Global Nonviolent Film Festival Announces the 2019 Awards

September 30, 2019 — Hollywood, California — Global Nonviolent Film Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, announced today the Awards handed at its 8th edition. The announcement was made by festival director Daria Trifu and festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta in a video presentation that is available for viewing on the Festival’s on-line TV Channel:

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The Festival is becoming more successful and is growing with each new edition. This year, there have been a record number of 46 films that have been selected from 23 countries. They included feature and short films, feature and short documentaries, animation films and music videos.

The Awards decided by the Jury and handed at the 2019 edition of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival are:

FEATURE FILM CATEGORY

Best Feature Film
“The Descendants” – Iran
Produced by Mitra Roohimanesh
Directed by Yaser Talebi

Best Original Production Design
“As the Earth Turns” – USA
Directed by Richard H. Lyford

SHORT FILM CATEGORY

Best Short Film
“The Power of One Coin” – UK
Produced by Flaminia Graziadei, Zbignew Siwek & Judson Vaghoun 
Directed by Flaminia Graziadei

Best Screenplay
Julie Uribe for “The Healing of Harman” – USA
Directed by Seth Pinsker

Best Director
Mehmet Tığlı for “Spizella” – Turkey

Best Original Subject
“If I Could Bark” – USA
Directed by Shawn Welling

Best Actor
Damion Rochester in “Tastes Like Medicine” – USA

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY

Best Feature Documentary
“Soldiers Without Guns” – Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea
Produced by John Kier
Directed by Will Watson

Best Director
Gayle Kirschenbaum for “Look at Us Now, Mother!” – USA

Best Cinematography
Corey Scarrow for “Jackstones” – Canada, Philippines 
Directed by Tim Riedel

Best Editing
“Day of the Western Sunrise” – USA, Japan
Directed by Keith Reimink

SHORT DOCUMENTARY CATEGORY

Best Short Documentary
“Vietnam Aftermath” – USA
Directed & Produced by Tom Phillips

Best Original Idea
“Gun Show”  – USA
Directed by Richard Chisolm

SHORT ANIMATION CATEGORY

Best Short Animation Film
“Anacronte” – Argentina, Mexico
Produced by Emiliano Sette
Directed by Emiliano Sette and Raúl Koler

Best Screenplay
Maria Moreira for “The Teacher” – Portugal

MUSIC VIDEO CATEGORY

Best Performer
Osvaldo Supino in “No Means No” by Osvaldo Supino – Spain
Directed by Vera Kuznetsova & Andrei Zaitcev

Best Director
Guido Verelst for “How Beautiful” by Dez Mona – Belgium

Best Music
“Tip Toe” by Tim Freitag – Switzerland, Vietnam
Directed by Achille Lietha 

The complete Film Guide of the films that have participated in the Festival, with articles and behind-the-scenes commentary from the filmmakers, is in the annual magazine Daria!. The magazine is available here: Daria! Magazine.

CLOSING DAY 11 (September 29) – Daily Presentation

CLOSING DAY – DAY #11, SEPTEMBER 28 – FILMS’ PRESENTATION

In today’s video presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce the following five films from the line-up:

LET THEM EAT CAKE
Feature Documentary, 81 min. – USA 
Directed by Alexis Krasilovsky

SPIZELLA
Short Film, 20 min. – Turkey
Directed by Mehmet Tigli

STARDUST MEMORY 
Short Film, 32 min. – USA
Directed by Cindy Kemp

THE TEACHER
Short Animation Film, 10 min. – Portugal
Directed by Maria Moreira

TIM FREITAG – TIP TOE
Music Video, 4:30 min. – Switzerland, Vietnam
Directed by Achille Lietha

The Festival takes place on-line here:

FESTIVAL’S ON-LINE TV CHANNEL

TODAY IS THE LAST DAY TO WATCH:

– 46 full-length feature films & documentaries, shorts, animation films and music videos from 23 countries!

