Fans of Cinequest come from all walks, circles. Ash Kalra, a San Jose Councilmember now in his second term, was gracious enough to spend a few minutes with us talking about the upcoming film festival. Sometimes these can be quite predictable, for all the right reasons: everyone raves about what...

Okay, so here we go, let the flood of film begin. Exciting times. We're 20 days away from the opening night of the Cinequest 20 film festival, and based on the amount of social media interaction, news, and announcements, it's going to be a great one. Last week we...

Today Cinequest announced that Deepak Chopra, who has "transformed the lives of millions," has received the Life of a Maverick Award. The presentation will be held next month in San Jose during the 20th anniversary of the film festival. Chopra was born in 1947 in New Delhi, India, and "has devoted his...

https://vimeo.com/9137527 It's hard to believe how fast Cinequest has grown in the last 20 years. Halfdan Hussey, co-founder and executive director, told us the original festival drew about 3,000 fans. Last year, even in a tough economic environment, over 80,000 showed. Being in Silicon Valley I'd say Cinequest itself has...

https://vimeo.com/9122395 Another week of West Coast living here in the San Francisco Bay Area gone in just 60 seconds. Well, okay, again that doesn't  include the extra blooper stuff at the end, my favorite part. Fans of Cinequest will see a sneak of what's to come in our continuing coverage of...

Cinequest tickets, film and event information are now live. Please go here to enjoy a twentieth anniversary line-up that will astound, electrify, inspire, pioneer and make you laugh. Highlights include: Life of a Maverick Award recipient Deepak Chopra Maverick Spirit Award winner Benjamin Bratt with a special screening of La MISSION. Directors of global impact including Dagur...

https://vimeo.com/9015017 Last night at the Works Gallery in downtown San Jose, the Cinequest team revealed the Film Festival 20 lineup including some of the stars, films and events. Opening February 23, the festival has been extended by an additional day this year to allow for encore screenings and a "Maverick...

Tonight I attended the Cinequest 20 Media Launch Party at The Works in downtown San Jose. The annual film festival doesn't start until February 23, but already the excitement is building. Outside, city center streets are lined with red and black Cinequest banners. Inside, there was a lot of good...

https://vimeo.com/8981280 Halfdan Hussey, co-founder of Cinequest and executive producer, took an unusual, but now entirely understandable route into the world of film. Find out how gun shots motivated him to quit driving a taxi in the streets of New York, as we reveal the first "Question of the Day" with...

This past week, I caught up with Cinequest Film Festival's co-founder, Halfdan Hussey at his office in downtown San Jose just before the 20th Cinequest Film Festival sweeps him and his team off into a frenzied tornado of film screenings, parties and camaraderie with other Indie film lovers. Last...