Still from Everyday Rebellion
Still from Everyday Rebellion
 

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Everyday Rebellion

by Arash Riahi & Arman T. Riahi
From The Yes Men and Femen, to the Spanish Indignados, this inspiring film travels the globe to highlight creative nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience.
2014  ·  1h52m  ·  Austria, Switzerland
English, Farsi, Russian, Spanish
English subs
About the Film

EVERYDAY REBELLION is a cross-media documentary about creative forms of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience worldwide. What does the Occupy movement in New York have in common with the Spanish Indignados protests or the Arab Spring? Is there a connection between the struggle of the Iranian democracy movement and the nonviolent uprising in Syria and what is the link between the Ukrainian topless activists of Femen and an Islamic culture like Egypt? And to top it off, what do Serbia and Turkey have to do with all this?

The reasons for the various people’s uprisings in these countries may be diverse, but the creative nonviolent tactics they use in their struggles are strongly connected to each other. So are the activists who share these strategies, new ideas and established methods. EVERYDAY REBELLION is a story about the richness of peaceful protest, acted out everyday by passionate people from Spain, Iran, Syria, Ukraine, USA, UK and Serbia. These methods are inventive, funny and sometimes even aggressive. And the activists who use them believe that creative nonviolent protest will win over violent protest – and they are right. Nonviolence has scientifically been proven to be more effective and successful than violent protest. And the users of nonviolence are feared because they are rapidly changing the world and challenging dictatorships as well as global corporations.

EVERYDAY REBELLION is a tribute to the creativity of the nonviolent resistance. The project studies the consequences of a modern and rapidly changing society where new forms of protest to challenge the power of dictatorships and sometimes also global corporations are invented everyday. Everyday Rebellion wants to give voice to all those who decide not to use violence to try changing a violent system. Because, as Gandhi said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

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Festivals and Awards
2013
CPH:DOX, Winner: Politikens Audience Award (with the highest rating in the history of the festival)
2013
B3 BIENNALE FRANKFURT, Winner: Ben Award for Best Transmedia
2012
ARTE PIXEL PITCH AWARD LONDON, Winner: Best Crossmedia
2014
CINEMA FOR PEACE, Nominated: Most Valuable Documentary
2014
SXSW, Nominated: Interactive Awards Finalist
2014
ISTANBUL INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, In Competition
2014
MOVIES THAT MATTER, In Competition
2014
THESSALONIKI FILM FESTIVAL, In Competition
2014
SARAJEVO FILM FESTIVAL, In Competition
2014
ONE WORLD FESTIVAL PRAGUE, In Competition
2014
TEMPO DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL, In Competition
2014
SOLOTHURNER FILMTAGE, Official Selection, 49
2013
International Documentary Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), Official Selection
2014
DOCPOINT HELSINKI, Official Selection
2012
ARS ELECTRONICA, Official Selection
In the Press
Review
Review
Editor
Nela Märki and David Arno Schwaiger
Cinematographer
Mario Minichmayr, Dominik Spritzendorfer, Olivia Wimmer, Arman T. Riahi and Arash Riahi
Producer
Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Michael Seeber, Hercli Bundi and Susanne Guggenberger
Sound Recorder
Atanas Tcholakov, Abe Dolinger, Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Manuel Grandpierre, Nils Kirchhof and William Franck
Production Company
Golden Girls Filmproduction, Mira Film and Kloos & Co. Medien
Writer
Arman T. Riahi and Arash Riahi
Production Managers
Karin C. Berger and Susanne Guggenberger

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