2015 Cinequest

On one day, in one city, the world comes together to grant one 5 year old cancer patient his wish. Batkid Begins looks at the 'why' of this flash phenomenon.

Workers work for boss, boss works for the multi-nationals

In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.

Jen stumbles across Todd on her first night in NYC, it's a crazy and intense introduction to the city. Fast forward two years, and she's settled with the amiable Ethan, happily letting life cruise by. But when she turns down the chance to move in with him, the last person she expects to take her place is Todd. Tensions build as Jen and Todd try to figure out a way to navigate their hidden past, bu

What happens when LGBTQ youth of color band together and dare to be 'out' on stage about their lives and their loves? The cast of True Colors: OUT Youth Theater transforms their struggles into performance for social change. With wit, candor, and attitude, the troupe captivates audiences surprised to hear such stories in school settings. Our characters include a transgender teenager who is kicked out of her home, a devout Christian who challenges his church's homophobia, and a girl who likes to wear masculine clothing, even as she models dresses on the runway. After the Boston Marathon bombs explode yards from their rehearsal space, the troupe becomes even more determined to share their stories of love to help their city heal.

Lily Prasad competes for Miss India America title.

Jake spends most of his time playing video games indoors until his mother decides to give him a present.

An intense, boldly cinematic new vision which focuses on a cult-like group and the vulnerable young man who becomes involved in their agenda.

A film star comes face-to-face with an uncomfortable reflection of herself while starring in a revival of the play that launched her career.

Astraea, a telepathic teenage girl, follows her visions through a post-apocalyptic America and into a snowy wilderness. She hopes to find her family and re-build her way of life, but first she must control her gift and survive the winter.

Thomas is deposited in a community of boys after his memory is erased, soon learning they're all trapped in a maze that will require him to join forces with fellow "runners" for a shot at escape.

Damien and Pierre, two high school students, murder an unknown woman previously spotted on the street.

A young Scottish man travels across America in pursuit of the woman he loves, attracting the attention of an outlaw who is willing to serve as a guide.

A powerful multi-national corporation, Aden, must deploy a bounty hunter in order to stop an unseen creature forged from a child's imagination.

On the run after a political attack Damien and Yvonne wake up at their hiding place in Paris. When they find out that Damien was filmed by a surveillance camera and is now wanted by the police, they have to make a choice.

Claudia always imagined she would drive off into the sunset in the beautiful Ford Capri she was promised by her father. Once she set off to escape her town things were going to change and her life would really start. When hard times forced the sale of the car Claudia's chances of escape seemed a distance fantasy until an advert in the auto trader ignites her desire.

Sam, the host of the once-popular children's television show 'Happy Fun Room,' clashes with her child co-stars, recalcitrant crew, and unsupportive studio execs as her career and life fall to pieces. 'Happy Fun Room' teaches kids how to be safe in an insanely dangerous world. But the world has changed and the show's messages may no longer apply. Can Sam prevent her past fears from making her a monster in the present?

While reading her students a fairy tale, a teacher becomes so invested in the story that she begins to substitute its morals with her own.

A contract killer receives some unusual advice to help him with his insomnia.

Two lonely people with a shared past - a wanderer and a waitress - meet again in a rural diner. As the nature of their relationship quietly reveals itself, the little details of their lives and memories intertwine.

Laxmi Agarwal, a human rights activist and a survivor of acid violence, gazes back at us, as we contemplate together, the meaning of memory and loss. What does it mean to survivors of acid violence? What does it mean to people in their environment? How do the two world-views interact? What do concepts of 'fear', 'power', 'innocence' and 'beauty' mean to us? The Newborns attempts to provide a lens to the survivors of acid violence, to look forward and gaze back. They take us through the ennui of their domestic and public spaces in a nameless dystopian city, its factories, houses and motels, and its promises, never honored.

Amidst the chaos of the Russian and Georgian conflict of 2008, a Russian civilian and Georgian soldier face a certain death unless they can learn to put aside their differences.

Deep in the Southwest desert, a wayward young couple embarks on a violent crime that unfolds in unexpected ways.

A Latine barber quietly falls in love with a handsome Irish stranger over the course of a haircut during a hot and sweaty summer afternoon in a macho Brooklyn neighborhood.

Maggie is a troubled young immigrant who is at the end of her rope. Desperate to return to her native Ireland, she meets with a mysterious and vaguely sinister older man who offers to pay her plane fare in exchange for one last job: she must lure an unsuspecting young iron worker to a deserted Coney Island street.