DAWN
Nastenka Alava Calle
Synopsis
Deep in the Andes mountains lives a forest being, a brother watching over all the lives of the forest. One day, he encounters a human girl, he stalks her quietly, curious as humans are rare to venture so far into the mountain ranges.
Dawn Trailer (2021)
Project Information
Credits
- Director: Nastenka Alava Calle
- Voice actress: Christy Ho
- Sound design: Dario Acosta
- Re-recording mixer: Doug Paterson, Mixed at Big World Sound
- Production assistants: Celina Doubleday, Lia Fabre-Dimsale, Ngan Kim Luong, and Juan Jose Alava Calle
Special Thanks
- Family and Friends
- ECUAD Animation Class of 2021
- Mattea Choi
- Lorelei Pepi
- Leslie Bishko
- Celie Prowse
- Martin Rose
- Darren Brereton
Artist Statement
Dawn explores spiritual and mental healing through the land. The interconnection between the physical body’s death as the life force we give back to the earth for new life to grow. Our bodies are fragile, with diseases, genetic illnesses, and disorders work to destroy the body. The mind degrades our faith and weighs us down, but the heart gives us the willpower and strength to carry on. The forest gives unconditional love, supporting our weight, breathing life into the lungs, and is a home one can always depend on to embrace our being and all its faults. This visual narrative touches on all these notions, and the forest creature becomes part of that embodiment.