Cinequest Film Festival 2012: Celebrating World-Class Cinema

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Published on Sunday, 19 February 2012 05:00

Written by Sean Cusack

Prepare yourself as one of the most expansive, explosive and highly anticipated film festivals in California returns with a bang.

Cinequest Film Festival 2012, a 13 day festival of unparalleled quality, excitement and pure cinematic magic will run from February 28th – March 11th, unveiling over 155 fantastic films in the best state-of-the-art venues in the country, such as the palatial California Theatre, Camera 12 Cinemas and San Jose Repertory Theatre, equipped with Barco DCI-compliant projection digital servers and digital and 35mm projection.

Over 60 World, North American and U.S. Premieres will take place during the festival’s run, with over 40 countries represented in this massive global line-up. In addition to these spectacular screenings, attendees will be treated to post-viewing discussions with over six hundred film artists who will share their own visionary fervor for the projects they have taken part in.

Many of these projects include such distinguished individuals as:

• Alan Cumming (Almost in Love, The Good Wife)
• Rachel Weisz (Deep Blue Sea, Constant Gardner)
• Tom Hiddleston (Deep Blue Sea, Thor)
• Bryan Cranston (Detachment , Breaking Bad)
• Christina Hendricks (Detachment, Mad Men)
• Adrien Brody (Detachment, Midnight in Paris)
• Lucy Liu (Detachment, Charlie's Angels)
• James Caan (Detachment, Las Vegas)
• Creed Bratton (The Ghastly Love of Johnny X, The Office)
• Orlando Bloom (The Good Doctor, Pirates of The Caribbean)
• Rob Morrow (The Good Doctor, Numb3rs)
• Michelle Yeoh (The Lady, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
• Chow Yun-Fat (Let the Bullets Fly, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon)
• Kate Bosworth (L!fe Happens, Superman Returns)
• Rachel Bilson (L!fe Happens, The OC)

Among the festival’s powerhouse Spotlight Features line-up are masterpieces such as The Lady, Luc Besson's latest provocative political-romantic drama which dramatically examines the tormented life of Burmese activist Aung San Suu Kyi, brilliantly portrayed by Michelle Yeoh and starring David Thewlis (Seven Years in Tibet).

The Deep Blue Sea, directed by one of contemporary cinema's most extraordinary masters, Terence Davies, dives deep into the human psyche through a story of desire and fear, starring Rachel Weisz and Tom Hiddleston.

In The Bully Project, a roving camera probes into homes, classrooms, cafeterias, and principals' offices to examine the very real and often cruel world inhabited by bullied children in America.

In Detachment, a gritty, no holds barred look at the U.S. educational system, from the director of American History X, Adrien Brody leads an all-star cast, including Marcia Gay Harden (Mystic River), Bryan Cranston, Christina Hendricks, and Lucy Liu.

Chow Yun-Fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), headlines Let the Bullets Fly, a rollicking Chinese Western action-comedy, deftly directed with cinematic gumption by Jiang Wen (The Sun Also Rises). Past Summer tells the story of two girls -- one a kind-hearted next-door neighbor, the other the proud daughter from a wealthy household-whose lives suddenly collide when a mysterious secret, hidden for year, comes to light and changes both their destinies forever.

Other must-sees include Code 2600, a chilling look at cyber-hacking, wrapped in intrigue that exposes how truly naked we are online.

The Ghastly Love of Johnny X with Creed Bratton is a truly original, madcap concoction where alien teenage delinquents... sing and dance!

In Love, Wrinkle-Free, a family in Goa, India, defines what it means to be truly dysfunctional.

Three men in the first throes of retirement comically brood and bond over the ends of their careers, contemplating whether it's liberation or confinement in Old Goats.

Kurt Kuenne directs Shuffle, the fantastical tale of a man who falls asleep at the most inopportune moments, only to find himself awaking in various segments of his life's time stream.

Salt details the adventures of Sergio, a filmmaker oddly mistaken for a small town hero, who is thrown into a modern Western thriller, fighting for a story, while evading an evil foe.

For the complete festival line-up and schedule, as well as tickets, visit www.cinequest.org

Cinequest Film Festival 2012
February 28 – March 11, 2012

Various screening venues

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