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Cinequest 2019

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CINEQUEST 2019 FEATURE COVERAGE

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Cinequest 2019: festival preview

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Cinequest’s Mr. Documentary: Sandy Wolf

The Guy Who Picks the Movies: Cinequest’s Mike Rabehl (from 2015)

Cinequest’s Charlie Cockey: the man who goes to film festivals (from 2014)

Cinequest video pick: The Center

Cinequest video pick: Magallanes

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CINEQUEST 2019 FILMS

  • Auggie
  • Blood Paradise
  • The Bra
  • Bring Me an Avocado
  • Buy Me a Gun
  • The Chaperone
  • Clownvets
  • Every Time I Die
  • The Extraordinary Journey of Celeste Garcia
  • Guest Artist
  • Happier Times, Grump
  • Hier (Tegnap)
  • The “High Sign”
  • Horizon
  • Last Sunrise
  • Little Histories
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
  • Mine 9 an an interview with director Eddie Mensore
  • Original Sin
  • Princess of the Row
  • Rich Kids
  • A Shelter Among the Clouds
  • Sometimes Always Never
  • Steamboat Bill, Jr.
  • Taboo
  • Teen Spirit
  • Travel Ban: Make America Laugh Again
  • Vanilla
  • The Way You Look Tonight
  • WBCN and the American Revolution
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