Cinequest 2009
San Jose, California — February 25 - March 8, 2009

The first step: setting your film priorities

The goal of this site is to help you see the films you really want to see, so you'll start by prioritizing the festival's films: indicate your preference for each film by clicking one of the little circles next to each film — the scheduling assistant will use these priorities to build a custom schedule for you.

The highest priority means "I *really* want to see this!," and the lowest means "I don't want to see this: never schedule it for me;" if you've made a choice and want to remove it for some reason, clicking the leftmost circle will forget you ever made a choice.

New for 2011: If there's a film you've seen already, you can note what you thought of it here by entering a rating; you can also enter ratings later. (I'll be sharing these ratings — see the FAQ page for details.)

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All About Dad (90 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 4:00 - 5:30 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Friday, March 6, 9:30 - 11:00 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Another Man (89 minutes, Switzerland)
  • Thursday, February 26, 7:15 - 8:44 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Saturday, March 7, 9:00 - 10:29 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
As Simple As That (97 minutes, Iran)
  • Thursday, February 26, 4:15 - 5:52 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, February 28, noon - 1:37 pm: Camera 12
  • Wednesday, March 4, 4:15 - 5:52 pm: Camera 12
Audie and the Wolf (80 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 11:59 pm - 1:19 am: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 - 10:50 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Autumn (106 minutes, Germany/Turkey)
  • Sunday, March 1, 6:45 - 8:31 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 8:30 - 10:16 pm: Camera 12
The Beautiful Blue Danube (107 minutes, Serbia/Montenegro)
  • Friday, March 6, 10:00 - 11:47 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, noon - 1:47 pm: Camera 12
The Bet (89 minutes, Russia)
  • Saturday, February 28, 2:45 - 4:14 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 8:45 - 10:14 pm: Camera 12
  • Wednesday, March 4, noon - 1:29 pm: Camera 12
Billy Was a Deaf Kid (89 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 7:00 - 8:29 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 9:15 - 10:44 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 2:15 - 3:44 pm: Camera 12
The Birth of a Nation (180 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 7:00 - 10:00 pm: California Theatre
Bitter & Twisted (90 minutes, Australia)
  • Thursday, February 26, 2:30 - 4:00 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 5:00 - 6:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2:30 - 4:00 pm: Camera 12
Blue Road (108 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 9:30 - 11:18 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Monday, March 2, 7:00 - 8:48 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Tuesday, March 3, 2:30 - 4:18 pm: Camera 12
The Caller (95 minutes, United States)
  • Sunday, March 1, 7:00 - 8:35 pm: California Theatre
Camila JAM (120 minutes, Brazil)
  • Wednesday, March 4, 9:30 - 11:30 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Friday, March 6, 1:30 - 3:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm: Camera 12
Canary (90 minutes, United States)
  • Sunday, March 1, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Saturday, March 7, 4:00 - 5:30 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Capers (86 minutes, United States)
  • Thursday, February 26, 7:00 - 8:26 pm: California Theatre
  • Friday, February 27, 4:30 - 5:56 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 1, 9:30 - 10:56 pm: Camera 12
The Compassionate One (90 minutes, Russia)
  • Friday, February 27, 2:00 - 3:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 8:45 - 10:15 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 8:45 - 10:15 pm: Camera 12
Corpse Run (102 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 9:30 - 11:12 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 1, 1:30 - 3:12 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Wednesday, March 4, 5:00 - 6:42 pm: Camera 12
Crude Independence (71 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, March 7, noon - 1:11 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 4:30 - 5:41 pm: Camera 12
Cut Loose (90 minutes, Belgium)
