Dawn Breakers IFF Program - Take 4/2010

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Dawn Breakers International

November26‐28,2010–SanDiego

2010take4

Apioneerinthearts,apioneerfortheCause:William“Bill”Sears2010FestivalHonoree

ACutAbove/AlessandroPiedimonte/Canada/AnimationInasocietythatdoesnothavetimetoslowdown,anoldbarberfeelsoutofstep.

Adam/MehmetYildirim/Turkey/FeatureAdam,ayoungmanisinsearchofonequestion:Canhedistancehimselffromsocietyandliveinpeace?

AllBirdsWhistle/RoyKhalil/Lebanon/ShortAnoldcouplelivesaroutinelifeuntiltheirneighborputshiscanaryintheircare.

AndThese/SonjavanKerkhoff/Netherlands/AnimationAnanimationon:"Andtheserealitiesofthings,thoughintheutmostdiversity,areyetintimatelyconnectedonewiththeother."

Annie,ForgetYourGun/ChristopherKezaelos/AustraliaAgun‐totinggrannyconfrontsacoupleofdangerousillegalimmigrants...andherownprejudices.

AqueousDuende/JasonElberts/England/ExperimentalAqueousDuendeisaventureintoanotherworld,farremovedfromreality,whichtakesthevieweronavoyageofbeautyandlight.

Bobo&Kipi/SusanSheper/Congo/TVShowTheshowencouragesthedevelopmentofessentialvirtuesandthecapacityforpositiveandhealthydecisionmakingfromayoungage.Eachepisodeisbuiltaroundathemeandthisoneisaboutequalityofboysandgirls.

DasVerloreneParadies/PetraHinterberger/AustriaTwoordinarymen,oneextraordinarydecision:suicide.Whatwillhappennext?

Dr.Elham/Ryan&LeylaHaidarian/SouthAfrica/WebcastBarredfromstudyinginherowncountryIran,ElhamtravelstoJohannesburgtotakeherfinalmedicalexaminations.

EnochOlinga/JoyceOlinga/USA,Trinidad,NewZealandTheinspiringstoryoftheonlyAfricanHandsoftheCauseofGod,Mr.EnochOlinga.DOCUMENTARYEscuchar/JoséManuelMuñoz/Spain/ShortAseparationbroughtthemtogether.Agenerationsetsthemapart.Twowomentrytofindthereasonsfortheiraloofness.

FaithinCommon/AndrewNewell/US/ShortAgnes,adedicatedChristian’s'goodneighborliness'istestedtocapacitywhenaMuslimfamilymovesnextdoor.Common?

Feeling/AliOrakzai/US/AnimationThestoryofamother‐birdandherfeelingsforherlittlechildren.

AnyLittleThing/Ma'ayanRypp/Israel/ShortAllafatherwantstodoisvisithisdaughter,althoughthejourneyseemsvastlymoredifficult.

Re:Ridvan2010MessageTheFestivalseesitsactivitiesasalivingexampleof

“participationinthe

prevalentdiscoursesofsociety.“

“Through the mere revelation of the word "Fashioner,"…proclaiming His attribute to mankind,

such power is released as can generate, through successive ages, all the manifold arts which the hands of man can produce.”

– Baha’u’llah

Dawn Breakers

International

Film Festival

PreviousFestivalFacts:In2008,DBIFFtookplaceinArizona,attractingsome1,000attendees.In2009,DBIFFdebutinEuropewithaweek‐longscreeningsinSwitzerland.Wehaveshownfilmsfromallcontinents.

Glenn,TheFlyingRobot/MarcGoldstein/Belgium/FeatureJack,apianistwithabrokenhand,challengeshisrivalHenritocompetewithhistrainedflyingrobot.Butwhoisplayingwhomhere?

JewelintheLotus/FredBadiyan/US,India/DocumentaryTheremarkablestoryofoneoftheoutstandingarchitecturalachievementsofthe20thcentury,India’sLotusTemple.

LetterstoOurselves/BeatrizCiliberto/France,VenezuelaThisexperimentalfilmisacollectiveportraitofwomen.Womenofvariousbackgroundsquestiontheiridentity,sexualityandbeing.

Madagascar,canetdevoyage/BastienDubois/FranceAjourneydiarythatredrawsthetripofaEuropeantravelerconfrontedwithFamadihanacustoms.

Linger/BeeliSim/Singapore/ShortMingtriestocopewithlifeafterhermother’sdeathbutrealizesthatthepastconstantlyechoesandthatgrievingknowsnobounds.

Nebeneinander/ChristophEnglert/Germany/ShortAdayatthelake,abenchinthepark.Rosemariewaitsforherhusband,Walter,butadifferentmansitsbesideherinstead.

