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Breana Schroeder, tandem surfer with cystic fibrosis, star of \u201cBreathe Breana,\u201d Best Documentary candidate at IIFC 2019.\tPhoto courtesy Duke Addleman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

First you dream. Then you act. Stories that inspire us begin with dreams, often seemingly impossible dreams.
\u201cBreathe Breana,\u201d a feature-length documentary candidate for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2019 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chronicles a young girl\u2019s daring dream \u2014 to become a tandem surfing champion while handicapped by cystic fibrosis.
Athletes draw on reserves of oxygen to compete. When the ability to breathe deeply is compromised, as it is with cystic fibrosis, winning in a demanding athletic competition becomes even more improbable. When winning also requires elegant athleticism, as it does in tandem surfing, the victory becomes deeply inspirational.
\u201cBreathe Breana\u201d is made by another dreamer, writer and director Duke Addleman, honored at IIFC 2016 as co-writer, with childhood friend Greg Morgan, of the multiple award-winning feature \u201cThe Boatman.\u201d
Addleman lives a \u201cblended career,\u201d with a day job as a middle school teacher of poetry, literature, film making and screenwriting, and a second career as an indie film producer, writer and director. Added to the blend is the inspiration of being a husband (to Susan) and father (to 20-year-old twins John and Grace). And rounding out the mix is Addleman\u2019s passion for music, as a keyboardist and vocalist, with a background in making that music with his group \u201cFord Perfect.\u201d
Born in San Diego, raised in Coronado and Palos Verdes, and current resident of San Pedro, Addleman has been drawn to the water around him. All his career facets are fueled by his easy-going nature and ability to understand and welcome the waves \u2014 the crests and the troughs.
He has always been a film buff, inspired first, and infused with the dream of becoming a filmmaker, by the 1978 movie \u201cThe Deer Hunter.\u201d He has learned to follow his instincts, follow the projects he finds worthy and occasionally to take on the projects that find him.
With \u201cBreathe Breana\u201d the project came to him. \u201cI was watching sports at a bar at a restaurant somewhere in Orange County talking with the guy next to me,\u201d remembered Addleman. \u201cHe was a retired pro-surfer, six-time world champion, who now worked with kids with cystic fibrosis in a sport called tandem surfing.\u201d He described how Bob Friedman was partnering with a young girl, Breana Schroeder, in a sport once described as Cirque du Soleil on a surfboard or pairs figure skating on a wave. In the competition, Friedman is \u201cthe base,\u201d the lifter on the surf board supporting \u201cthe flyer,\u201d a woman trained in gymnastics who performs tricks while being held aloft. After describing his current project, Friedman turned to Addleman and said, \u201cWe\u2019re going to the world championships. This is what I\u2019m doing. So what are you doing?\u201d
Addleman answered by agreeing to show up the next day with cameras to watch and perhaps film Friedman and Breana tandem surfing off San Onofre. \u201cI knew it was right, from the start,\u201d said Addleman, of what would become his next film. \u201cThe second time I brought my mom and my daughter. I knew this was it.\u201d That was in April 2016. Addleman wrapped the project 18 months later, at the end of 2017. \u201cI spent my entire spring break [from teaching] doing the final edit,\u201d he said. \u201cI looked at it and then we all cried like babies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Duke Addleman, director and writer of IIFC Best Director and Best Documentary candidate \u201cBreathe Breana,\u201d in 2005 swimming at Sea World with Daphne.\nPhoto courtesy Duke Addleman\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n


\u201cI make movies because it\u2019s fun and that\u2019s it. It\u2019s the juice, the love and collaborating with others. And with \u2018Breathe Breana\u2019 there was the added bonus that it is all for a good cause \u2014 promoting cystic fibrosis awareness and hoping to raise money and interest in finding ways to add years of life through research.\u201d
Of his blended career, Addleman said, \u201cWhen you\u2019re in the arts, the world becomes smaller.\u201d Things, people, resources come together, and one builds a cast, a crew and a professional family.
\u201cBreathe Breana\u201d has its domestic premier at IIFC at 2:10 p.m. Tuesday, March 5 at Creekstone Inn. It screens again at Town Hall at 3:45 p.m. Saturday, March 9. At the March 9 performance, Breana and her mother Karen will be present, as will Duke, his mother, wife and children.
To watch the trailer, visit the IIFC web site, www.idyllwildcinemafest.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First you dream. Then you act. Stories that inspire us begin with dreams, often seemingly impossible dreams. \u201cBreathe Breana,\u201d a feature-length documentary candidate for Best Documentary and Best Director at the 2019 Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema chronicles a young girl\u2019s daring dream \u2014 to become a tandem surfing champion while handicapped by cystic fibrosis. 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