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  • Calendar 03.20

    Tom McEnery’s A Statue for Ballybunion March 20, 2020 / 7:30pm 3Below Theaters & Lounge 288 S 2nd St San Jose, CA   SJ Improv – Pete Holmes: Silly Silly Fun Boy Tour March 20, 2020 / 7:30pm San Jose Improv Comedy Club 62 S 2nd St San Jose,...
  • Calendar 03.13

    MACLA – We Have Ire March 13-15, 2020 MACLA 510 S 1st St San Jose, CA   SJ ICA – Coffee with Clive McCarthy March 13, 2020 / 10am San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art 560 S 1st St San Jose, CA   Cinequest 3/13/20 Screenings at the California...
  • Amongst Art and Elation, Cinequest Turns Focus Towards Those Involved in Homelessness Relief  

    Arturo Hilario El Observador Recently I had the opportunity to get a sneak preview from some of the people responsible for turning Downtown San Jose, and now some of Redwood City, into a popular and down to earth film mecca for about two weeks in March. Along with the...
  • Cinequest Film Review: Lupe

    Jose Posadas El Observador A good film should entertain, but it should also provoke thought and conversation, and if it is a worthy film it might even change public perceptions and attitudes. The film “Lupe” premiering at the annual Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival is all those things. Directed...
  • Cinequest Film Review: Clean Hands

    Jose Posadas El Observador “Clean Hands”, a documentary from director Michael Dominic, tells the story of the Lopez family surviving off the largest dump, known as La Chureca, in Nicaragua. Filmed over 7 years we are introduced to Blanca and her partner Javier and their 4 young children. Shot...
  • Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival 2019: Latino Film Highlights

    Arturo Hilario El Observador For film fans and the technology-curious alike, Cinequest Film Festival, now named Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival, brings a yearly opportunity to delve into the worlds of cinema, technology, and art within the setting of vibrant downtown San Jose locations. Every year, patrons have the...
  • Cinequest Q&A: “The Public”

    Writer, Director and Actor Emilio Estevez Brings to Life the “Last Bastion of True Democracy” Arturo Hilario El Observador One of Cinequest’s main events is a riveting film titled “The Public”. Written, directed, and starring Emilio Estevez, the film tackles the themes of homelessness, mental illness and human morality....
  • Q&A: Halfdan Hussey and the Evolving Creativity of the Film Festival

    A Look at the New Components of the Cinequest Film & Creativity Festival Arturo Hilario El Observador Halfdan Hussey is the Director, CEO and Co-Founder of Cinequest Film Festival. But before all that he is a lover of the arts and technology. For years now, Cinequest Film Festival has...
  • CINEQUEST 2019

    1. Clean Hands –  Shot over the course of seven years (2011-2018) in Nicaragua, Clean Hands is a feature-length fly-on-the-wall cinéma vérité which tells the remarkable, riveting story of the Lopez family surviving against the backdrop of Central America’s largest gar bage dump, La Chureca and beyond. It is...
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