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Maverick poses with co-founder Halfdan Hussey at Cinequest HQ

BY Loni Stark — 01.26.2010

(l to r) Darnisha, Halfdan Hussey, Loni Kao Stark

This past week, I caught up with Cinequest Film Festival’s co-founder, Halfdan Hussey at his office in downtown San Jose just before the 20th Cinequest Film Festival sweeps him and his team off into a frenzied tornado of film screenings, parties and camaraderie with other Indie film lovers. Last year, about 80,000 people attended the film festival. In a tough economic year, the attendance at Cinequest actually grew.

We’ll be bringing you all the juicy details of gun shots, taxi cabs, new ventures, the continual quest for discovery and what it means to be a maverick.

For now, I leave you with some pics from the post-interview photo shoot.

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Loni Stark

Loni Stark is an artist at Atelier Stark, psychology researcher, and technologist whose work explores the intersection of identity, creativity, and technology. Through StarkMind, she investigates human-AI collaboration and the emerging dynamics of agentic systems, research that informs both her academic work and creative practice. A self-professed foodie and adventure travel enthusiast, she collaborates on visual storytelling projects with Clinton Stark for Stark Insider. Her insights are shaped by her role at Adobe, influencing her explorations into the human-tech relationship. It's been said her laugh can still be heard from San Jose up to the Golden Gate Bridge—unless sushi, her culinary Kryptonite, has momentarily silenced her.

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