Day #2 – Global Nonviolent Film Festival

In today’s Video Presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce 6 films from the 66 selected at this year’s Global Nonviolent Film Festival: 

A LIFE’S WORK – Feature Documentary (on-line premiere)
90 min. – USA
Directed by David Licata

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, WARRIOR PAINTER – Feature Documentary (world premiere)
60 min. – Italy
Directed by Jordan River

SYCAMORE – Short Film
15 min. – Turkey
Directed by Mehmet Tığlı 

THE 99W – Short Documentary (world premiere)
12 min. – USA
Directed by Kendra Jacobson

FROM KYOTO, WITH LOVE – Music Video
10:38 min. – France
Directed by Yann Carpentier

SILENT MOVIE – Short Film (world premiere)
15 min. – Brazil
Directed by Melo Viana

Until October 5 (nonstop), everyone can watch all 66 films from 30 countries that are presented at the Festival, in addition to their trailers, and the Daily Video Presentations here:

Day #2 (2020) – Daily Video Presentation by Bruno Pischiutta and Daria Trifu

http://www.globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com

Read about the films in the magazine DARIA! (2020) at http://www.dariamagazine.com

The Festival Has Started!

Day #1 – Global Nonviolent Film Festival

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From today and until October 5 (nonstop), everyone can watch all 66 films from 30 countries that are presented at the Festival, in addition to their trailers, and the Daily Video Presentations here:

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Day #1 (2020) – Daily Video Presentation by Bruno Pischiutta and Daria Trifu

 

http://www.globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com

 

In today’s Video Presentation, Festival’s director Daria Trifu and film director and artistic consultant of the Festival Bruno Pischiutta, introduce 6 films from the 66 selected at this year’s Global Nonviolent Film Festival:

 

KAIROS – Feature Film (on-line premiere)

78 min. – France, Columbia

Directed by Nicolás Buenaventura Vidal

 

THE WORLD IS MY COUNTRY – Feature Documentary

83 min. – Mexico, USA

Directed by Arthur Kanegis

 

MARGINALIZED NATION – Short Documentary (on-line premiere)

16 min. – Colombia

Directed by Francisco Alberto Galán S.

 

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL – Short Documentary (world premiere)

13 min. – USA

Directed by Shawn Welling

 

THE DOOR – Music Video

4 min. – South Africa

Directed by Uga Carlini

 

HOME – Music Video

4:30 min. – South Africa

Directed by Uga L Carlini

 

Read about the films in the magazine DARIA! (2020) at www.dariamagazine.com

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Good luck to everyone!

The 9th Global Nonviolent Film Festival Starts September 24

PRESS RELEASE

September 23, 2020 – Hollywood, California – For 11 consecutive days, the Festival runs on-line and it showcases 66 films from 30 countries. With 11 world premieres and seven on-line premieres, it promises to be this year’s most attractive event for film buffs, distributors and critics worldwide. 

Global Nonviolent Film Festival, founded in 2012 by film director Bruno Pischiutta and producer Daria Trifu, is the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world.

Daria Trifu, the Festival’s director, explains that “Global Nonviolent Film Festival showcases only nonviolent films. We were the first to create such an international event and to take it on-line so that the whole world could watch the selected movies.”

From September 24 to October 4, everyone can watch the full-length films, their trailers, and daily video presentations on the Festival’s on-line channel at: 

www.globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com

Accompanying the Festival, is the 2020 issue of the arts, entertainment & business magazine, DARIA!. 

In addition to exclusive articles and interviews, starting on page 31, the magazine presents each of the films that were selected in competition at this year’s Global Nonviolent Film Festival.

Daria Trifu, who is also the Editor-in-Chief of Daria!, had this to say: “Since launching the magazine in 2005, this is our biggest issue ever, with 136 pages. The aim of this publication is to influence the opinion of those who have power, desire and will to change the world for the better, by engaging them on the topics, the people and the films featured on its pages.”

The magazine is available on-line, in an easy to read format, at:

www.dariamagazine.com

ABOUT GLOBAL FILM STUDIO INC.

Global Film Studio Inc. is a Canadian media company focused on ventures that are socially conscious and nonviolent. It owns the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.

In 2021, the Company is launching www.GlobalCinema.online, its own OTT streaming platform. 

Global Cinema will showcase feature films, shorts and documentaries to paid subscribers. Some films will be available on a pay-per-view basis, so that the platform will be able to host premieres and limited time releases too. 

