Cinequest Film Festival 2011

Cinequest Film Festival 21

The 21st Cinequest Film Festival will unveil one hundred-seventy three films, be comprised of some soul stirring events and amazing innovations in palatial venues.  Cinequest will fuse the community of film lovers with each films creators, holding forums with the 700 plus artists expected in attendance.  There will be much more than a film festival to experience.

The opening night will be this March 1st, 2011 and the festival will run through the 13th.  The opening night will feature John Turturro's directorial spectacular and beautiful love poem to the city of Naples; a city of music, of culture and especially, its extraordinary people.  The movie is called 'Passione' which is a beautiful celebration of not just the music of a city, but also about what connects us with every artist out there; passion.  It is a captivating journey that uses such music to explore ideas of life: loving, losing, sex, birth and dealing with death.  After the screening, Cinequest throws an Opening Night Party, providing cocktails, food, and music.

Cinequest is now honored and recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a festival qualified for the Short Films category for the Annual Academy Awards®.  Provided a film production complies with the Academy’s rules, Recipients of the BEST Short Narrative and BEST Short Animation will qualify for consideration for an Academy Award® without the standard theatrical run.

Cinequest Film Festival 21 will continue to celebrate the Maverick Spirit with the Best Short Narrative, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Animated Film, Best Student Film, Best Feature Documentary, Best Feature Narrative, and Maverick Spirit Award.  Movies with large film budgets and those with smaller film budgets are included.

The Day of the Writer is also a special event packed into this Festivals schedule. The event will take place 10AM to 5 PM, with breaks, on 3/11/11. It will be broken up into three parts; Part One - Crafting the Heart of Sci Fi: The Story, Part Two - Science Fiction Writing Comprehensive-A Forum Discussion, and Part Three - The Maverick Spirit Conversation. A PURCHASE OF $20 eill include all parts of this Intensive. The winners amongst the top ten screenplay finalists will be announced during Part Two of the Day of the Writer.

The Festival screenings and events will be held at 4 different locations, however all nearby.  The  specific location per scheduled screening and event is all laid out in the Official Guide(event calendar) and can be found at http://www.cinequest.org/film_festival.php .   The 4 venues and their locations are as follows:

Camera 12 Theater,  201 S 2nd Street, San Jose, CA.

California Theatre, 345 S. 1st Street, San Jose, CA

San Jose Repertory Theatre, 101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose, CA

San Jose State University Theatre, 5th and San Fernando Street, San Jose, CA


For maps and directions to these locations please visit http://www.cinequest.org/venues.php 

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