  • Wednesday, March 4, 9:00 - 10:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 2:30 - 4:00 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 6:00 - 7:30 pm: Camera 12
Dancers (90 minutes, Denmark)
  • Thursday, February 26, 9:15 - 10:45 pm: Camera 12
  • Friday, February 27, 4:30 - 6:00 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 2:15 - 3:45 pm: Camera 12
Day of Light (63 minutes, United States/Nicaragua)
  • Thursday, March 5, 7:30 - 8:33 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 4:30 - 5:33 pm: Camera 12
El Camino (91 minutes, Costa Rica)
  • Thursday, February 26, 9:00 - 10:31 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 4:15 - 5:46 pm: Camera 12
Ester's Inheritance (90 minutes, Hungary)
  • Thursday, February 26, 3:00 - 4:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, February 28, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 4:00 - 5:30 pm: Camera 12
Euforia (100 minutes, Mexico)
  • Wednesday, March 4, 6:45 - 8:25 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 6:45 - 8:25 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 5:00 - 6:40 pm: Camera 12
Fallen Angel: The Outlaw Larry Norman (95 minutes, United States)
  • Sunday, March 1, 4:00 - 5:35 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Wednesday, March 4, 9:30 - 11:05 pm: Camera 12
  • Friday, March 6, 4:30 - 6:05 pm: Camera 12
Film & Innovation Forums: Audiences & Art (90 minutes)
  • Friday, February 27, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Film & Innovation Forums: Lights, Cameras...P2 (90 minutes)
  • Saturday, March 7, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Film & Innovation Forums: The Marriage of TV & the Internet (90 minutes)
  • Saturday, February 28, 1:30 - 3:00 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Finnish Tango (90 minutes, Germany)
  • Thursday, February 26, 5:00 - 6:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, noon - 1:30 pm: California Theatre
Firaaq (100 minutes, India)
  • Thursday, March 5, 7:00 - 8:40 pm: California Theatre
  • Saturday, March 7, 4:30 - 6:10 pm: California Theatre
First Person Singular (90 minutes, United States)
  • Thursday, March 5, 7:00 - 8:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 4:45 - 6:15 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 2:00 - 3:30 pm: Camera 12
For My Father (98 minutes, Israel/Germany)
  • Friday, February 27, 7:15 - 8:53 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, February 28, 6:30 - 8:08 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 4:00 - 5:38 pm: Camera 12
The Forest (88 minutes, United States/Great Britain)
  • Friday, March 6, 7:15 - 8:43 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 8, 5:00 - 6:28 pm: California Theatre
The Friend (87 minutes, Switzerland)
  • Friday, February 27, 9:45 - 11:12 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 9:30 - 10:57 pm: California Theatre
Gabriel Byrne: Stories from Home (77 minutes, Ireland)
Garrison Keillor: The Man on the Radio in the Red Shoes (84 minutes, United States)
  • Tuesday, March 3, 7:15 - 8:39 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 6:45 - 8:09 pm: Camera 12
Generic Thriller (90 minutes, United States)
  • Wednesday, March 4, 7:30 - 9:00 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 8, 12:30 - 2:00 pm: California Theatre
Get Brunette (90 minutes, Russia)
  • Thursday, February 26, 6:45 - 8:15 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 6:30 - 8:00 pm: Camera 12
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2:00 - 3:30 pm: Camera 12
Gotta Dance (91 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 10:00 - 11:31 am: Camera 12
  • Friday, March 6, 6:45 - 8:16 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 3:30 - 5:01 pm: Camera 12
Heart of Stone (80 minutes, United States)
  • Sunday, March 1, 7:15 - 8:35 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 - 8:20 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 5:00 - 6:20 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Historias Extraordinarias (252 minutes, Argentina)
  • Saturday, February 28, 11:00 am - 3:12 pm: California Theatre
  • Wednesday, March 4, 7:15 - 11:27 pm: Camera 12
Home (84 minutes, United States)
  • Wednesday, March 4, 7:15 - 8:39 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 9:30 - 10:54 pm: Camera 12
How Am I Not Going to Love You? (85 minutes, Mexico)
  • Friday, February 27, 5:00 - 6:25 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 9:00 - 10:25 pm: Camera 12
How to Be... (85 minutes, Great Britain)
  • Saturday, February 28, 7:15 - 8:40 pm: California Theatre
  • Monday, March 2, 7:00 - 8:25 pm: California Theatre
