02-12-2025, 09:26 PM
Film Title (English and/or Native): Beyond the Orange Sunrise (Lei Sale Orpels Nōka)
Nominating Nation (If not from the IDU, please also list region): Auria
Nomination Category/Categories: Best Documentary Film, Best Musical Score
Language: English narration, Eirian (Aurian dialect) dialog with English subtitles
Run Time: 147 Minutes
Director: Karlis Danklāz
Film Rating: 13+
Producing Studio/Company: Danklāz Productions
Primary Cast:
Izabel Dupont as Narrator #1
Karl Fauchej as Narrator #2
Aimē Šartre as herself
Karlis Jelakovs as himself
Brief Summary (No more than 2-3 medium paragraphs please):
“Soldiers win wars, but the people pay for them.” -Anonymous Aurian writer, quote shown before the documentary’s title card.
Beyond the Orange Sunrise follows Aimē Šartre and Karlis Jelakovs, a pair of award-winning Aurian photojournalists, as they document the civilian cost of the Aurian Civil War. By risking their lives and traveling across the nation, the pair documents dozens of stories of pain, struggle, resistance, and perseverance among everyday residents of Auria.
The first half of the film focuses on life after the “Bloody Sunrise” on June 28th, 2021, under the Cordonnier and Berenstein regimes. Utilizing photos, videos, and other sources captured during the rule of the Orange Crown, Šartre and Jelakovs tell around a dozen brief stories of Aurians in various walks of life. Some lost their government jobs after the coup, others their homes and businesses through battles or war-caused poverty, and others their freedom in labor camps. One interviewee would even be forcibly conscripted and killed in battle six weeks after his interview.
After a brief montage of footage from battles during the Civil War, the film turns to the aftermath of the war on the Aurian psyche. Some of the prior interviewees are revisited as they try to rebuild their lives. Many other Aurians lost in the war are memorialized through photographs and video clips, driving home the steep civilian cost within the nation. Yet, the country still pushes on. Bombed-out buildings are shown being demolished and rebuilt, damaged businesses and apartments repaired through community cooperation and some foreign humanitarian aid. The film ends with clips of Aurians returning to everyday life, from the heart of Lumiere to the furthest farm fields, as a new sun rises.
What makes this film special? Why was it nominated for this/these category/categories? (No more than 1-2 sentences per category nominated):
Beyond the Orange Sunrise is nominated in the Best Documentary category for its gripping and novel depiction of the civilian effects of a modern conflict, a front often overlooked by war-focused media. Under the direction of esteemed documentary director Karlis Danklāz and through the masterful interviews, photographs, and clips collected by Šartre and Jelakovs, the deeply personal cost of the Aurian Civil War is painfully clear to see, even to international audiences.
Beyond the Orange Sunrise is also nominated for Best Musical Score for its simple, yet tragically impactful orchestral score, which was composed by Aurian-born Eirian composer Gean Fossetie. Vocal work throughout the film was composed and performed by Maria Fermē, an Aurian singer-songwriter who pours her grief of losing two of her siblings in the Civil War into her music.
Nominating Nation (If not from the IDU, please also list region): Auria
Nomination Category/Categories: Best Documentary Film, Best Musical Score
Language: English narration, Eirian (Aurian dialect) dialog with English subtitles
Run Time: 147 Minutes
Director: Karlis Danklāz
Film Rating: 13+
Producing Studio/Company: Danklāz Productions
Primary Cast:
Izabel Dupont as Narrator #1
Karl Fauchej as Narrator #2
Aimē Šartre as herself
Karlis Jelakovs as himself
Brief Summary (No more than 2-3 medium paragraphs please):
“Soldiers win wars, but the people pay for them.” -Anonymous Aurian writer, quote shown before the documentary’s title card.
Beyond the Orange Sunrise follows Aimē Šartre and Karlis Jelakovs, a pair of award-winning Aurian photojournalists, as they document the civilian cost of the Aurian Civil War. By risking their lives and traveling across the nation, the pair documents dozens of stories of pain, struggle, resistance, and perseverance among everyday residents of Auria.
The first half of the film focuses on life after the “Bloody Sunrise” on June 28th, 2021, under the Cordonnier and Berenstein regimes. Utilizing photos, videos, and other sources captured during the rule of the Orange Crown, Šartre and Jelakovs tell around a dozen brief stories of Aurians in various walks of life. Some lost their government jobs after the coup, others their homes and businesses through battles or war-caused poverty, and others their freedom in labor camps. One interviewee would even be forcibly conscripted and killed in battle six weeks after his interview.
After a brief montage of footage from battles during the Civil War, the film turns to the aftermath of the war on the Aurian psyche. Some of the prior interviewees are revisited as they try to rebuild their lives. Many other Aurians lost in the war are memorialized through photographs and video clips, driving home the steep civilian cost within the nation. Yet, the country still pushes on. Bombed-out buildings are shown being demolished and rebuilt, damaged businesses and apartments repaired through community cooperation and some foreign humanitarian aid. The film ends with clips of Aurians returning to everyday life, from the heart of Lumiere to the furthest farm fields, as a new sun rises.
What makes this film special? Why was it nominated for this/these category/categories? (No more than 1-2 sentences per category nominated):
Beyond the Orange Sunrise is nominated in the Best Documentary category for its gripping and novel depiction of the civilian effects of a modern conflict, a front often overlooked by war-focused media. Under the direction of esteemed documentary director Karlis Danklāz and through the masterful interviews, photographs, and clips collected by Šartre and Jelakovs, the deeply personal cost of the Aurian Civil War is painfully clear to see, even to international audiences.
Beyond the Orange Sunrise is also nominated for Best Musical Score for its simple, yet tragically impactful orchestral score, which was composed by Aurian-born Eirian composer Gean Fossetie. Vocal work throughout the film was composed and performed by Maria Fermē, an Aurian singer-songwriter who pours her grief of losing two of her siblings in the Civil War into her music.
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