BABY! International Film Festival
May 23-24 2008
Tickets at the door or www.babyff.com or call 805-688-6886
Film Synopsis
Friday May 23rd 4:00-6:00 pm
Healthy images of birth and parenting
Film: What Babies Want
Directed by Debby Takikawa
What Babies Want is an award winning documentary film that explores the profoundly important and sacred opportunity we have in bringing children into the world. Filled with captivating stories and infused with Noah Wyle's warmth as narrator, the film demonstrates how life patterns can be established at birth. The documentary includes groundbreaking information on early development as well as appearances by the real experts: babies and families.
6:15-7:00 pm
Out Reach Angels in the Dust Directed by Louise Hogarth Bracelet program
This is a short version of a documentary about AIDS orphans in South Africa. It is an opportunity for people to learn about outreach, and to do something to help the children in Africa who have lost their parents to AIDS. The Bracelet program brings bracelets from Africa, made by African women. The proceeds go directly to support the woman who made them and the orphanages they are trying to help with this cottage industry.
Speaker: Louise Hogarth, Filmmaker
7:15-10:00 pm
Choices in Childbirth
Films: Waterbirth in the 21st Century
Produced by Fabien Raes
This amazing film shows doctor-attended waterbirths in Ostend Belgium. The babies seem to be born effortlessly, making their way out of the womb unassisted. We also see families preparing for childbirth with water massage and games. This film shows birth in a new light.
The Birth of Sabine
Directed by James Westby
This is a story of a contemporary young woman and her joys and trials as she finds her way through pregnancy and birth. The story illustrates the importance of learning about birth and making informed decisions.
Saturday May 24th 10:00-11:45am
Breastfeeding from the Baby’s Point of View
Films: Delivery Self Attachment
Produced by Lennart Righard MD and Kittie Frantz RN
The original film on self attachment in breastfeeding, only 6 minutes long, but what we see these babies do has revolutionized our understanding of what babies are capable of. In this film we see newborn babies crawling to the breast and latching on, unassisted!
Breast is Best
Written and directed by Gro Nylander, MD
Made in Norway and funded by the Norwegian government, this film dramatically increased the number of babies breastfeeding in Norway. It was a real turn around for that country, led by the government when they realized that breastfeeding made healthier citizens and happier people!
Baby-Led Breastfeeding
Produced by Christina Smilie MD and Kittie Frantz RN
A continuation of the idea started by Delivery Self Attachment, Baby-Led means that the easiest way to get off to a good start breast feeding is to watch your baby for readiness, and then support their natural instinct. The film highlights instinct and reflex that lead a baby and mother into a beautiful breastfeeding dance.
Saturday 12:00-2:00pm
Facilitating Women in Birth-6 Practices
Films: It’s My Body, My Baby, My Birth
Produced by Maria Iorillo
This film shows great choices in childbirth, and offers the best of all possibilities; a care giver who trusts the mother and baby to have a healthy birth!
Kangaroo Mother Care
Produced by Nils Bergman
This film is filled with unforgettable images of tiny premature babies, carefully enfolded onto their mother or father’s chest, skin to skin. The results? A thriving baby and startling statistics about premature babies and how they prosper with body contact.
Saturday 2:15-4:00pm
El Nacimiento de su Bebe: Peliculas en Espanol Taller de Platicas end Espanol
All movies and panel in Spanish for this section. Special at the door price $5
Films: Birthday
Produced by Diana Paul
This beautiful and peaceful birth film is in Spanish, and filmed in Mexico. It shows a woman and her family during the day of labor. It is an artful film with strong emotional currents. This is a birthday to remember!
Begin with Love
Produced by Civitas
A simple film with a profound message. Some basic steps of parenting that bring us back to center, to the real meaning of being a parent.
Saturday 4:15-6:00pm
What Babies Want and How They Learn
Film: What Babies Want
Directed by Debby Takikawa
What Babies Want is an award winning documentary film that explores the profoundly important and sacred opportunity we have in bringing children into the world. Filled with captivating stories and infused with Noah Wyle's warmth as narrator, the film demonstrates how life patterns can be established at birth. The documentary includes groundbreaking information on early development as well as appearances by the real experts: babies and families.
Saturday 6:00-7:30pm PARTY. Tracy Wyle and Shawnda Marmorstein cordially invite you to this fundraising party with special guests from the panels and Noah Wyle as well, schedule permitting. Catered by the Los Olivos Wine Merchant Café of “Sideways” fame, this party is the place to be for lots of fun, great food and the best networking in town.
Saturday 7:30-9:30 pm
Expanded View of Birth
Film: Pockets
Produced and art by Sophie Mead
A sweet animated film about a mother’s journey
The Birth of Sabine
Directed by James Westby
This is a story of a contemporary young woman and her joys and trials as she finds her way through pregnancy and birth. The story illustrates the importance of learning about birth and making informed decisions.
Birth As We Know It
Director Elena Tonetti-Vladimirova shares her experiences as one of the co-creators of the “Conscious Birth” movement in Russia during the early 1980's. It included a very effective birth preparation program which culminated in summer birth-camps at the Black Sea where women gave birth to their babies in warm shallow lagoons. The midwife community calls this film "the most profound and comprehensive guide to conscious birth in the world", because it delivers a powerful transmission of what it really takes to give birth consciously and gracefully.
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