Intolerance (180 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, March 6, 7:00 - 10:00 pm: California Theatre
The Investigator (110 minutes, Hungary)
  • Thursday, February 26, 9:30 - 11:20 pm: California Theatre
  • Monday, March 2, 1:45 - 3:35 pm: Camera 12
  • Friday, March 6, 7:30 - 9:20 pm: Camera 12
Johnny Cash at Folsom Prison (87 minutes, United States)
  • Thursday, February 26, 5:00 - 6:27 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Saturday, February 28, 9:30 - 10:57 pm: California Theatre
  • Friday, March 6, 12:15 - 1:42 pm: Camera 12
Johnny Mad Dog (97 minutes, France/Belgium/Liberia)
  • Monday, March 2, 6:45 - 8:22 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 9:30 - 11:07 pm: California Theatre
Killer Poet (77 minutes, United States)
  • Sunday, March 1, 2:30 - 3:47 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 5:00 - 6:17 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Friday, March 6, 4:15 - 5:32 pm: Camera 12
The Last Lullaby (93 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, March 7, 7:00 - 8:33 pm: California Theatre
  • Sunday, March 8, 2:30 - 4:03 pm: Camera 12
Layover (79 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 9:30 - 10:49 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 9:15 - 10:34 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 12:30 - 1:49 pm: Camera 12
The Least Among You (97 minutes, United States)
  • Tuesday, March 3, 7:00 - 8:37 pm: California Theatre
  • Thursday, March 5, 9:30 - 11:07 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 8, 6:00 - 7:37 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Lifelines (91 minutes, United States)
  • Tuesday, March 3, 7:15 - 8:46 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Lightbulb (90 minutes, United States)
  • Thursday, March 5, 7:15 - 8:45 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Saturday, March 7, 7:15 - 8:45 pm: Camera 12
Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Borders (93 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 7:00 - 8:33 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 11:00 am - 12:33 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Monday, March 2, 12:45 - 2:18 pm: Camera 12
The Man Who Loved Yngve (98 minutes, Norway)
  • Friday, February 27, 5:15 - 6:53 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 4:30 - 6:08 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 2:00 - 3:38 pm: California Theatre
The Market (93 minutes, Kazakhstan/Turkey/Germany/Great Britain)
  • Thursday, February 26, 7:00 - 8:33 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 2:15 - 3:48 pm: California Theatre
Maverick Spirit Event: Diablo Cody (90 minutes)
  • Friday, March 6, 3:00 - 4:30 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Maverick Spirit Event: Kevin Pollak (90 minutes)
  • Wednesday, March 4, 7:00 - 8:30 pm: California Theatre
Mommy is at the Hairdressers (98 minutes, Canada)
  • Saturday, February 28, 9:30 - 11:08 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 9:15 - 10:53 pm: Camera 12
Native Dancer (87 minutes, Kazakhstan/Russia/France/Germany)
  • Sunday, March 1, 9:15 - 10:42 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 6:30 - 7:57 pm: Camera 12
The Nature of Existence (90 minutes, United States)
  • Sunday, March 8, 8:30 - 10:00 pm: California Theatre
The Necessities of Life (102 minutes, Canada)
  • Friday, February 27, 7:45 - 9:27 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 1:45 - 3:27 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 4:15 - 5:57 pm: Camera 12
New Brooklyn (82 minutes, United States)
  • Thursday, February 26, 7:15 - 8:37 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, February 28, 9:15 - 10:37 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 3:00 - 4:22 pm: Camera 12
Night Train (95 minutes, China/Hong Kong/United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 2:15 - 3:50 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 - 11:05 pm: California Theatre
  • Friday, March 6, 5:00 - 6:35 pm: Camera 12
The Photograph (94 minutes, Indonesia)
  • Sunday, March 1, 1:30 - 3:04 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 11:15 am - 12:49 pm: Camera 12
A Police Romance (96 minutes, France)
  • Friday, February 27, 10:15 - 11:51 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, February 28, 4:15 - 5:51 pm: Camera 12
Raging Grannies (60 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, March 7, 2:00 - 3:00 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Camera 12
Ramchand Pakistani (103 minutes, Pakistan)
  • Saturday, February 28, 1:45 - 3:28 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 4:00 - 5:43 pm: Camera 12
