Apioneerinthearts,

apioneerfortheCause:

WilliamBillSears
2010FestivalHonoree

2010
KDKFactorypresents:

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Dawn Breakers International

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November2628,2010SanDiego


Dawn Breakers International Film Festival 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. Bahaullah

ACutAbove/AlessandroPiedimonte/Canada/Animation
Inasocietythatdoesnothavetimetoslowdown,anoldbarber feelsoutofstep.

DasVerloreneParadies/PetraHinterberger/Austria
Twoordinarymen,oneextraordinarydecision:suicide. Whatwillhappennext?

Adam/MehmetYildirim/Turkey/Feature
Adam,ayoungmanisinsearchofonequestion:Canhedistance himselffromsocietyandliveinpeace?

Dr.Elham/Ryan&LeylaHaidarian/SouthAfrica/Webcast
BarredfromstudyinginherowncountryIran,Elhamtravelsto Johannesburgtotakeherfinalmedicalexaminations.

AllBirdsWhistle/RoyKhalil/Lebanon/Short
Anoldcouplelivesaroutinelifeuntiltheirneighborputshiscanary intheircare.

EnochOlinga/JoyceOlinga/USA,Trinidad,NewZealand
TheinspiringstoryoftheonlyAfricanHandsoftheCauseofGod, Mr.EnochOlinga.DOCUMENTARY

AndThese/SonjavanKerkhoff/Netherlands/Animation
Ananimationon:"Andtheserealitiesofthings,thoughinthe utmostdiversity,areyetintimatelyconnectedonewiththeother."

Escuchar/JosManuelMuoz/Spain/Short
Aseparationbroughtthemtogether.Agenerationsetsthemapart. Twowomentrytofindthereasonsfortheiraloofness.

Annie,ForgetYourGun/ChristopherKezaelos/Australia
Aguntotinggrannyconfrontsacoupleofdangerousillegal immigrants...andherownprejudices.

FaithinCommon/AndrewNewell/US/Short
Agnes,adedicatedChristians'goodneighborliness'istestedto capacitywhenaMuslimfamilymovesnextdoor.Common?

AnyLittleThing/Ma'ayanRypp/Israel/Short
Allafatherwantstodoisvisithisdaughter,althoughthejourney seemsvastlymoredifficult.

Feeling/AliOrakzai/US/Animation

Thestoryofamotherbirdandherfeelingsforherlittlechildren.

AqueousDuende/JasonElberts/England/Experimental

AqueousDuendeisaventureintoanotherworld,farremovedfrom reality,whichtakesthevieweronavoyageofbeautyandlight.

Re:Ridvan2010Message
TheFestivalseesitsactivitiesasalivingexampleof

Bobo&Kipi/SusanSheper/Congo/TVShow
Theshowencouragesthedevelopmentofessentialvirtuesandthe capacityforpositiveandhealthydecisionmakingfromayoung age.Eachepisodeisbuiltaroundathemeandthisoneisabout equalityofboysandgirls.

participationinthe

prevalentdiscoursesofsociety.


Dawn Breakers International Film Festival The drama is of the utmost importance. It has been a great educational power in the past; it will be so again.

Abdul-Baha

Glenn,TheFlyingRobot/MarcGoldstein/Belgium/Feature
Jack,apianistwithabrokenhand,challengeshisrivalHenrito competewithhistrainedflyingrobot.Butwhoisplayingwhomhere?

Plastic&Glass/TessaJoosse/France/Documentary
InarecyclingfactoryinthenorthofFrancethemachinesdance,the workersjoininsong,andthetruckdriversmakeaballet.

JewelintheLotus/FredBadiyan/US,India/Documentary
Theremarkablestoryofoneoftheoutstandingarchitectural achievementsofthe20thcentury,IndiasLotusTemple.

RivertoReef/RobertFlanagan/Belize/Documentary
Thefilmexplorestheconnectionbetweenriversandreefsandhow humansarealsopartofnatureandthisamazingwatercycle.

LetterstoOurselves/BeatrizCiliberto/France,Venezuela
Thisexperimentalfilmisacollectiveportraitofwomen.Womenof variousbackgroundsquestiontheiridentity,sexualityandbeing.

RocaBon/KarlosAlastruey/Spain/Documentary
Sara,anartstudent,iskeenandbeginsresearchonNewYork's AbstractExpressionism,andmorespecificallyonMarkTobey'swork.

Linger/BeeliSim/Singapore/Short
Mingtriestocopewithlifeafterhermothersdeathbutrealizesthat thepastconstantlyechoesandthatgrievingknowsnobounds.

