October 8, 2020 — Hollywood, California — Global Nonviolent Film Festival, the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world, announced the Awards handed at its 9th 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 Channel:
www.globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com
66 films from 30 countries have participated at this year’s Festival, the biggest number yet. There were eleven world, and seven on-line premieres.
A total of 43 awards have been given by the Jury, and they are:
FEATURE FILMS
Best Feature Film
MR. JOHNSON – South Africa
Produced by Aimee Dherman & Malebo Manamela
Directed by William Collinson
Best Director
STEPPE MAN – Azerbaijan
Directed by Shamil Aliyev
Best Actress
Chantelle Werth in THE SKIN WALKER (world premiere) – South Africa
Directed by Martyn le Roux
Best Actor
Paul Slabolepszy in MR. JOHNSON – South Africa
Directed by William Collinson
Best Opera Prima (ex aequo)
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN YOU (on-line premiere) – USA
Music by Silvio Buchmeier & Tyler Gilmore
Directed by Andrew McCardle
Best Opera Prima (ex aequo)
THE SKIN WALKER (world premiere) – South Africa
Directed by Martyn le Roux
Best Original Story
KAIROS (on-line premiere) – France, Columbia
Written & Directed by Nicolás Buenaventura Vidal
Best Music Score
IT’S ALWAYS BEEN YOU (on-line premiere) – USA
Music by Silvio Buchmeier & Tyler Gilmore
Directed by Andrew McCardle
FEATURE DOCUMENTARIES
Best Geographical & Anthropological Subject
EXPEDITION NIGER: REAL AFRICA (world premiere) – Germany
Directed by Roberto Fischer
Best Historical Subject (ex aequo)
THE QUEEN OF CAMELOT (world premiere) – USA
Produced & Directed by Roger Paradiso
Best Historical Subject (ex aequo)
THE WORLD IS MY COUNTRY – Mexico, USA
Produced by Melanie Bennett
Directed by Arthur Kanegis
Presented by Martin Sheen
Best Subject
A LIFE’S WORK (on-line premiere) – USA
Directed by David Licata
Best Music
MAURICE EL MEDIONI (on-line premiere) – UK
Directed by Clive Myer and Lynda Myer-Bennett
Best Opera Prima
MUSTANG SAVIORS – USA
Directed by David Glossberg
Best Medical Subject (ex aequo)
HIV SAVED MY LIFE – Japan
Directed by Paul Edward Foulkes & Aaron Yamashita
Best Medical Subject (ex aequo)
SIDE BY SIDE (world premiere) – USA
Directed by Ron Taylor
FEATURE DOCUDRAMA
Best Feature Docudrama
ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, WARRIOR PAINTER (world premiere) – Italy
Directed by Jordan River
SHORT FILMS
Best Short Film
CUTTING THE DARKNESS (world premiere) – South Africa
Starring Johnny Pienaar
Directed by Paulo Areal
Best Director
THE GESTURE AND THE WORD – USA
Directed by Helen Alexis Yonov
Best Screenplay
SYCAMORE – Turkey
Directed by Mehmet Tığlı
Best Actress
Nicki Negi in LEMME TELL U – India
Directed by Irfan Jami
Best Actor
Johnny Pienaar in CUTTING THE DARKNESS (world premiere) – South Africa
Directed by Paulo Areal
Best Young Actress
Enya Lechuga in PAULA’S CLOCK – Spain
Directed by José Luis López
Best Young Actor
Kaleb Alexander Roberts in THE MCHENRY TRIAL – DON’T JUDGE A KID BY THEIR HOODIE – USA
Directed by Ken Sagoes
Best Black & White Short Film
SILENT MOVIE (world premiere) – Brazil
Produced by Sandra Zawadzki
Directed by Melo Viana
Best Short Biographical Film
REMEMBER THIS VOICE – USA
Produced by Andrew Rhymer
Directed by Jeff Chan
Best Medical Subject
LAVENDER (on-line premiere) – UK
Directed by Andrew Ball-Shaw
SHORT DOCUMENTARIES
Best Short Documentary
SALMAN BIN HAMAD – A VISION OF PROMISE – Bahrain
Directed by Eva Daoud
Best Subject
AWAY FROM GUNS – Switzerland
Directed by Hassan Lakhdar
Best Editing
DOWN RIVER – Peru
Edited by William Rogers
Directed by Flynn Donovan
Best Short Documentary About COVID-19
THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL (world premiere) – USA
Directed by Shawn Welling
Best Cinematography
BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE – Canada
Director of Photography Bernard Fougeres
Directed by Phil Comeau
Best Historical Subject
MARGINALIZED NATION (on-line premiere) – Colombia
Directed by Francisco Alberto Galán S.
Best Humanitarian Subject
UNCLAIMED REMAINS – USA
Directed by Thomas Phillips
Best Production Design
TWISP: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY – USA
Directed by Leslee Goodman
SHORT DOCUDRAMA
Best Short Docudrama
FLIGHT 483 (world premiere) – USA
Directed by Shawn Welling
ANIMATION FILMS
Best Animation Film
THE MUSIC BOX – Canada
Directed by Joe Chang
Best Design
THE WINTER – Australia
Directed by Xin Li
VISUAL MUSIC FILM
Best Visual Music Film
SECRETS, DREAMS, FAITH AND WONDER – USA, Cuba
Directed by Stephen Travis Pope
MUSIC VIDEO
Best Video Music
LITTLE BIG – GO BANANAS – Russia
Directed by Alina Pasok and Iliya Prusikin
Best Choreography
THE DOOR – South Africa
Choreography by Ananda Fuchs
Directed by Uga Carlini
Best Editing
GANAPATAYE (on-line premiere) – USA
Edited by Johnny Rossa
Directed by Elizabeth Rossa
Best Special Tridimensional Effects
COPPER BONE – UK
Directed by Accept Cookies
Every one of the 66 participating films and videos are presented – with photos, directors’ commentary, and more – in the 2020 issue of DARIA! magazine that is available on-line, in an easy to read format, here:
The 2021 edition of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival will take place from September 23 to October 3. This will be the 10th annual edition of the Festival that was founded in 2012.
CONTACT:
Global Nonviolent Film Festival
http://www.nonviolentfilmfestival.com
info@nonviolentfilmfestival.com
~~~
Global Nonviolent Film Festival 