– FREE daily video presentations of 4/5 films from the line-up, with introduction by festival director Daria Trifu and commentary by festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta.

– FREE trailers.

Read Daria! Magazine for a complete Guide of the selected films (starting at page 51), here:

READ DARIA! 2019

Day 10 (September 28) – Daily Presentation

DAY #10, SEPTEMBER 28 – FILMS’ PRESENTATION

In today’s video presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce the following three films from the line-up:

THE DESCENDANTS
Feature Film, 80 min. – Iran 
Directed by Yaser Talebi

IF I COULD BARK
Short Film, 12 min. – USA
Directed by Shawn Welling

LADIES MOST DEJECT
Short Film, 15 min. – USA
Directed by Martha Elcan

The Festival takes place on-line here:

FESTIVAL’S ON-LINE TV CHANNEL

FOR 11 DAYS, EVERYBODY CAN WATCH:

– 46 full-length feature films & documentaries, shorts, animation films and music videos from 23 countries!

– FREE daily video presentations of 4/5 films from the line-up, with introduction by festival director Daria Trifu and commentary by festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta.

– FREE trailers.

Read Daria! Magazine for a complete Guide of the selected films (starting at page 51), here:

READ DARIA! 2019

Day 9 (September 27) – Daily Presentation

DAY #9, SEPTEMBER 27 – FILMS’ PRESENTATION

In today’s video presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce the following five films from the line-up:

DEMOCRACY, AN ENDANGERED IDEA?
Feature Documentary, 46 min. – Austria
Directed by Johannes Perterer

THE HEALING OF HARMAN
Short Film, 20 min. – USA
Directed by Seth Pinsker

TASTES LIKE MEDICINE
Short Film, 16 min. – USA
Directed by Steven Alexander Russell

RUN HERMES
Short Film, 7 min. – USA
Directed by Kevin Short

WHAT MATTERS
Short Documentary, 20 min. – Italy
Directed by Alessandro Po & Sofia Vettori

The Festival takes place on-line here:

FESTIVAL’S ON-LINE TV CHANNEL

FOR 11 DAYS, EVERYBODY CAN WATCH:

– 46 full-length feature films & documentaries, shorts, animation films and music videos from 23 countries!

– FREE daily video presentations of 4/5 films from the line-up, with introduction by festival director Daria Trifu and commentary by festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta.

– FREE trailers.

Read Daria! Magazine for a complete Guide of the selected films (starting at page 51), here:

READ DARIA! 2019

Day 8 (September 26) – Daily Presentation

DAY #8, SEPTEMBER 26 – FILMS’ PRESENTATION

In today’s video presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce the following five films from the line-up:

FOURTEENTH DAY
Feature Film, 85 min. – Iran
Directed by Mahmoud Nazeri

WHISTLING WOODS
Short Film, 9 min. – Canada
Directed by Mackenzie McElligott

CONSTANT TREASON
Short Film, 16 min. – USA
Directed by Ruvin Orbach

BIRTH OF A POET
Short Documentary, 13 min. – India, Egypt
Directed by Manu Mallikarjun

ANACRONTE
Short Animation Film, 15 min. – Argentina, Mexico
Directed by Emiliano Sette & Raul Koler

The Festival takes place on-line here:

FESTIVAL’S ON-LINE TV CHANNEL

FOR 11 DAYS, EVERYBODY CAN WATCH:

– 46 full-length feature films & documentaries, shorts, animation films and music videos from 23 countries!

– FREE daily video presentations of 4/5 films from the line-up, with introduction by festival director Daria Trifu and commentary by festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta.

– FREE trailers.

