Like Dew in the Sun

Switzerland, 2016, 108’
Director: Peter Entell
Scriptwriters: Peter Entell, Elizabeth Waelchli
Cinematographer: Jon Bjorgvinsson
Producer: Peter Entell
Production Company: Show & Tell Films

A century ago, the grandparents of film director Peter Entell had to flee Ukraine, a land torn apart by war and massacres. One hundred years later, Entell faces the same destructive nationalism. People continue to kill in the name of the mother country, flag, culture, religion … The memory of the atrocities suffered by the Jews, the Tatar Muslims of Crimea, and the Orthodox population, is transmitted from generation to generation, and with it the poison of hatred. Crossing checkpoints, Peter Entell takes us from the loyalist Ukrainians to the pro-Russian separatists. The purpose is not to show who is right or wrong – humanity itself is defeated. In the midst of this senseless violence, Like Dew in the Sun transcends cultural, religious and national differences to uncover the deeper bonds that unite us all.
Peter Entell

Peter Entell was born in New York in 1952. With a degree in anthropology, he chose the path of documentary filmmaking, starting as a sound engineer and editor. Mr. Entell has lived in Switzerland since 1975. He has directed films in Europe, Africa and Asia, focusing on social, political and environmental subjects. More recently, he has made film portraits. He has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and his films have won a number of international awards. His latest film Like Dew in the Sun has been screened in the frames of such festivals as IDFA, Visions du Réel, ArtDocFest, among others.

Filmography
Moving on: The Hunger for Land in Zimbabwe (1983),
Depending on Heaven (1987),
The Testimony of Four South African Workers (1988),
Man and Chimpanzee (1991),
Waiting for the Caribou (1991),
Martha (1995), Rolling (1997)
The Tube (2001), Josh’s Trees (2005),
Shake the Devil Off (2007),
A Home Far Away (2012),
Like Dew in the Sun (2016).