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Dawn Breakers International Film Festival Location Traveling/International Number of films 15 (2008) 48 (2009) 45 (2010) Language Multilingual Official website Dawn Breakers International Film Festival (DBIFF) is an international film festival that is held in various cities throughout the world. The festival originated in 2007 and debuted in Phoenix, Arizona on December 2008. It was held in Zurich, Switzerland in 2009, San Diego in 2010 and Houston in 2011. Since it is a traveling festival and may take place more than once within a year, it is also named by "Takes" alongside the year.
The Festival is a Bahá'í-inspired non-profit organization and is considered as one of the major developments in the changing culture of the Baha'i Faith in the past fifteen years.[1] Several publications have covered the festival and the films including the Indian Express,[2] the official Baha'i news service.[3] and the Samoan news.[4]
The name of the festival, though spelled differently, is inspired by The Dawn-breakers.
Contents
2007 / Take 1
The festival took place in San Diego with a circle of invited guests and audiences only. A number of films were screened through the two-day festival, however no public announcement of the official selections were made as there were no selection process that year and all films were invites only.[5]
2008 / Take 2
In 2008, it attracted some 500 attendees each day and a total of 1000 for both days from around the world. Films shown in the festival were selected from around the globe, some countries included India, Australia, United States, Spain, United Kingdom, Cambodia, France, Malaysia, Hungary, Pakistan, Canada and Ethiopia.
Films
- Armed - Music video, Justin Baldoni's directoral debut
- A Boy from Jenjarom - Short documentary
- Ardia - Short film
- Corde - Short documentary
- Choke - Short film
- Donkey In Lahore - Full-length documentary, Tribeca winner
- Justice - Short film
- Little Mosque on the Prairie - Television show
- Son Maloso - Music Video
- The Gallery - Short film
- The Prayer - Short film
- The Wayfarer - Full-length documentary
- Tsehai Loves Learning - Animated television show (Ethiopia)
- Uncle Hathi - Animated television show (India)
2009 / Take 3
The 2009, also known as Take 3 Dawn Breakers International Film Festival took place in Zurich Switzerland from December 26, 2009 to December 31, 2009.[6] This year's line-up included twice as many films as last year and took place over five days.
Films
- 18:44, Short film, New Zealand, World Premier
- Afghan, Short film
- Amor in Motion, Short film, World Premier
- Antes Que O Mundo Acabe (Before the World Ends), Feature film, World Premier
- Arising to Serve, Full-length doc, World Premier
- Baber Makes An Entrance – Little Mosque on the Prairie, TV, World Premier
- Chase, Short film, World Premier
- IL Diavlo (The Devil), Short film
- El Espiritu de mi Mama, Feature film (Mexico), World Premier
- Essences & Particularities, Experimental, World Premier
- Fast Slow Dissolving Tablets, Short film, World Premier
- Fragile, Short film
- The Fashioner, Documentary, World Premier
- From Reservation to Revelation, Documentary, World Premier
- Got You, Music video, World Premier
- Hossein Amanat - Baha'i Architect, Documentary, World Premier
- The Voyages of Jenny Alexandria, Animation
- Lie Zi (Master Lie), Animation, World Premier
- Light Upon Light, Short film, World Premier
- The Lost City, Short film
- Method Acting, Short film
- Murder With Impunity, Webcast, World Premier
- My New Home, Short film
- The Power of Forgiveness, Documentary, World Premier
- The Promise of World Peace, Documentary, World Premier
- The Providence Effect, Documentary International Premier
- Red Fish, Short film
- Social Studies, Short film, World Premier
- Speak and Lie, Animation, World Premier
- School, Short film, World Premier
- The Study Circle, Webcast, World Premier
- Tanha-e (Solitude), Animation
- Tokaheya Inajin - The First to Arise, Documentary, World Premier
- Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns, Short film
- United for Baha'i Human Rights, Webcast, World Premier
- What Goes Around Comes Around, Music Video,
2010 / Take 4
The 2010 film festival took place in the United States in the city of San Diego.[7] It was scheduled for November 26 through 27 at the Sheraton Hotel across San Diego International Airport. On November 13, 2010 a press release announced the festival's official selection which included 44 films in all categories.[8]
William Sears (Bahá'í) a popular TV host from the 50s was honored during the festival.[9] Two of this year's selection are shortlisted for the 83rd Academy Awards.[10] and one was nominated. [11] Most of this year's selection were either world or international premiers.
Films
Below is a particle list of the selected films with notes about each film.
- A Cut Above
- Adam – The Man
- All Birds Whistle
- Aqueous Duende - experimental film
- Annie, Forget Your Gun
- Y aquellas (And These)
- Bobo & Kipi - TV show from Congo
- Das Verlorene Paradies (Paradise Lost)
- Dr. Elham Show Websisodes from South Africa
- Enoch Olinga
- Feeling from Afghanistan
- Faith in Common starting Anthony Azizi Music by KC Porter
- Escuchar (Listen) - Spain
- The Butterfly Circus funded by Doorstep
- Hemels Bewegen (The Conquest of High Passes)
- Plastic & Glass - french experimental
- Out of Sight
- No Longer There - Music video of Carl Young by Jack Lenz
- Nebeneinander (Side By Side)
- Madregot (Stairs)
- Madagascar, canet de voyage, nominated for the Oscars
- Linger - Singapore's new wave
- Letters to Ourselves
- Jewel in the Lotus - about the House of Worship in India
- Glenn, The Flying Robot feature film from Ireland
- The Secret Friend
- The Road Home Student Oscar winner
- The Last Conversation - about the Persecution of Baha'is
- The Invigilator
- Hands of the Cause - four volume film about the Hands of the Cause
- Straight Ahead
- Shoghi Effendi (documentary) about Shoghi Effendi
- Roca Bon - exploring the art of Mark Tobey
- River to Reef - environmental film
- Kol Shtut (Any Little Thing)
- Laredo, Texas
- To Comfort You
- Where There is Love - video of Elika Mahony
- Vostok Station
- Us (film)
- Urs (film)
- Zero on the Oscar shortlist
2011 / Take 5
A two-day festival was held in Houston, Texas. This festival marked DBIFF's premier in the South and the first major event to be held in the Houston Baha'i Center. [12]
A Media Boot Camp in association with the Baha'i Media Services is scheduled to be held during the Association for Baha'i Studies conference in San Francisco in August, 2011.[13]
2012 / Take 6
No official announcement has been made on the location or submission deadlines of the festival yet. [14]
External links
References
- ^ http://bahai-library.com/price_culture_learning_paradigm
- ^ http://www.indianexpress.com/news/animated-leap/407233/
- ^ http://www.bahai.us/film-festival
- ^ http://www.samoanews.com/viewstory.php?storyid=11604&edition=1261648800
- ^ www.dbiff.com Official website
- ^ http://www.bahai.ch/english/index.html
- ^ http://www.fest21.com/en/blog/dbiff/call_for_entry
- ^ http://dbiff.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5&Itemid=10
- ^ www.dbiff.com/sears
- ^ http://dbiff.com/blog/two-dawn-breakers-iff-selections-go-to-the-oscars/
- ^ http://www.oscars.org/awards/academyawards/83/nominees.html
- ^ http://dbiff.com/blog/dbiff-take-5/
- ^ http://www.dbiff.com/bootcamp/about/
- ^ http://www.dbiff.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=25&Itemid=28
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- Bahá'í Faith
- Film festivals in Switzerland
- Film festivals in the United States
- Short film festivals
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