Ready? OK (93 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, March 6, 5:00 - 6:33 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 8, 1:00 - 2:33 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Rocaterrania (74 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 2:30 - 3:44 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 7:15 - 8:29 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 12:30 - 1:44 pm: Camera 12
Rock Paper Scissors (88 minutes, Canada)
  • Thursday, February 26, 9:30 - 10:58 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Saturday, February 28, 12:15 - 1:43 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 6:15 - 7:43 pm: Camera 12
Salute - The Peter Norman Story (87 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 11:30 am - 12:57 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 1, 11:30 am - 12:57 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 4:30 - 5:57 pm: Camera 12
Samurai Avenger: The Blind Wolf (92 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 11:30 pm - 1:02 am: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 9:30 - 11:02 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Shorts 1: Dark Humor in the Dark (103 minutes)
  • Thursday, March 5, 9:30 - 11:13 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 11:45 pm - 1:28 am: Camera 12
Shorts 2: Document: The World (106 minutes)
  • Sunday, March 1, 11:45 am - 1:31 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 9:30 - 11:16 pm: Camera 12
  • Wednesday, March 4, 2:15 - 4:01 pm: Camera 12
Shorts 3: Animated World (88 minutes)
  • Thursday, February 26, 9:30 - 10:58 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, February 28, 4:30 - 5:58 pm: Camera 12
  • Tuesday, March 3, 5:00 - 6:28 pm: Camera 12
Shorts 4: Come Together (109 minutes)
  • Thursday, February 26, noon - 1:49 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 11:00 am - 12:49 pm: Camera 12
Shorts 5: Letting Off Steam (111 minutes)
  • Thursday, February 26, 4:45 - 6:36 pm: Camera 12
  • Wednesday, March 4, 4:45 - 6:36 pm: Camera 12
Shorts 6: The Hereafter (108 minutes)
  • Friday, February 27, 11:45 am - 1:33 pm: Camera 12
  • Thursday, March 5, 5:00 - 6:48 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 9:15 - 11:03 pm: Camera 12
Shorts 7: Breaking Through (109 minutes)
  • Friday, March 6, 7:00 - 8:49 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 1:45 - 3:34 pm: Camera 12
Shorts 8: Student Shorts (133 minutes)
  • Friday, March 6, 9:30 - 11:43 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 11:00 am - 1:13 pm: Camera 12
The Skeptic (95 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 7:00 - 8:35 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 1, 4:30 - 6:05 pm: California Theatre
  • Tuesday, March 3, 5:00 - 6:35 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Song from the Southern Seas (82 minutes, Russia)
  • Sunday, March 1, 11:00 am - 12:22 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 3:45 - 5:07 pm: Camera 12
Tandoori Love (92 minutes, Switzerland)
  • Thursday, March 5, 9:30 - 11:02 pm: California Theatre
  • Sunday, March 8, 2:45 - 4:17 pm: California Theatre
Tokyo Sonata (119 minutes, Japan/Netherlands/Hong Kong)
  • Sunday, March 1, 9:15 - 11:14 pm: California Theatre
  • Wednesday, March 4, 9:30 - 11:29 pm: California Theatre
The Tour (106 minutes, Serbia)
  • Saturday, February 28, 5:00 - 6:46 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 6:15 - 8:01 pm: Camera 12
  • Friday, March 6, 4:15 - 6:01 pm: Camera 12
Truffe (75 minutes, Canada)
  • Saturday, February 28, 7:30 - 8:45 pm: Camera 12
  • Monday, March 2, 9:00 - 10:15 pm: Camera 12
Two Million Stupid Women (100 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, February 27, 6:45 - 8:25 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Sunday, March 1, 9:00 - 10:40 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
  • Wednesday, March 4, 5:00 - 6:40 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Wake (97 minutes, United States)
  • Wednesday, February 25, 7:00 - 8:37 pm: California Theatre
When My Time Comes (90 minutes, Ecuador)
  • Sunday, March 1, 4:00 - 5:30 pm: Camera 12
  • Saturday, March 7, 1:30 - 3:00 pm: Camera 12
Why Am I Doing This? (122 minutes, United States)
  • Friday, March 6, 9:15 - 11:17 pm: Camera 12
  • Sunday, March 8, 3:15 - 5:17 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre
Witch Hunt (91 minutes, United States)
  • Saturday, February 28, 4:30 - 6:01 pm: California Theatre
  • Saturday, March 7, 6:30 - 8:01 pm: San Jose Repertory Theatre

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