ShoghiEffendi/FredBadiyan/US/Documentary
Amatu'lBahaRuhiyyihKhanumrecountsthelifeoftheBeloved Guardian,ShoghiEffendi,fromhisbirthtohispassing.

Madagascar,canetdevoyage/BastienDubois/France
AjourneydiarythatredrawsthetripofaEuropeantraveler confrontedwithFamadihanacustoms.

StraightAhead/MichaelDevid/Netherlands/Documentary
ArapmusicvideoaboutbeingayoungBaha'iandeverythingthat surroundsthelifeofsuchaperson.

Nebeneinander/ChristophEnglert/Germany/Short
Adayatthelake,abenchinthepark.Rosemariewaitsforher husband,Walter,butadifferentmansitsbesideherinstead.

HandsoftheCauseofGod/FredBadiyan/US/Documentary
Afourvolumedocumentaryintroducingandexploringthelifeand stationofahistoricalgroupofappointedindividualBahais.
PosterforBillSearsShow

NoLongerThere/AaronBertrand/Canada/MusicVideo
Thestoryoflostloveandthereturnofitthroughreconciliation.A musicvideobyCarlYoungproducedbyJackLenz.

PreviousFestivalFacts:
In2008,DBIFFtookplaceinArizona, attractingsome1,000attendees. In2009,DBIFFdebutinEuropewitha weeklongscreeningsinSwitzerland. Wehaveshownfilmsfromallcontinents.

OutofSight/NyimaCartier/England/Short
Amiddleagedportraitpainterkeepsignoringthelettersfromthe hospitaladdressedtotheprevioustenantuntiltheymeet.


Dawn Breakers International Film Festival Every religion has brought with it some form of art let us see what wonders this Cause is going to bring along.

Shoghi Effendi

TheInvigilator/ManeshNesaratnam/Malaysia/Short
Anidealisticwomantraineedecidestoquitteaching.Butasenior maleteacherattemptstoconvinceherotherwise.

WhereThereisLove/JaromeMatthew/China/MusicVid
AsongbyElikaMahonyonloveandmarriage.

TheLastConversation/AmeliaZandi/US/Short
Amothervisitsayounggirlinprisonforthelasttimetheday beforesheistobeexecuted.

Zero/ChristopherKezelos/Australia/Animation
Inaworldthatjudgespeoplebytheirnumber,Zerofacesconstant prejudiceandpersecution.

TheLoveSongofIskraPrufrock/LucyGaffy/Australia
Inanefforttorecoverfromherviolentpast,Iskrahasmadeherlife oneofritual.Thatis,untilshemeetsLeo.

Andafewmore: Madregot/TomMadar,EmllyNoy,InbarRotstein/Israel
"Stairs"isalyricandpoeticfilmaboutawomanwholostherbaby whilestillbeinginherwomb.

TheRoadHome/RahulGandotra/UK,India/Short
Picograppleswithhisidentityasheescapesfromhisboarding schoolinsearchoftheroadbackhometoEngland.

Laredo,Texas/TopazAdizes/US/Short
SamtrainsJuanforhisfirstdayathisnewjobHowever,tensions boilwhenSamsuspectsthatJuanisanundocumentedworker.

TheSecretFriend/FlavioAlves/US/Short
Areclusive,elderlywidowlivesinquietdesperationuntilshebegins receivingdailycallsfromasilentstranger.

TheButterflyCircus/JoshuaWeigel/US/Short
AttheheightoftheGreatDepression,theshowmanofarenowned circusleadshistroupethroughthedevastatedAmericanlandscape.

ToComfortYou/MarcSalarelli/US/Short
AdailyphonecallbetweenamotherandherHIVpositivedaughter provesthatthehardestpartoflovingsomeoneislettinggo.

TheConquestofHighPasses/WoutConijn/Netherlands/
Ateamofphysicallyhandicappedbicyclistsbeginajourneyof1000 kmbiketripacrosstheHimalayas.

Urs/MoritzMayerhofer/Germany/Animation
FormanyyearsUrshascaredforhisagingmother.Butwhenhe setsouttofindabetterplaceforbothofthem,themotherresists.

Us/AnnaJefferies/Australia/Short
Asmalleventoffersaglimpseintoabiggerlongtermrelationship, wheretheglueoflovepushesandpullsbutultimatelybinds.

VostokStation/DylanPharazyn/NewZealand/Short
Awoundedmantrappedinanarcticwildernessfindsrenewedhope ofsurvivalwhenhespotsaconvoyoffreightvesselsatshore;but realityisnotalwaysexactlyaswhatitappearstobe.

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