Read Daria! Magazine for a complete Guide of the selected films (starting at page 51), here:

READ DARIA! 2019

Day 7 (September 25) – Daily Presentation

DAY #7, SEPTEMBER 25 – FILMS’ PRESENTATION

In today’s video presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce the following four films from the line-up:

SOLDIERS WITHOUT GUNS
Feature Documentary, 90 min. – New Zealand
Directed by Will Watson

TOWN HALL
Short Film, 26 min. – USA
Directed by Casey Lock & Ross Zuchowski

REBEL
Short Documentary, 12 min. – UK
Directed by Chris Healey

SPACE TO EXPLORE
Short Documentary, 14 min. – USA
Directed by Katherine DuBois

The Festival takes place on-line here:

FESTIVAL’S ON-LINE TV CHANNEL

FOR 11 DAYS, EVERYBODY CAN WATCH:

– 46 full-length feature films & documentaries, shorts, animation films and music videos from 23 countries!

– FREE daily video presentations of 4/5 films from the line-up, with introduction by festival director Daria Trifu and commentary by festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta.

– FREE trailers.

Read Daria! Magazine for a complete Guide of the selected films (starting at page 51), here:

READ DARIA! 2019

Day 6 (September 24) – Daily Presentation

DAY #6, SEPTEMBER 24 – FILMS’ PRESENTATION

In today’s video presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce the following four films from the line-up:

RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES
Feature Film, 72 min. – Poland
Directed by Pawel Wendorff

THE FOG
Short Film, 20 min. – Iran
Directed by Ali Shoorvarzi

MAKE AMERICA SAFE
Short Film, 19 min. – USA
Directed by Blanche Baker

GUN SHOW
Short Documentary, 30 min. – USA
Directed by Richard Chisolm

The Festival takes place on-line here:

FESTIVAL’S ON-LINE TV CHANNEL

FOR 11 DAYS, EVERYBODY CAN WATCH:

– 46 full-length feature films & documentaries, shorts, animation films and music videos from 23 countries!

– FREE daily video presentations of 4/5 films from the line-up, with introduction by festival director Daria Trifu and commentary by festival artistic consultant Bruno Pischiutta.

– FREE trailers.

Read Daria! Magazine for a complete Guide of the selected films (starting at page 51), here:

READ DARIA! 2019

Daria! Magazine 2019 Is Published

The magazine contains the Film Guide of this year’s edition of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.

September 18, 2019 — Hollywood, California — The art, entertainment & business magazine, Daria!, has been published. Daria Trifu, its Editor, had this to say: “I’m glad to present a content driven issue of Daria! that spreads over 126 pages, one of our largest yet.” 

The magazine is available, for free, on-line.

Read Daria! – HERE

In this issue:

1. Interview with film producer Rebekah Louisa Smith (page 22);

2. Interview with film actress Sophia Abella (page 44);

3. Article about illustrator and fashion designer Codruta Luca (page 10);

4. A chapter from film director Bruno Pischiutta’s autobiographical blog, that regards the birth of this magazine (page 26);

5. Introducing ten inspiring international, English speaking, actors who are represented by the Global Film Actors Agency;

6. The complete Film Guide of the 2019 edition of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival (page 51).

Read Daria! – HERE

CONTACT:

Global Film Studio Inc.
http://www.globalfilmstudio.com
corporate@globalfilmstudio.com

Daria Trifu Announces the Awards at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival 2018

October 1, 2018 — Hollywood, California — The Awards’ presentation video is available on the Festival’s TV Channel:

The awarded films and filmmakers of the 2018 edition of Global Nonviolent Film Festival are:

Best Animation Film
GENESIS (Iran)
Directed & Produced by Abtin Mozafari

Best Docudrama
DNA OF WILD BEASTS (France)
Produced by Lauriane Coulon
Directed by Delphine Montaigne

Best Graphics & Animation in a Music Video
Katharina Potratz for GRAVITY (Germany)
Directed by Katharina Potratz and Julian Silverscreen

Best Video Music
DANGEROUS CROSSINGS (Egypt)
Produced by Ragnhild EkDirected by Amr Salama

Best Original Subject in a Short Documentary
THE OTHER SIDE (Brazil)
Directed & Produced by Erica Tucherman, Written by Fernanda Abreu

