Born of Hope

Born of Hope is a non-commercial, non-licensed production created for free internet streaming for film fans worldwide. 
It was made purely for entertainment purposes, for keeping the storytelling history of Middle-earth alive. The film had an original budget of £8,000, which was all of filmmaker Kate Madison's life savings, but through online fundraising received an additional £17,000, bringing the total up to £25,000. Directed by Kate Madison, and written by Paula DiSante (as "Alex K. Aldridge"), the original idea formed in 2003 when Kate Madison wanted to send a film to a Tolkien Fan Film Exhibition. However, from a small spark the idea grew into a hugely ambitious project. 
In April 2006, a test shoot was completed filming a collection of scenes and a teaser trailer produced. Principal photography started in July 2008 and continued throughout 2008 and 2009. The film was released on December 1, 2009. By the end of 2017, the film had been viewed just under 42 million times on YouTube.
==Plot==
A scattered people, the descendants of storied sea kings of the ancient West, struggle to survive in a lonely wilderness as a dark force relentlessly bends its will toward their destruction. Yet amidst these valiant, desperate people, hope remains. A royal house endures unbroken from father to son.
Near the end of the Third Age of Middle-earth, the power of Sauron was great, and few things were more important to him than the destruction of the Dúnedain and the ruining of the line of kings. The opening scene begins with a ragged group of travelers besieged by Orcs, who are swiftly rescued by a small group of rangers led by Arathorn. The refugees are taken to Taurdal, the village of Arathorn's father, Arador. Arador begins his campaign against the gathering orc bands in the north, and sends Arathorn to find the motive behind these attacks; the Orcs were definitely working for Sauron, but their true motive was unknown.
Arathorn discovers that they are searching for the Ring of Barahir, and therefore the royal bloodline. Arathorn and Gilraen fall deeply in love, and win Arador's blessing, but Arathorn is too timid to ask Gilraen's father for his daughter's hand. Eventually he overcomes his fear, begs for her hand in marriage (which is given reluctantly), and the two are married. A year later, when journeying through the Coldfells, Arador is killed by a Troll, making Arathorn the chieftain of the Dúnedain. In this year, Aragorn, son of Arathorn, is brought into the world. Elladan and Elrohir arrive in Taurdal with news from Rivendell; Elrond knows that danger is drawing near, and asks that Gilraen and Aragorn be taken to Rivendell for safekeeping. Before a decision is reached, Orcs attack the village, and many are killed; in a pursuit against the orcs, Arathorn is mortally wounded. After his death, Gilraen takes her child, under the protection of Elladan and Elrohir, to Rivendell.
==Behind the scenes==
The film focuses on the lives and hardships of the Dúnedain of the North and their constant struggle to survive.
This hour-long original drama is set in the time before the War of the Ring and tells the story of the Dúnedain, the Rangers of the North, before the return of the King. Inspired by only a couple of paragraphs written by Tolkien in the appendices of the "Lord of the Rings" it follows Arathorn and Gilraen, the parents of Aragorn, from their first meeting through a turbulent time in their people's history. The majority of the film was shot in the West Stow Anglo-Saxon Village in Suffolk, England.
Forest scenes were done in Epping Forest, and much environmental shooting was done in Snowdonia National Park.
==Differences between book and film==
The film follows the books in many ways: Arador is killed by Trolls, Arathorn is chieftain only two years before being slain, etc. One difference, however, is that Tolkien specified that he was shot in the eye, whereas the film has him stabbed there with an arrow pulled from his chest. The change for the film seems to have been made for purposes of drama.
==Cast of characters==
*Arathorn II - Christopher Dane
*Gilraen - Beth Aynsley
*New born Aragorn - Robert "Bobble" Harvey
*Baby Aragorn II Elessar - Jonah McLafferty
*Aragorn as a toddler - Luke Johnston
*Elgarain - Kate Madison
*Dirhaborn - Danny George
*Dírhael - Andrew McDonald
*Ivorwen - Philippa Hammond
*Arador - Iain Marshall
*Halbaron - Howard Corlett
*Evonyn - Amani Johara 
*Mallor - Raphael Edwards
*Halbarad (as a teenager) - Ollie Goodchild
*Halbarad (as a boy) - Lars Mattes
*Maia (as a girl) - Phoebe Chambers
*Maia (as a young girl) - Amylea Meiklejohn
*Elladan - Matt Kennard
*Elrohir - Sam Kennard
*Dorlad - Tom Quick
*Shaknar - Richard Roberts
*Gorganog - Lewis Penfold
==Press==
Since its release on the internet, Born of Hope has received world-wide attention for its impressive production values on such a low budget of £25,000.