NoLongerThere/AaronBertrand/Canada/MusicVideoThestoryoflostloveandthereturnofitthroughreconciliation.AmusicvideobyCarlYoungproducedbyJackLenz.OutofSight/NyimaCartier/England/ShortAmiddle‐agedportraitpainterkeepsignoringthelettersfromthehospitaladdressedtotheprevioustenant–untiltheymeet.

RivertoReef/RobertFlanagan/Belize/DocumentaryThefilmexplorestheconnectionbetweenriversandreefsandhowhumansarealsopartofnatureandthisamazingwatercycle.

Plastic&Glass/TessaJoosse/France/DocumentaryInarecyclingfactoryinthenorthofFrancethemachinesdance,theworkersjoininsong,andthetruckdriversmakeaballet.

RocaBon/KarlosAlastruey/Spain/DocumentarySara,anartstudent,iskeenandbeginsresearchonNewYork'sAbstractExpressionism,andmorespecificallyonMarkTobey'swork.

ShoghiEffendi/FredBadiyan/US/DocumentaryAmatu'l‐BahaRuhiyyihKhanumrecountsthelifeoftheBelovedGuardian,ShoghiEffendi,fromhisbirthtohispassing.

StraightAhead/MichaelDevid/Netherlands/DocumentaryArapmusicvideoaboutbeingayoungBaha'iandeverythingthatsurroundsthelifeofsuchaperson.

HandsoftheCauseofGod/FredBadiyan/US/DocumentaryAfour‐volumedocumentaryintroducingandexploringthelifeandstationofahistoricalgroupofappointedindividualBaha’is.

“The drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past; it will be so again.

– Abdu’l-Baha

Posterfor“BillSearsShow”

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TheLoveSongofIskraPrufrock/LucyGaffy/AustraliaInanefforttorecoverfromherviolentpast,Iskrahasmadeherlifeoneofritual.Thatis,untilshemeetsLeo.TheRoadHome/RahulGandotra/UK,India/ShortPicograppleswithhisidentityasheescapesfromhisboardingschoolinsearchoftheroadbackhometoEngland.

TheSecretFriend/FlavioAlves/US/ShortAreclusive,elderlywidowlivesinquietdesperationuntilshebeginsreceivingdailycallsfromasilentstranger.

Zero/ChristopherKezelos/Australia/AnimationInaworldthatjudgespeoplebytheirnumber,Zerofacesconstantprejudiceandpersecution.

ToComfortYou/MarcSalarelli/US/ShortAdailyphonecallbetweenamotherandherHIV‐positivedaughterprovesthatthehardestpartoflovingsomeoneislettinggo.

WhereThereisLove/JaromeMatthew/China/MusicVidAsongbyElikaMahonyonloveandmarriage.

TheInvigilator/ManeshNesaratnam/Malaysia/ShortAnidealisticwomantraineedecidestoquitteaching.Butaseniormaleteacherattemptstoconvinceherotherwise.

TheLastConversation/AmeliaZandi/US/ShortAmothervisitsayounggirlinprisonforthelasttimethedaybeforesheistobeexecuted.

Urs/MoritzMayerhofer/Germany/AnimationFormanyyearsUrshascaredforhisagingmother.Butwhenhesetsouttofindabetterplaceforbothofthem,themotherresists.Us/AnnaJefferies/Australia/ShortAsmalleventoffersaglimpseintoabiggerlong‐termrelationship,wheretheglueoflovepushesandpullsbutultimatelybinds.

VostokStation/DylanPharazyn/NewZealand/ShortAwoundedmantrappedinanarcticwildernessfindsrenewedhopeofsurvivalwhenhespotsaconvoyoffreightvesselsatshore;butrealityisnotalwaysexactlyaswhatitappearstobe.

Madregot/TomMadar,EmllyNoy,InbarRotstein/Israel"Stairs"isalyricandpoeticfilmaboutawomanwholostherbabywhilestillbeinginherwomb.

Laredo,Texas/TopazAdizes/US/ShortSamtrainsJuanforhisfirstdayathisnewjob—However,tensionsboilwhenSamsuspectsthatJuanisanundocumentedworker.

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TheButterflyCircus/JoshuaWeigel/US/ShortAttheheightoftheGreatDepression,theshowmanofarenownedcircusleadshistroupethroughthedevastatedAmericanlandscape.

Andafewmore:

TheConquestofHighPasses/WoutConijn/Netherlands/Ateamofphysicallyhandicappedbicyclistsbeginajourneyof1000‐kmbiketripacrosstheHimalayas.

“Every religion has brought with it some form of art – let us see what wonders this Cause is going to bring along. “

– Shoghi Effendi

Dawn Breakers

International

Film Festival