Best Short Documentary (ex equo)
DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: THE MAKING OF A CAMPAIGN (Egypt)
Produced by Ragnhild Ek
Directed by Ismail Elmokadem

Best Short Documentary (ex equo)
ONE MOTHER’S FIRE: THE GAIL MINGER STORY (USA)
Directed & Produced by Diana Nicolae

Best Direction in a Feature Documentary
A CENTURY OF COAL (UK)
Directed by Peter Williams

Best Production in a Feature Documentary
MAKE ME A LEADER (Australia)
Directed & Produced by Silvia Damiano

Best Feature Documentary
ZAN (Japan)
Produced by Rick Grehan & Yu Kisami
Directed by Rick Grehan

Best Actors in a Short Film
Mariana Achim and Chema Lopes in MINE (Spain)
Directed by Juan Munoz de Blanco

Best Direction in a Short Film
LOVES LOST (UK)
Directed by Leo De Haan

Best Comic Subject in a Short Film
FUCK THE BITCH!? (France)
Written & Directed by Daniel Jenny

Best Screenplay in a Short Film
A FERRY TALE (Turkey)
Directed by Mehmet Tığlı

Best Production in a Short Film
FAMOUS LITTLE GIRLS (US)
Produced by Luciana Caplan

Best Original Short Film
ARE YOU A VOLLEYBALL?! (Iran)
Produced Nima Rabiei
Written & Directed by Mohammad Bakhshi

Best Short Film
YOU AND ME (India)
Produced by Keteki Guhagarkar Surve
Directed by Mrigank Dubey

Best Direction in a Feature Film
SALVATION (Ghana)
Directed by Jones Agyemang

Best Production in a Feature Film
IF I COULD RUN (USA)
Produced by Donald Miller
Directed by Shawn Welling

Best Subject in a Feature Film
SHOLLER’S ARCHIVE (Azerbaijan)
Written, Directed & Produced by Jalaladdin Gasimov

Best Feature Film
GOLNESA (Iran)
Produced by Sattar Chamani Gol and Yousef Karimi
Directed by Sattar Chamani Gol

In 2019 the Festival will take place from September 19 to 29. Submissions will open this month.

Global Nonviolent Film Festival is the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world that, since 2016, takes place online at: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/globalfilmfestival

CONTACT
Global Nonviolent Film Festival
http://www.nonviolentfilmfestival.com
info@nonviolentfilmfestival.com

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Day 10 at Global Nonviolent Film Festival

September 29, 2018 — Hollywood, California — Global Nonviolent Film Festival presents today the following three films:

OUTCAST: THE HOUSE THAT CAROL BUILT
66 min. – Ireland
Directed by Colin and Laura Graham

GRAVITY
7 min. – Germany
Directed by Julian Silverscreen and Katharina Potratz

LOVES LOST
13 min. – UK
Directed by Leo De Haan

Today’s video presentation by film director and artistic consultant of the festival Bruno Pischiutta and actress Christie Norton (who is featured on the Festival’s 2018 poster) is now live on the Festival’s broadcast channel alongside all 32 films selected from 20 countries that are participating in this year’s event.

Read about the participating films, including directors’ statements and interviews, in Daria! magazine (starting at page #50) here:

Global Nonviolent Film Festival is the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world and it takes place online, on it’s TV channel, between September 20 – 30.

Every day throughout the Festival, a new Daily Presentation video goes live on the TV channel.

The world viewers may watch any of the trailers and daily presentations for free. There is a small fee being charged (pay-per-view) by the Festival to the viewers when they watch any of the full length movies, documentaries, docudramas and music videos; the viewers have also the “Rent All” option for 50 Canadian Dollars that gives them a streaming period of 72-hours during which they may choose to watch any of the available films.

The trailers remain available for viewing for 12 months; the daily presentations remain available indefinitely while the full length films are available between September 20 and 30 only.

CONTACT:

Global Nonviolent Film Festival
www.nonviolentfilmfestival.com
info@nonviolentfilmfestival.com