FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WHAT: Opening Night at Cinequest Film Festival 2014
Opening Night Event: Maverick Award presentations and conversations with Marty Cooper (Father of the Cellphone) and Eric Kohn (Indiewire) precede the premier screening of The Grand Seduction starring Brendan Gleeson (the Harry Potter series), Taylor Kitsch (Friday Night Lights), and Liane Balaban (Supernatural).
SPECIAL GUESTS AVAILABLE FOR RED CARPET INTERVIEWS:
Martin “Marty” Cooper – Father of the Cellphone
Eric Kohn – Managing Editor, IndieWire
Alice Hoagland, Bay Area Resident and mother of United Flight 93 Hero, Mark Bingham; The Rugby Player documents the life of Bingham and Hoagland
Emmy-award winning artists Dana Nachman and Don Hardy; The Human Experiment
Chinese artists – Parallel Maze; attending for the World Premiere of their Hitchcockian thriller
Russian artists of Winter Journey, the first Russian film with gay content in over a decade; attending for the United States Premiere
Iranian artists – The Desert Fish; attending for the United States Premiere
Latina actress Carla Pauli with her film White Rabbit
Cinequest Picture The Possibilities youth representing San Diego’s Monarch School, China’s RFDZ, Mexico City, and New York
Halfdan Hussey – Co-Founder & Director, Cinequest Kyle Burt – Publicist, Cinequest
WHEN: Tuesday, March 4
California Theatre, 345 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
B-ROLL: Silicon Valley business leaders, emerging and seasoned artists, and patrons celebrating the launch of Cinequest Film Festival 2014 and the cinematic arts at the palatial California Theatre
WHY DOES THIS EVENT MATTER?
Cinequest is a vanguard organization connecting creativity with innovation to empower. Expecting over 100K attendees, Cinequest will feature 84 World & U.S. premieres from over 40 countries. Cinequest honors leaders who stand out from the crowd with the Maverick Spirit Award and this year’s recipients include Neil Gaiman (Stardust), Christopher Meloni (Law & Order: SVU), Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket), and Martin Cooper (Father of the Cell Phone). Star performances include: Jude Law (Cold Mountain), Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings), Sean Penn (Milk), Clive Owen (Children of Men), Juliette Binoche (The English Patient), Sir Ben Kingsley (Gandhi), Jena Malone (The Hunger Games), Guy Pearce (Memento), Felicity Jones (Like Crazy), Hugo Weaving (The Matrix), Ken Watanabe (The Last Samurai), Ryan Hansen (Veronica Mars). This year, Cinequest’s economic impact is estimated to be $5-6M for downtown businesses.
Contact: Kyle Burt
Tel: (408) 995-5033
E-mail: publicity@cinequest.org
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