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DawnBreakersInternationalFilmFestival,anon‐profitorgPOB501355‐SanDiego,CA,92150‐www.dbiff.com
KDKFactorypresents:
Dawn Breakers International
November26‐28,2010–SanDiego
2010take4
Apioneerinthearts,apioneerfortheCause:William“Bill”Sears2010FestivalHonoree
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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
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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
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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