PHENOMENAL SHORTS: CELEBRATING 15 YEARS OF BRIDGING THE GAP

Our documentary film, Breadmakers (Director Yasmin Fedda), is to be shown at the 2019 Edinburgh International Film Festival.

The screening is part of the Scottish Documentary Institute’s Bridging the Gap scheme which is celebrating its 15th Birthday. Breadmakers will be shown along with eight hand-picked short documentaries.

Full details of all films here: Bridging the Gap Films.

Breadmakers (2007) is a short documentary film directed by Yasmin Fedda and produced by Jim Hickey and Robin Mitchell. This is a film about a unique Edinburgh bakery, where a community of workers with learning disabilities make a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city. The Garvald Bakery is part of a centre inspired by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner where the workers realise their potential for self-discovery and creativity in a social environment.

Breadmakers has been screened at over 50 film festivals worldwide and has won a number of awards including the Short Scottish Documentary Award at the Edinburgh International Film Festival (2007), the Best Short Documentary prize at the Athens International Documentary Festival on Disability (2008) and the Black Pearl for Best Documentary Short Film at the Middle East International Film Festival (2008). Breadmakers was also nominated by BAFTA Scotland in the Best Short Film category in 2008. You can view the film here: Breadmakers Film online.

The screening will take place in Edinburgh at Filmhouse 3 on Thursday 20th June at 8.10pm.

World Down Syndrome Day

In March 2016, as part of World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), Breadmakers (Director: Yasmin Fedda) will be screened in Slovenia.

The screening, to raise awareness and to fight stereotypes, will take place in Ljubljana as part of a short films presentation by The Kraken Short Film Society.

Breadmakers is a short 2007 documentary film directed by Yasmin Fedda and produced by Jim Hickey and Robin Mitchell. This is a film about a unique Edinburgh bakery, where a community of workers with learning disabilities make a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city. The Garvald Bakery is part of a centre inspired by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner where the workers realise their potential for self-discovery and creativity in a social environment.

World Down Syndrome Day (WDSD), observed on 21st March every year, is a global awareness day which has been officially observed by the United Nations since 2012.

The National Film Archive of India

In advance of World Mental Health Day (2015) on Saturday 10th October, Breadmakers will be screened at The National Film Archive of India (NFAI).

Breadmakers is a short 2007 documentary film directed by Yasmin Fedda and produced by Jim Hickey and Robin Mitchell. This is a film about a unique Edinburgh bakery, where a community of workers with learning disabilities make a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city. The Garvald Bakery is part of a centre inspired by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner where the workers realise their potential for self-discovery and creativity in a social environment.

The theme of World Mental Health Day (2015) is ‘Dignity in Mental Health'. #WMHD

Going Underground

Our short film Breadmakers (Dir. Yasmin Fedda) is to be screened in the London Underground as part of a season of films to spotlight the diverse talents of women filmmakers.

Breadmakers will be part of a 50-minute programme co-produced by Art on the Underground and Birds Eye View Film Festival. The films will be shown on a loop on a large screen in the concourse of Canary Wharf Underground station from 19th June to 16th July 2014.

Canary Wharf Screen is an innovative motion-picture screening programme initiated by Art on the Underground. The screen first launched in 2012 and Birds Eye View is programming its season 8, which is entitled: FemaleVisions: Past, Present and Future.

Art on the Underground (AOTU), which is part of London Underground, provides a world-class programme of contemporary art that enriches the Tube environment and customers journey experience; and continues the longstanding tradition that excellent art and design is at the core of London Underground's identity and services.

The BAFTA nominated Breadmakers was filmed in 2007 at an unique Edinburgh bakery where a community of workers with learning disabilities make a variety of organic breads for daily delivery to shops and cafes in the city.

Breadmakers still Travelling the World

The remarkable international journey of our short documentary Breadmakers (Director Yasmin Fedda) continues. Breadmakers was screened at The Arc & Sprout Film Festival as part of The Arc National Convention in Bellevue, WA, USA on the 5th August 2013.

Sprout is a private, non-profit organisation, founded in 1979, offering innovative programming related to the field of developmental disabilities. Their Film Programs showcase original works of artistry with the goal of breaking down stereotypes, celebrating difference and promoting awareness of our inherent similarities.

Breadmakers was first screened in 2007 and since then has been to over 50 Film Festivals worldwide.

The Sundance Collection at UCLA

Our documentary Breadmakers (Director Yasmin Fedda) has been added to the Sundance Collection at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). 

The Sundance Collection at UCLA was established in 1997 in order to provide long-term access to independent film production. It’s a joint effort between the UCLA Film & Television Archive and the Sundance Institute. 

The Sundance Collection at UCLA underscores the importance of independent production while recognising that such films are at much greater risk of disappearing from the public sphere than larger budget, studio-based cinema.

Breadmakers was originally screened at the Sundance Film Festival in 2008.

Breadmakers at The Sprout Touring Film Festival

Breadmakers is to be screened as part of the 2013 Sprout Touring Film Festival at The Society for Handicapped Citizens of Medina County. The film was previously shown at the 9^th Sprout Film Festival New York in May 2011.

The Sprout Film Festival was founded in 2003 and is programmed and supported by Sprout, a NYC-based non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing innovative programming to people with developmental disabilities. Sprout has been making videos related to the field of developmental disabilities since 1995 and has witnessed the myriad benefits these videos have for this population and the general public.

In 2006 the Sprout Touring Festival was founded, enabling agencies throughout the US and Canada to design their own film festival. Sproutflix, a site offering films from our festival to be purchased was created in 2009. 

Breadmakers will be screened on the 16th March 2013 between 3.30pm and 7pm at Highland High School Auditorium, Medina, Ohio, USA. 

BREADMAKERS IN ZAGREB

Breadmakers (Dir. Yasmin Fedda) will be screened at the 2013 Zagreb International Documentary Film Festival as part of the Scottish Documentary Institute's Retrospective Strand.

It's great to have another international screening of Breadmakers, considering the film was first screened way back in 2007. 

The International Documentary Film Festival, Zagreb, Croatia takes place from Sunday 24th February to Sunday 3rd March 2013.

Breadmakers will be screened on Sunday 3rd March 2013 at 4pm.  

Breadmakers in Korea

Breadmakers has been screened at the Jeju Disabled Peoples Human Rights Film Festival in Korea. The screening took place in September 2012. 

Jeju DPI has organized the Disabled Peoples' Human Rights Film Festival every year since 2000 to eradicate social prejudice against persons with disability, to share the culture of the disabled with the general public and to improve the ability of creating films by the disabled through films and movies.

It’s great that Breadmakers continues to be screened worldwide five years after its launch at the 2007 Edinburgh International Film Festival. 

Director, Yasmin Fedda’s latest documentary, ‘A Tale of Two Syrias’ is presently hitting the Film Festival trail worldwide. 

Screening in Belgrade

Breadmakers has been selected for the 2012 BOSI FEST Belgrade International Film Festival For and By People with Disabilities. The film will be screened on Tuesday 22nd May at 8pm.

BOSI FEST is an international film festival for and about people with disabilities which was organized for the first time in 2010. The festival's primary aim is to draw public attention to the art and possibilities of the participants, at the same time sending the message that disabled people should enjoy the same rights as other citizens.

More details at http://bosifest.rs/en/o-bosi-festu/