Dawn Breakers International Film Festival
Dawn Breakers International Film Festival (DBIFF) is a Bahá'í-inspired traveling film festival that is held in various conferences throughout the world. The festival originated in San Diego in 2007, and fully debuted in Phoenix, Arizona on December 2008. It will be held in Zurich, Switzerland in 2009. Since the festival does not have a set location or time and may take place more than once within a year, it is also named by "Takes" alongside the year.
The Festival is considered as one of the major developments in the changing culture of the Baha'i Faith in the past fifteen years. [1]
The name of the festival, though spelled differently, is inspired by The Dawn-Breakers.
2007 / Take 1[edit]
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.
2008 / Take 2[edit]
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.
- Armed - Music video
- A boy from Jenjarom Short documentary
- Ardia - Short film
- Corde - Short documentary
- Choke - Short film
- Donkey In Lahore - Full-length documentary
- 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
- Uncle Hathi - Animated television show
2009 / Take 3[edit]
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. This year's line-up included twice as many films as last year and took place over five days.
- 18:44, Short film
- Afghan, Short film
- Amor in Motion, Short film
- Antes Que O Mundo Acabe (Before the World Ends), Feature film
- Arising to Serve, Full-length doc
- Baber Makes An Entrance – Little Mosque on the Prairie, TV
- Chase, Short film
- IL Diavlo (The Devil), Short film
- El Espiritu de mi Mama, Feature film
- Essences & Particularities, Experimental
- Fast Slow Dissolving Tablets, Short film
- Fragile, Short film
- The Fashioner, Documentary
- From Reservation to Revelation, Documentary
- Got You, Music video
- Hossein Amanat - Baha'i Architect, Documentary
- The Voyages of Jenny Alexandria, Animation
- LieZi (Master Lie), Animation
- Light Upon Light, Short film
- The Lost City, Short film
- Method Acting, Short film
- Murder With Impunity, Webcast
- My New Home, Short film
- The Power of Forgiveness, Documentary
- The Promise of World Peace, Documentary
- The Providence Effect, Documentary
- Red Fish, Short film
- Social Studies, Short film
- Speak and Lie, Animation
- School, Short film
- The Study Circle, Webcast
- Tanha-e (Solitude), Animation
- Tokaheya Inajin - The First to Arise, Documentary
- Two Men, Two Cows, Two Guns, Short film
- United for Baha'i Human Rights, Webcast
- What Goes Around Comes Around, Music Video
2010 / Take 4[edit]
The official announcement of the location of the next festival is not yet announced, but during last year's festival it was rumored that it will be held in Europe again.
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