic Club) will precede a fully catered party with cutting-edge musical entertainment. Cinequest will present a series of Maverick Film and Technology…
The Legendary
MARTIN COOPER
"The artist and the engineer have many things in common. One is passion. How can you work on something for 20, 30 ... even 40 years, holding onto an idea you know is right...until the world eventually adopts that idea…
A FULL METAL JACKET DIARY
Cinequest proudly honors actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine (The Dark Knight Rises, Jobs) with the Maverick Innovator Award and presents this intimate look at his new "appumentary" Full Metal Jacket Diary. Based on his…
Exclusive to VIP All Access pass holders.In the culinary crush, with its abundance of creative cuisine, fueled by the freshest of ingredients and celebrity chefs, there exists an embarrassment of riches that seems almost unfair. Americas appetite…
The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.- Chuck PalahniukFor almost twenty years, no other author has pounced harder on the minds of readers than Chuck Palahniuk. From characters that may or may not exist to…
The rarest of actors has the opportunity to create an iconic character that imprints powerfully upon the generation that first experiences the character and then throughout time. An even rarer artist is able to transcend the identification with an…
Maverick Spirit Award will be presented at Closing Night.Throughout his long, esteemed career, writer Salman Rushdie has embodied the spirit of the maverick, creating works as he chooses, telling the truth as he sees it, always conscious of his role…
"I am a common denominator; there are many people who identify with me. They see the same thing in me that I see in myself, which is: an everyday, regular person, compared to most of your Hollywood stars or most of the corporate entities being…
Cinequest is thrilled to bestow its Maverick Spirit Award to beloved comedian, actor, and musician Fred Armisen (Portlandia, Saturday Night Live). Event will include a moderated conversation with Mr. Armisen, a career-to-date highlight video, award…
Born in Louisville, Kentucky and educated at the Rhode Island School of Design, Gus Van Sant emerged from the nether-world of producing commercials to become one of the most exciting new directors working in independent film today. Graced with a…
"Making people laugh is a really fabulous thing because it means you're getting deep inside somebody, into their psyche, and their ability to look at themselves." - Jane Lynch
Emmy award and Golden Globe winner, Maverick Spirit Award honoree Jane…
"I don't want to make films that give you the answer." - Jason Reitman
Early in his career, Jason Reitman established an amazingly simple credo: I dont want to make films that give you the answer. If there is a message to my films-and I hope…