FILM FESTIVAL EVENTS ARCHIVES
OPENING NIGHT GALA at the United Artist Theaters: Special screening of Trekkies. Appearance by director Roger Nygard (High Strung, Six Days in Roswell, Suckers) and producer Keith Border (Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure). Starring/Hosted by…
Opening Cinequest with a bang! Academy award-winning director Gavin Hood will present his captivating new thriller Eye in the Sky, starring Dame Helen Mirren (The Queen, Trumbo), Alan Rickman (Harry Potter, Die Hard), Iain Glen (Game of Thrones,…
Sponsored by Intel.Maverick legend John Turturro joins Cinequest to present the breathtaking Passione and to receive Cinequest?s Maverick Spirit Award.Italy, a culture and a people beloved around the globe and Naples, Italy ?has seen it all:…
Start the twentieth anniversary celebration of Cinequest in its tradition of discovering electrifying cinema. Cinequest kicks off with a powerhouse, starring Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated Brian Cox (Match Point, Troy, The Bourne…
Giving a whole new meaning to the phrase ?love is dead,? director Ellie Kanner?s (crazylove, Face to Face) third feature is a superbly crafted dark romantic comedy that reveals the future of the dating scene is not in bars, clubs or via the Internet…
Special screening of the smart and highly entertaining comedy Angel's Dance, starring James Belushi, Sheryl Lee, Kyle Chandler and with Jon Polito. Special appearance by director David L. Corley. Opening Night party follows at A.P. Stump's.
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Help us kick off another Cinequest Film Festival. First, attend one of two very special films and then mingle at Kismet Gallery for a catered party.
Changing Habits, presented by Abra Edelman (Producer), Moira Kelly (Actor) and Lynn Roth (Director…
LADYBIRD, LADYBIRD & Catered Reception - The most highly acclaimed film at the prestigious Berlin Film Festival (Int'l Critics Prize, Best Actress), director Ken Loach's (winner of the Cannes Jury Prize for Raining Stones) powerhouse is a moving…
Cinequest is proud to present the dynamic Opening Night Film Thank You for Smoking, a fiercely satirical look at today?s ?culture of spin.? Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart), chief spokesman for Big Tobacco, makes his…
Brad Gottfred's The Movie Hero is a heartwarming and hilarious paean to movies, setting the perfect tone to kick off Cinequest 2003.
The Movie Hero tells the story of a slightly off-kilter guy named Blake, who really believes his life is a movie,…
Cinequest?s 2007 Opening Night is as electrifying as it comes?treating film lovers to one of the most exhilarating films of the year, by one of the most provocative filmmakers of modern times. Filmmaker Mira Nair?s brilliant adaptation of Jhumpa…
Mike Binder's magnificent and hilarious film, The Search for John Gissing, kicks off Cinequest 12 with a bang!
Written and directed by the award-winning Binder (HBO's The Mind of the Married Man) and starring Binder, Janeane Garofalo (Truth About…