In Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender?s life. DAY BREAK - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside Tehran's century-old prison - revolves around the imminent execution of Mansour, a man found guilty of murder. When the family of the victim does not show up on the appointed day of the sentencing, Mansour?s execution is postponed again and again. Stuck inside the purgatory of his own mind, he waits as time passes on without him, caught between life and death, retribution and forgiveness.

Hamid Rahmanian is a filmmaker and graphic designer. He holds a B.F.A. from the university of Tehran in Graphic Design and earned a M.F.A. in Computer Animation in 1997 from Pratt Institute in New York City. His 19 minute experimental short, AN I WITHIN, received Kodak?s ?Best Cinematography Award? and ?Best American Short? from the LA Int?l short film festival. Mr. Rahmanian has made three documentaries BREAKING BREAD (2000), SIR ALFRED OF CHARLES DE GAULLE AIRPORT (2001) and SHAHRBANOO (2002). In 2003, Mr.Rahmanian co-established ARTEEAST. He works as the adviser of film programs for Cinema East, which is now in its 5th Season. DAY BREAK is his first feature film.

"The Seventh Day (6 min), Beta SP, Animation, 1996

An I Within (19 min), 35 mm, Live action/animation, 1999

Breaking Bread (54 min), vd, Documentary, 2000

Sir Alfred of Charles de Gaulle Airport (29 min), dv, Documentary, 2001

Shahrbanoo (57 min), dv, Documentary, 2002"