dawn breakers iff program - take 4/2010
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Dawn Breakers Int'l Film Festival Program Take 4/2010 - San DiegoTRANSCRIPT
DawnBreakersInternationalFilmFestival,anon‐profitorgPOB501355‐SanDiego,CA,92150‐www.dbiff.com
KDKFactorypresents:
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”
Dawn Breakers
International
Film Festival
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