Inside Cinequest Film Camp, Adobe Youth Voices – Action!
Green screens. Zombies created by pollution. Messages about family and gang violence. These are just a few of the highlights from week 2 of the…
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Action! Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest film camp enters production
The group which had started working at 9am was in high gear behind computers, in front of green screens and madly cutting out characters and…
Cinequest Question of the Day: Special launch edition and guide!
Light, camera, action! Or as Halfdan Hussey wrote in an email today, “Turn on the Spotlights.” Cinequest film festival, the pride and joy of San…
Film Review: ‘Peepers’ a bare butt buffet of laughs
A Fight Club for voyeurs, Peepers takes us into the secret world of roof-top hopping “peepers,” where we join alongside a rag-tag group armed with…
Film Review: ‘Applause (Applaus)’
Thea (Paprika Steen) can only seem to find acceptance and respect on the stage. Off it, her life is unraveling. She’s a recovering alcoholic out…
Cinequest Film Festival 20 Countdown: An inside look at success, independent filmmaking
The 20th anniversary of the Cinequest Film Festival kicks off next week in San Jose. Co-founder Halfdan Hussey said, despite the challenging economy, the festival…
Film Review: ‘Life in One Day (Het leven uit een dag)’
What if you lived your entire life in one day? And you’d have, but one time, to enjoy each moment: the first kiss, going to…
Cinequest QoD #4: Halfdan Hussey on distribution, Mavericks Studio
Take a deep breath, get out your favorite walking shoes, grab your Netbook. Cinequest Film Festival 20 is only 5 days away, opening on February…
Adobe Youth Voices Cinequest Film Camp Week 1: Pre-production, a Zombie movie?!
“We’re doing a Zombie film about Zombies created from pollution,” pitches Brianna Pereira from Boynton High School. And with that, week 1 of the Adobe…
Film Review: ‘Kill the Habit’
You know you’re in trouble when a relentless drug addiction and a discovered stash of dirty money are the least of your problems. Oh, yes,…