In this program of shorts from India, Italy, Albania and the USA, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Whether in the whole of a life, a decade, a day or a phase, we all make choices, we all have dreams, and we all have disappointment.\u00a0 It\u2019s what we do with that disappointment that defines us.<\/p>\n
In DILLI (25 mins.), a village farmer dreams of moving to legendary beautiful Delhi and building a better life for his family.\u00a0 The film, in gorgeous, vibrant, saturated color seems to paint over what lies underneath the surface of a Delhi under new construction.\u00a0 Former rural villagers seeking new opportunities are caught in the trap of economic inequity and an astoundingly uneven distribution of wealth.\u00a0 However, with just a little bit of assistance and education, pride and hope take over.\u00a0 Bright color comes to the surface once again.<\/p>\n
The HANDS OF EROS (35 mins) would seem to say, \u201cSculpture transcends time.\u201d\u00a0 Milton Hebald\u2019s hands have spent a lifetime of bringing his vision of the human body to life in often-erotic sculpture.\u00a0 Hebald\u2019s sculptures are very human; they are very alive.\u00a0 His outdoor pieces seem to reflect change in seasons or change in weather.\u00a0 They become one thing in fog and yet another in sunlight.\u00a0 In 1960, Hebald created a series of pieces featuring Zodiac signs for the exterior of the Pan Am terminal at New York City\u2019s JFK airport.\u00a0 Disappointingly, the sculptures were removed during an airport renovation and now sit out of sight in an airport hangar.<\/p>\n
The program\u2019s third movie: HOME (13 mins.) is an emotional portrayal of an Albanian father\u2019s pride in his son, Artan, as he serves in the American army.\u00a0 There\u2019s a lot packed into this film of yearning, pride and hope.\u00a0 Laughter: a little bit of \u201clost in translation.\u201d Mystery: why is Artan, an Albanian serving in the American army?\u00a0 Why does he suddenly send home ten thousand dollars?\u00a0 Suspense: And why isn\u2019t Artan on the bus his family thinks he should be on when he comes home to visit?\u00a0 A final twist will most likely make HOME an audience favorite.<\/p>\n
Wrapping up the slate of films, in an exceptional film about dreams destroyed, grief overcome and inspiration given, FROM THE GROUND UP (31 mins.) is the story of five women whose husbands were lost on September 11, 2001.\u00a0 The natural process of sorrow and healing is intercut with their inspirational lives ten years later.\u00a0 One wife travels to Rwanda and finds inspiration with 4,000 wives and mothers.\u00a0 What could they possibly have in common?\u00a0 Another wife leads tourists at the re-building of Ground Zero: \u201c\u2026they took 2,749 lives that morning, but they didn\u2019t take mine.\u00a0 It\u2019s a testament to all those victims, to make the most of this life and to celebrate it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Wherever we live on this earth, many of us have dreams of a better life.\u00a0 This program of short films illustrates just a few.<\/p>\n
SHORTS PROGRAM I screens at the Santa Fe Film Festival Friday, October 21, 2011 at 11:45a.m. at the CCA.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In this program of shorts from India, Italy, Albania and the USA, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. Whether in the whole of a life, a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"festival_year":[3],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","festival_year-3"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12908,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions\/12908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"festival_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/santafefilmfestival.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festival_year?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}