A film created without narration or people, Desert Dreams lets viewers experience the Sonoran Desert from the inside out. This immersive 52-minute production focuses on beauty and biodiversity followed through a cycle of five seasons: Dry Summer, Wet Summer, Autumn, Winter, and Spring.
Long-time resident of Tucson, Arizona, Producer-Director-Cinematographer Thomas Wiewandt blends HD video and time-lapse imagery captured over the past 4 years with stills compiled over 3 decades. And the supporting sound track combines natural sounds with a kaleidoscope of flute and percussion vignettes by Gary Stroutsos.
After a full year of editing, Desert Dreams has brought 182 species of plants and animals to life. Its big-screen debut in Tucson, Arizona is scheduled for May 19, 2013 at the historic Fox Theatre.
Video Trailer for DESERT DREAMS from Wild Horizons® on Vimeo.
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Sunday, May 12, 2013
Saturday, November 3, 2012
Tasting History | A Short Film
In Dena Cowan's documentary film, Tasting History, follow Jesus Garcia’s lifelong inspirational journey across the Mexico-U.S. border in the Sonoran Desert region, exemplifying how life is but a circle.
This short film describes how compassionate strategies and supportive environments, in all aspects of life, are the most enriching and most sustainable. Rooted in the past and flourishing in the present follow how Jesus's Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project offers us a taste of the promising desert oases he is helping to grow. One cannot help but admire the man and his mission.
Tasting History from Dena Cowan on Vimeo.
This short film describes how compassionate strategies and supportive environments, in all aspects of life, are the most enriching and most sustainable. Rooted in the past and flourishing in the present follow how Jesus's Kino Heritage Fruit Trees Project offers us a taste of the promising desert oases he is helping to grow. One cannot help but admire the man and his mission.
Tasting History from Dena Cowan on Vimeo.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Visit The Scottsdale Film Festival
Looking for something unique to do this weekend? Then why not spend some time at this year's 12th annual Scottsdale International Film Festival? Even the most casual look at this year’s line-up reveals a blend of films to satisfy a broad range of interests and tastes.
There are smaller films for the appreciative, daring cineaste; and bigger, more mainstream films that reveal the burgeoning of the commercial market—a wonderful mix of film genres from light-hearted comedies to period dramas, chosen from all corners of the world. There is so much to see―and something for everyone!
For example, here's the trailer for The Finger, a political satire film out of Argentina -
THE FINGER (El Dedo) from The Global Film Initiative on Vimeo.
After seven years of local dictatorship, a remote village in Argentina formally becomes a town, with the birth of its 501st inhabitant. Based on real events, this charming dramatic comedy pokes fun at small town ways while celebrating true democratic values.
Hidalgo, a slick and ingratiating scion, is eager for the new post of mayor. Smelling a rat, Baldomero (a beloved natural leader with a habitually tapping digit) runs against him—and soon turns up dead.
His shopkeeper brother vows revenge, keeping Baldomero’s severed finger in a jar, initially as a remembrance. But eventually it becomes an absurd icon of leadership that spurs the town to defy crooked elections, interloping powers―and Hidalgo―to go its own way.
There are smaller films for the appreciative, daring cineaste; and bigger, more mainstream films that reveal the burgeoning of the commercial market—a wonderful mix of film genres from light-hearted comedies to period dramas, chosen from all corners of the world. There is so much to see―and something for everyone!
For example, here's the trailer for The Finger, a political satire film out of Argentina -
THE FINGER (El Dedo) from The Global Film Initiative on Vimeo.
After seven years of local dictatorship, a remote village in Argentina formally becomes a town, with the birth of its 501st inhabitant. Based on real events, this charming dramatic comedy pokes fun at small town ways while celebrating true democratic values.
Hidalgo, a slick and ingratiating scion, is eager for the new post of mayor. Smelling a rat, Baldomero (a beloved natural leader with a habitually tapping digit) runs against him—and soon turns up dead.
His shopkeeper brother vows revenge, keeping Baldomero’s severed finger in a jar, initially as a remembrance. But eventually it becomes an absurd icon of leadership that spurs the town to defy crooked elections, interloping powers―and Hidalgo―to go its own way.
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