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Cinequest Film Festival Wraps

Award Winners, Highlights, 2017 Dates

Cinequest Film Festival wrapped Sunday with 720 world leading artists and innovators presenting 129 World and U.S. premieres and cutting-edge media technologies to record audiences topping 105,000 (in San Jose / Silicon Valley). Cinequest Film Festival 2017 will occur February 28 – March 12. This year’s Cinequest Award Winners are:

MAVERICK SPIRIT AWARD RECIPIENTS

  • James Franco
  • Robert Hawk
  • Rita Moreno

Please watchCinequest’s Maverick Spirit Award video.

MEDIA LEGACY AWARD RECIPIENT

  • Owen Gleiberman

Please watchCinequest’s Media Legacy video.

AUDIENCE AWARD WINNERS

AUDIENCE AWARD, FIRST FILM:NILA

  • Director: Selvamani Selvaraj
  • Producer(s):Vaishno Rajesh

AUDIENCE AWARD, DOCUMENTARY:UNTIL 20

  • Director:Jamila Paksima, Geraldine Moriba Meadows
  • Producer(s):Jamila Paksima, Geraldine Moriba Meadows

AUDIENCE AWARD, DRAMA (Tie):HEARTLAND

  • Director: Maura Anderson
  • Producer(s):Jennifer Wood, Velinda Godfrey,Maura Anderson

AUDIENCE AWARD, DRAMA (Tie):MY FERAL HEART

  • Director: Jane Gull
  • Producer(s):James Rumsey, Duncan Paveling, Jane Gull

AUDIENCE AWARD, COMEDY (Tie):DEPENDENT’S DAY

  • Director: Michael David Lynch
  • Producer(s):Michael David Lynch, Oliver Defilippo

AUDIENCE AWARD, COMEDY (Tie):REMEMBER ME

  • Director: Steve Goldbloom
  • Producer(s):Heather Haggarty, Nanou Matteson

JURY AWARD WINNERS, FEATURES

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, DRAMA:FEVER AT DAWN

  • Director:Péter Gárdos
  • Producer(s):Dénes Szekeres

BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM, COMEDY:CREEDMORIA

  • Director: Alicia Slimmer
  • Producer(s): Alicia Slimmer

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM:THE PROMISED BAND

  • Director: Jen Heck
  • Producer(s):Maria De La O

GLOBAL VISION AWARD: MAGALLANES

  • Director: Salvador del Solar
  • Producer(s):Amador del Solar,Salvador del Solar

NEW VISION AWARD (Tied):LOVE IS ALL YOU NEED?

  • Director: K. Rocco Shields
  • Producer(s):Giovanni Corvino, Michael J. Zampino,K. Rocco Shields

NEW VISION AWARD (Tied):I LOVE YOU BOTH

  • Director: Doug Archibald
  • Producer(s):Doug Archibald, Ryan Finnerty, Paul Holman

JURY AWARD WINNERS, SHORTS

BEST HIGH SCHOOL SHORT FILM:Dreams Without Borders

  • Director:Muna Al Hariri
  • Producer(s):Laura Doggett

BEST COLLEGE SHORT FILM:Prism

  • Director:Jackson Miller
  • Producer(s):Matthew Rebong

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM:Home is a Hotel

  • Directors:Kevin D. Wong and Todd Sills
  • Producer(s):Rowan Brooks, Sasha Hauswauld

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM:Chasing Daycare

  • Director:Satu Siegemund
  • Producer(s):Thilo Kleine, Carolin von Fritsch

BEST ANIMATED SHORT FILM:The Box

  • Director:Michael I Schiller
  • Producer(s):Michael I Schiller

"Cinequest is definitely the first time I've ever come to a festival where my immediate reaction is, 'What do I have to do to be invited back?' It's a perfect film festival in a glorious place." - Neil Gaiman, Maverick Spirit Award Winner

For more on Cinequest’s story, please watchThis Is Cinequest video.

Cinequest Film Festival 2017 will occur February 28 – March 12.

About Cinequest

A vanguard organization set in the Silicon Valley, Cinequest’s uniqueness and impact result from being ahead of the curve in the powerful integration of creativity and technology. Cinequest fuses the world of the filmed arts with that of Silicon Valley’s innovation to empower youth, artists, and innovators to create and connect - driving transformations and a better tomorrow. Cinequest does this through Cinequest Film Festival, Picture The Possibilities, and its sister company Cinequest Mavericks Studio. (VotedBest Film FestivalbyUSA TodayReaders.)

CQFF Partners: Applied Materials (NYSE: AMAT), City of San Jose, Barco (EBR:BAR), Kaiser Permanente, Harmonic (NYSE: HLIT), Synaptics (NYSE: SYNA), Canon (NYSE: CAJ), Panasonic (OTCMKTS:PCRFY), Cisco (NYSE: CSCO), Dolby (NYSE: DLB), Stella Artois (NYSE: AHBIF), Tito’s Handmade Vodka, , Google (NYSE: GOOG), SIMEON Property Group, Inc. (NYSE: SPG), Essex Property Trust, Inc. (NYSE: ESS), Atomos, Macy’s (NYSE: M), Hint Water, PayPal (NYSE: PYPL), Sonic.net, Comerica Incorporated (NYSE: CMA), Seagate (NYSE: STX), VTA, Agile Ticketing Solutions, NBC Bay Area, Metro, 94.5 KBAY, Mix 106.5, Fairmont San Jose (NYSE: FHR), Hyatt Place San Jose (NYSE: H), Hilton San Jose (NYSE: HLT), Marriott San Jose (NYSE: MAR), Hotel De Anza, Camera 12 Cinemas, and San Jose State University.

Picture The Possibilities Partners: Kaiser Permanente, The Hearst Foundations, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, The David & Lucile Packard Foundation, Morrison & Foerster Foundation, Capital Group, Hewlett Packard Workstations (NYSE: HPQ), Brett Company, AT&T (T) Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV), Google (NYSE: GOOG), Liquid Agency, Seagate (NYSE: STX), Litepanels, Cisco (NYSC: CSCO), AudioTechnica, Media Center, Adobe (NYSE: ADBE), Eddie Lira, GlideCam, Atomos, CreaTV, Rhino Camera Gear, Manfrotto, Red Giant.

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