Everyday Rebellion – The Art of Change is a cross-media documentary about creative forms of nonviolent protest and civil disobedience around the world.
What connects Occupy in New York, the Spanish Indignados, and the Arab Spring? Are there links between Iran’s democracy movement, nonviolent resistance in Syria, Ukrainian Femen activists, and protests in Egypt, Serbia, or Turkey?
Though the causes of these uprisings differ, the tactics—creative, peaceful, and often humor-infused—are strikingly similar and mutually inspiring. Everyday Rebellion portrays passionate activists from Spain, Iran, Syria, Ukraine, the U.S., U.K., and Serbia who believe that nonviolence is more effective than violent protests—a claim backed by research.
This project is a tribute to the imagination of nonviolent resistance and gives voice to those who challenge violent systems through peaceful means. As Gandhi once said: “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”
Everyday Rebellion / The Riahi Brothers - Photo: The Riahi Brothers
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Everyday Rebellion
The Art of Change
The Riahi Brothers (IR)
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The Riahi Brothers
Arash T. Riahi and Arman T. Riahi (IR) Born in 1972 in Iran, Arash T. Riahi lives in Vienna since 1982. He is a writer, director and producer, and studied film and arts. In 1997 he founded the film production company “Golden Girls Filmproduktion”. His films The Souvenirs of Mr. X, Exile Family Movie, Mississippi and For a moment, freedom have won more than 50 international awards. For a moment, freedom was the Austrian candidate for the Academy Awards 2010. Arman T. Riahi was born in Iran and grew up in Austria. He studied media technologies and worked as a screen and graphic designer in London (Less Rain Ltd.) and Vienna. He directed 25min TV shows like Sendung ohne Namen, Sunshine Airlines, Momentum and Africa Race for ORF, Terra Mater and Red Bull. His short film Elektrotrash won the nationwide short film award. In 2006, Arman took part in the Berlinale Talent Campus as director/screenwriter. In 2011 his first documentary movie Schwarzkopf (Darkhead) was released. The movie officially opened the documentary competition at the prestigious Sarajevo Filmfestival in 2011.
Credits
IDEA, WRITERS & DIRECTORS: Riahi Brothers | CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Mario Minichmayr, Riahi Brothers, Dominik Spritzendorfer & Olivia Wimmer | SOUND RECORDISTS: Atanas Tcholakov, Abe Dolinger, Hjalti Bager-Jonathansson, Manuel Grandpierre, Nils Kirchhof & William Franck | MUSIC COMPOSER: Karuan | EDITORS: Nela Märki & David Arno Schwaiger | PRODUCTION MANAGERS: Karin C. Berger & Susanne Guggenberger | PRODUCERS: Arash T. Riahi, Sabine Gruber, Michael Seeber, Hercli Bundi & Susanne Guggenberger