Wendi Ide of The Times newspaper gave the film a 4 star review, ranking it higher than some of the Hollywood films also listed.
==Videos==
File:Born of Hope - Full Movie|Born of Hope - Full Movie
Born of Hope - Extended Version Legendado (HD)-0|Born of Hope - Extended Version Legendado (HD)
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Gebore van Hoop
Albanian 	Lindur nga Shpresa
Amharic 	በተስፋ የተወለደ
Arabic 	ولد من الأمل
Armenian 	Ծնունդով հույսի
Assamese 	আশাৰ জন্ম
Asturian 	Nacíu de la Esperanza
Azerbaijani 	Ümid doğulur
Basque 	Esperantza jaio zen
Belarusian Cyrillic	Нарадзіўся надзеі
Bengali 	আশার জন্ম
Bosnian 	Rođen od nade
Breton 	Ganet eus an esperañs
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Роден на надеждата
Cambodian 	កំណើតនៃក្តីសង្ឃឹម
Catalan 	Nascut de l'esperança
Cebuano 	Natawo sa paglaum
Chinese 	希望诞生了
Croatian 	Rođenje nade
Czech 	Narodil z naděje
Danish 	Født af Håb
Dari 	تولد از امید
Dutch 	Geboren van Hoop
Esperanto 	Naskita de Espero
Estonian 	Sündinud lootuse
Faroese 	Føddur av Vón
Filipino 	Isinilang ng pag-asa
Finnish 	Toivon synty
French 	Né d'espoir
Frisian 	Berne fan Hope (Western)
Galician 	Nacido de esperanza
Georgian 	იმედით დაბადებული
German 	Geboren aus Hoffnung
Greek 	Γεννημένος της Ελπίδας
Gujarati 	જન્મે છે આશા
Japanese 	希望の生まれ
Hebrew 	נולד של תקווה
Hindi 	आशा का जन्म
Hungarian 	Született remény
Icelandic 	Fæddur af Vona
Indonesian 	Lahir harapan
Italian 	Nascita della speranza
Irish Gaelic 	Rugadh de dóchasach
Kannada 	ಭರವಸೆಯಿಂದ ಹುಟ್ಟಿದ
Kazakh 	Үміттен туған (Cyrillic) Ümitten twğan (Latin)
Korean 	희망의 탄생
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Үмүттүн туулган
Laotian 	ການເກີດຂອງຄວາມຫວັງ
Latvian 	Dzimis cerību
Lithuanian 	Gimė vilties
Luxembourgish 	Gebuer vum Hoffnung
Macedonian Cyrillic	Роден од надеж
Malagasy 	Teraka ny Fanantenana
Malayalam 	പ്രത്യാശയുടെ ജനനം
Malaysian 	Lahir Dari Harapan
Maltese 	Twelid tat-tama
Manx 	Rug jeh Dooyrt
Marathi 	आशेचा जन्म
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Найдвараас төрсөн
Nepalese 	आशाको जन्म
Norwegian 	Født av Håp
Occitan 	Nascut de l'Espèr
Pashto 	د امید پیدا شوی
Persian 	تولد امید
Polish 	Zrodzony z Nadziei
Portuguese 	Nascido da esperança
Punjabi 	ਉਮੀਦ ਦਾ ਜਨਮ
Romanian 	Nascut de Speranta
Russian 	Рождение надежды
Sardinian 	Naschidu dae s'ispera
Scottish Gaelic 	Rugadh de Hòb
Serbian 	Рођен од наде (Cyrillic) Rođen od nade (Latin)
Sicilian 	Nasciutu di la Spiranza
Sindhi 	اميد جي پيدائش
Sinhalese 	බලාපොරොත්තුවෙහි උපන්
Slovak 	Narodený z nádeje
Slovenian 	Rojen iz upanja
Somali 	Dhashay ee Rayeyn
Spanish 	El Nacimiento de la Esperanza
Sundanese 	Dilahirkeun harepan
Swahili 	Kuzaliwa ya tumaini
Swedish 	Född av Hopp
Tajik Cyrillic 	Аз умед таваллуд шудааст
Tamil 	நம்பிக்கையின் பிறப்பு
Tatar 	Өметтән туган
Telugu 	ఆశ యొక్క జననం
Thai 	เกิดจากความหวัง
Turkish 	Umudun Doğuşu
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Народження надії
Urdu 	امید کی پیدائش
Uzbek 	Умиддан туғилган (Cyrillic) Umiddan tug'ilgan (Latin)
Venetian 	Nato de Speransa
Vietnamese 	Sinh của hy vọng
Welsh 	Geni Gobaith
Xhosa 	Kuzalwa kwethemba
Yiddish 	געבוירן פון האָפענונג
==External link==
*Born of Hope on Dailymotion
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