Festivals
21st Annual Cinequest Film Festival
Official Cinequest Web Site
Camera 12 Cinema proudly hosts the 21st Annual Cinequest, San Jose Film Festival February 29-March 11 in downtown San Jose. This showcase of maverick filmmakers and films has been recognized as one of the world's top 10 festivals, with additional screenings and events at the S.J. Repertory and California Theaters.
Featured celebrity guests this year include Maverick Award recipients, legendary British director Terence Davies (closing night film The Deep Blue Sea), and celebrity chef Michael Mina. Additional recipients to be announced.
Luc Besson's The Lady, a provocative political-romantic drama depicting the life of Burmese activist Sung San Suu Kyi, kicks off the festival at the California Theater on February 28th. Terrence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea, a powerful drama starring Oscar winner Rachel Weisz as a woman willing to sacrifice her marriage and social standing for a doomed love affair, is the closing night feature, also at the California Theater, on March 10th.
In addition to nearly 200 features, documentaries and shorts from around the world, Cinequest 2012 will feature its usual Filmmaking and Technology Forums, Silent Cinema at the California Theater, the Maverick Competition, Cinequest DxD, Student Short Film Competition, and Global Landscapes (Latino Film and Pacific Basin Showcases). Also, we continue our very popular encore day, with encore screenings of audience favorites and award winners on Sun, March 11th.
For ticket information and a comprehensive calendar of events, go to Official Cinequest Web Site, call 408-295-FEST, or pick up a printed program at any of our theaters and selected locations throughout the valley.
Cinequest 2011: 20th Anniversary Wrap-up
San Jose, CA--The 21st Annual Cinequest Film Festival came to a close on Sunday, Mar. 13th, 2011 with encore screenings of the jury and audience award winning films, announced the previous evening at the Closing Film and Awards ceremony, and other festival favorites. Recognized as one of the world's top 10 festivals, Cinequest hosted screenings and events March 1-13 in downtown San Jose at Camera 12 Cinema, SJ Repertory, and the California Theater, smashing all previous records for film submissions, attendance and box office sales.
John Turturro's Passione, a spectacular and beautiful love poem to the city of Naples, Italy, kicked off the festival at the California Theater on March 1st, and Soul Surfer, the true and inspirational story of shark-mauled surfer Bethany Hamilton starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid and Helen Hunt, closed the Festival on March 13th.
Following are the 2011 Cinequest Award Winners:
MAVERICK COMPETITION
Maverick Spirit Award -- Mozart's Sister, dir. Rene Feret (France)
Best First Feature -- Rosa Morena, dir. Carlos Augusto de Oliveira
Special Jury Prize: Narrative -- Falling Overnight, dir. Conrad Jackson (USA)
Best Documentary Feature -- Dying to Do Letterman dir. Biagio Messina and Joke Fincioen (USA)
Best Special Jury Prize: Documentary -- The World According to Ion B, dir. Alexander Nanau (Romania)
Best Narrative Short -- Inside Out, dir. Jim O'Doherty (USA)
>Best Animated Short -- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, dir. William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg (USA)
Best Documentary Short -- The Stitches Speak, dir. Nina Sabnani (India)
Best Student Short -- The Pool Party, dir. Sara Zandieh (USA)
Special Jury Prize: Short Film -- Tussilago, dir. Jonas Odell (Sweden)
Kaiser Permanente Thrive Award -- I Am, dir. Tom Shadyac (USA)
DIRECTORS AWARDS
New Visions Award--Make A Movie Like Spike, dir. Jamil Walker Smith (USA)
Global Landscapes Award--Togetherness Supreme, dir. Nathan Collett (Kenya)
AUDIENCE AWARDS
Best Feature Film--The Liverpool Goalie, dir. Arild Andresen (Norway)
Best Documentary--Dying to Do Letterman, dir. Biagio Messina and Joke Fincioen (USA)
SCREENPLAY COMPETITION CONTEST
First Place--Mr. Tesla (Robert Holbrook)
Second Place--Selcome to Akron (Stephan Bugaj)
Third Place--Saint Patrick's Tear (Neil Cumbria)
MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARDS
John Turturro, Alyson Stoner, AnnaSophia Robb
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