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Cinequest Film FestivalThe Cinequest Film Festival is the first major annual independent film festival held after the Academy Awards. Located in San Jose, California, Cinequest has grown to be one of the largest and most influential film festivals featuring new film makers. History 1990-1995 1990: Cinequest began with a rocky start as guest of honor Jon Jost (All the Vermeers in New York} failed to show up to the event to get his Maverick Spirit Award. In all, 2,300 moviegoers paid to see 60 films in the four day event held in the lone Camera 3 theatre in San Jose.. Guest of honor Jon Jost . 1991: Cinequest adds an additional venue, at the nearby Towne Theater. 61 films are shown, including My Own Private Idaho and Antonia & Jane. 1992: After the popular success of Jurassic Park and Michael Jackson's Black or White music video, Cinequest tied into its Silicon Valley roots and featured the technology of using computers in a process called, "morphing" with an emphasis on the film , Terminator 2. The Maverick Spirit Award is presented to Lena Stolze. 1993: Maverick Spirit Awards are presented to Paul Bartel and Carl Franklin. 1994: The festival expands to five days and attendance grows to 11,300. Maverick Spirit Awards go to Russ Meyer, Werner Herzog and John Waters. 1995: No festival as the event moves from November to February. 1996-2000 1996: The festival adds two more days to fill a full week. The festival also is moves from November to February. The newly built UA Pavilion Theatres in downtown San Jose host some screenings. The Maverick Spirit Award is given to Luis Valdez. 1997: Again the Silicon Valley location of the festival is displayed as it becomes the first to use streeming media technology to webcast the awards ceremony live over the Internet. The Maverick Spirit Award is presented to Jennifer Jason Leigh. 1998: Fully embracing technology, Cinequest adds the "DXD" (Digital by Digital) section of the competition, honoring artistic use of technology in film. Maverick Spirit Awards are given to Kevin Spacey, Elmer Bernstein, Jackie Chan, Walter Murch, John Schlesinger and Barry Sonnenfeld. 1999: After the popularity of the previous year's technology section Cinequest expands the DXD section to include panels on digital cinematography, including a sneak preview of the making of the film, Antz. Maverick Spirit Awards go to Gabriel Byrne and Rod Steiger. 2000-2005 2000: Cinequest stretched to an 11-day event witha 135 films scattered at three locations throughout San Jose. Maverick Spirit Awards go to Robert M. Young, Dario Argento, Alec Baldwin, Wes Craven and Peter Fonda. 2001: Cinequest is named one of the 10 best film festivals by Chris Gore. The Maverick Spirit Award is given to Spike Lee. 2002: Attendance sets a record at 50,000. Films number. Maverick Spirit Awards go to Lalo Schifrin, David Strathairn, Lili Taylor, Ian McKellen. 2003: Maverick Spirit Awards are presented to Ralph Bakshi, Stephen Frears, Lupe Ontiveros, William H. Macy, Val Kilmer, James Woods. 2004: Attendance is an estimated 54,000 with 168 films. The Maverick Spirit Award is presented to California governor-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger. 2005: Festival organizers retrofit the San Jose Repertory Theatre into a digital movie house to allow the festoval to have four venues within walking distance of eachother, showing the scheduled 180 films. Maverick Spirit Awareds were scheduled to be presente to Blanchard Ryan, Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, Ben Kingsley, and Jon Polito PDF. Notable debuts Independent films that premiered at Cinequest that went on to further distribution by a major movie studio: External links
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