Sunday, March 11—Cinequest Co-founder Kathleen Powell presented the awards on the closing night of the festival.(Descriptions excerpted from the Cinequest program guide.)Director's AwardsGLOBAL...

[img_assist|nid=3637|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=140|height=93]Monday, March 12—The Cinequest Film Festival may not generate buzz about industry distribution deals or celebrity sightings,...

[img_assist|nid=3350|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=88|height=124]No one seems better suited to transform Jhumpa Lahiri’s touching prose into film than Mira Nair. Both the Pulitzer...

[img_assist|nid=3240|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=90|height=150]Saturday, March 3---Stewart Copeland makes his entrance with a bang. Whether bounding onto the California Theatre stage...

It is Monday, March 12th, and Cinequest has come to an end. This is a bitter-sweet moment; on the one hand I am already missing the frenetic buzz of running from film to forum and back to film,...

In the moments before the press conference kicked off on Saturday, Jens Hussey spoke a little about the term 'maverick'. He explained that the word originated from a Texas cattleman named Sam...

[img_assist|nid=3241|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=167|height=195]Saturday, March 3---Minnie Driver slowly removed her sunglasses at the Cinequest press conference, and quietly said, “I...

My day began with the Day of Sight and Sound and Panasonic's P2 presentation, followed by a quick press conference, and then Carl Miller's presentation of his film, Retribution. I always feel that...

[img_assist|nid=3257|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=140|height=109]"The truth is, there is no sure thing, and I would argue that when you are doing something that you do really care about,...

[img_assist|nid=3237|title=|desc=|link=node|align=left|width=140|height=118]Friday, March 2---Christine Vachon can now add “Cinequest Maverick” to honors ranging...