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On this Sunday, a relaxing daywelcomes you to a buffet of soul-stirring,infectious delights. Cinequest invitesyou to indulge your appetite forMaverick films and encounters with thegenius behind them. 

Have you ever wanted to have some

sort of “do-over” in life and find that theonly way you could was to live in a treehouse for an entire summer? MeetWebster, a twenty-seven year oldwhose life is about to change when hedecides to not only build but live in atree house for an entire summer aftergetting dumped by his girlfriend. Meetthe people Webster runs into in theWorld Premiere of The Sinking of Santa Isabel tonight, Camera 12, 7:15

p.m. 

I n Case You Missed I t …

W hat ’ s Happen ing Today?If you’re looking for an eye-openiexperience, Cinequest 18 offers some of tstrongest, most fascinating lineup documentaries to date. Using alternatitherapy for autistic children in Autism: TMusical , listening to the screenwriting mogin Mardik: From Baghdad to Hollywood , the touching tribute and twisted truth in DeZachary: A Letter to a Son About H

Father . Directed by Jeremy Konner, D-TouA Tenacious Documentary  gives us intimate look into one of the funniest and mosuccessful rock duos as Konner follows theon their world tour.

Your ticket is a 2-for-1 deal for the 21 aover: a screening ticket gets you into the aftparty free. Why wouldn’t you go? Attend tD-Tour After Party  at Club Vivid arou

9:30 p.m. after the screening.

DAY 5 – 03/02:

Catch a Flick:Today’s full lineup available on www.cinequest.org.

  Echoes of Home,Camera 12, 11:30 a.m.

  A Perfect Match, California Theatre, 12:00p.m.

  Autism: The Musical ,San Jose Rep, 1:30 p.m.

  AFR, Camera 12, 1:45p.m.

  The Reject, Camera 12,4:00 p.m.

  A Better Life , Camera12, 4:00 p.m.

  The Truth (La Verdad),C amera 12, 4:45 p.m.

  Anywhere, USA,Camera 12, 6:15 p.m.

  Mars and Venus ,Camera 12, 6:45 p.m.

  D-Tour: A Tenacious Documentary , CaliforniaTheatre, 7 p.m.

  The Sinking of Santa Isabel, Camera 12, 7:15p.m.

  Shorts Competition: Signals, Noise, and Silence, Camera 12,9:30 p.m.

Not to Miss:

  A Better Life meet-and-greet, The Loft Barand Bistro, 90 South

Second Street,following the 4:00 p.m.film screening

  D-Tour After Party ,Vivid Nightclub, 8 SouthFirst Street, 21+, 9:30p.m.

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not be familiar or easy to embody.

The Artist and Industry Party kicked off atThe Tech with performance by QuincyColeman (who is also featured in adocumentary, Quincy Coleman: It’s All in the Song ) and Ben’s Brother.

*Photos Courtesy of Dane Andrew

Film & Technology Forums’ Sight, Sound and the Dollar Sign Day 1 kick-started thecrisp Saturday morning yesterday.

Informative forums, non-stop screenings offilms from around the world and our firstMaverick Spirit Event captivated a verybusy downtown San Jose.

Jennifer Siebel moderates A Conversation with Michael Keaton  to the delight of

Batman, I mean, Michael’s fans. After theconversation, Keaton is awarded theMaverick Spirit Award for his dynamiccareer as an actor and director always

challenging himself to take roles that maynot be familiar or easy to embody. 

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Empowering the Maverick

Beh ind t he Cur t a insDirector Kurt Kuenne brings us a sadtale about his best friend who,unfortunately was murdered.Beginning as a sort of tribute to his life,Kuenne decides to have the film takean entirely new direction. Kuenne tooksome time out to tell Cinequest what

he went through as he was making thisfilm.

This film was never a film Kuennethought he’d every make. He, at first,wanted to use raw footage from oldmovies to fashion this documentary inefforts to memorialize his friendAndrew Bagby. He went on a journeyto meet and interview Bagby’s vastarray of loved ones around the globe.His favorite part was when he met littleZachary for the first time. “Thatsequence holds many wonderful

memories for me. I love seein the

memories for me. I love seeing thesheer outpouring of love being showeredupon this child by all of Andrew’s familyand friends…”

Generally, a documentary is made abouta subject like this: a director is usuallycoming from the outside and telling thestory that happened to other people.What was unique about this film was thatKuenne realized he had beendocumenting Bagby’s family his entire lifewithout even realizing it. This helped himto be able to tell the story from the insideand help captivate the audience enoughto be able to make it seem as if theywere experiencing everything the familywas experiencing.

Come check out this fantastic filmtonight, 6:30 p.m. at the San Jose

Repertory Theatre.

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Maver ick Facts :

During the filmingof Dear Zachary ,director KurtKuenne was ableto see the country

for the first timewhen he traveledto interview themany people inAndrew Bagby’slife. He madedozens of newfriends, whichmade it all themore rewarding.

  All of the moneyraised to makeDear Zachary waspaid for entirely bydonations, with allof the proceedsgoing toscholarship fundsestablished inAndrew’s memory. 

Most of the cast ofA Better Life werefirst-time actors ornon-actors.

Director Jonathan Sale spent some timewith Cinequest to tell us a little abouthimself as well as his short filmSovereignty.

CQ: Did you always know you wanted tobe a filmmaker?

Jonathan Sale: I began as, and still am,

an actor. My experiences on various setsand my love of movies led me to aninterest in directing. There, I found a jobthat stimulated all the creativity of my rightbrain and engaged all the organization andlogic of my left-brain. I love the feeling ofrunning a fun and efficient set, and makinga million decisions a day that allcumulatively become a film that bears mydistinct fingerprint. Ah, hell! Forget allthat. I just like bossin’ people around!

CQ: What inspired you to make this film?Why do you feel this film is significant orimportant?

JS: Sovereignty was originally a play doneat the Actors Theater of Louisville, writtenby the Pulitzer Prize nominated writer

and producer of Showtime’s Weeds , RolinJones. The humor, the depth of emotionand the sharp social commentarydemanded to be put on film. 

CQ : What is your favorite aspect of thefilm? What do you want movie lovers toget out of this film?

JS: To borrow a word from my director’slexicon, “Action!” is my favorite thing abouSovereignty . But not action in the typicamovie sense. This film asks for actionfrom the audience. After initially drawingthe audience in, I hope that Sovereigntydoes not ever let them get comfortableagain. I hope, through a great script and astunning performance by Heather Dillyand the entire cast, that Sovereigntyreaches right off the screen and shakesthe audience by its collective shouldersand says, “This is about YOU! Now wha

are you going to DO?”Don’t miss the screening of this filmduring the Shorts Competition

Forward, Backward, Sideways  todayCamera 12 Cinemas, 2:15 p.m.

A Ch a t w i t h t h e Fi lm m ak er