Global Cinema will be a competitor to Netflix, and it aims to bring to the world’s viewers top quality films in every genre, with a special focus on nonviolent content. The film catalogue will include some of the best movies presented at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival, past, present and future.

www.globalfilmstudio.com

CONTACT:
Global Film Studio Inc.
corporate@globalfilmstudio.com

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DARIA! MAGAZINE 2020 IS PUBLISHED

September 20, 2020 — Hollywood, California — The arts, entertainment & business magazine, DARIA!, has been published. 

Daria Trifu, its founder and Editor-in-Chief, had this to say: “Since launching the magazine in 2005, this is our biggest issue ever, with 136 pages. The aim of this publication is to influence the opinion of those who have power, desire and will to change the world for the better, by engaging them on the topics, the people and the films featured on its pages.” 

The magazine is available on-line, in an easy to read format, here:

(Direct Link: https://issuu.com/dariamagazine/docs/daria_2020)

The cover of the 2020 issue of DARIA! magazine.

In two exclusive articles for this issue of Daria!, film director Bruno Pischiutta interviews the internationally awarded production designer Davide De Stefano (page 20), and former Plenipotentiary Romanian Ambassador to Cuba, Dr. Dumitru Preda, pays tribute to his friend, Cuban historian Eusebio Leal, best known as the ‘Father of Havana’, on the eve of his passing (page 14). 

The magazine also features articles about music Maestro Jay “Blue Jay” Jourden (page 11), and contemporary Italian painter Albertino Spina (page 7). 

Starting on page 31, “we present each of the 66 films from 30 countries that were selected in competition at this year’s Global Nonviolent Film Festival, that takes place on-line. 

The viewers can watch the full-length films, their trailers, and the daily video presentations from September 24 to October 4 at www.globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com”, says Daria Trifu.

CONTACT:
DARIA! Magazine
http://www.dariamagazine.com
daria@globalfilmstudio.com

SELECTED FILMS 2020

66 films from 30 countries are selected in competition at the 2020 edition of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival – the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world. Out of the selected films, there are eleven world, and seven on-line premieres. 

The event takes place from September 24 to October 4. 

The selected films, their trailers, and daily video presentations will be showcased on the Festival’s on-line Channel at:

www.globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com

The trailers are now live, and they can be watched free of charge at the above Channel.

Every one of the 66 participating films and videos are presented – with photos, directors’ commentary, and more – in the 2020 issue of DARIA! magazine here: 

www.dariamagazine.com

Here is the list of the Selected Films 2020:

FEATURE FILM

STEPPE MAN
79 min. – Azerbaijan
Directed by Shamil Aliyev

IT’S ALWAYS BEEN YOU – on-line premiere
89 min. – USA
Directed by Andrew McCardle

MR. JOHNSON
90 min. – South Africa, Zambia
Directed by William Collinson

KAIROS – on-line premiere
78 min. – France, Columbia
Directed by Nicolás Buenaventura Vidal

THE SKIN WALKER – world premiere
179 min. – South Africa
Directed by Martyn le Roux

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

THE DONBASS CHILDREN
60 min. – Bulgaria
Directed by Lubomir Dankov

LAST CALL FOR TOMORROW
94 min. – USA
Directed by Gary Null

HIV SAVED MY LIFE
72 min. – Japan
Directed by Paul Edward Foulkes

LYARI – SURVIVAL OF THE FRINGES – world premiere
64 min. – France, Pakistan
Directed by Luc Bellon

EXPEDITION NIGER: REAL AFRICA – world premiere
101 min. – Germany
Directed by Roberto Fischer 

WHY WE LOVE WAR
58 min. – UK, Vietnam
Directed by Pankaja Brooke 

MUSTANG SAVIORS
100 min. – USA
Directed by David Glossberg

THE QUEEN OF CAMELOT – world premiere
90 min. – USA
Directed by Roger Paradiso 

A LIFE’S WORK – on-line premiere
90 min. – USA
Directed by David Licata 

MAURICE EL MEDIONI – on-line premiere
60 min. – UK
Directed by Clive Myer and Lynda Myer-Bennett 

THE PICTURES COME AT NIGHT
45 min. – Germany
Directed by Ulrike Korbach

THE WORLD IS MY COUNTRY
83 min. – Mexico, USA
Directed by Arthur Kanegis 

SIDE BY SIDE – world premiere
43 min. – USA
Directed by Ron Taylor

FEATURE DOCUDRAMA

ARTEMISIA GENTILESCHI, WARRIOR PAINTER – world premiere
60 min. – Italy
Directed by Jordan River

SHORT FILMS

PLAGUE UK – TWISTED REALITY
17 min. – UK
Directed by Mark Simmons

UNSPOKEN
10 min. – USA
Directed by George Zaverdas

BASTARD
10 min. – Australia
Directed by Eugene E~NRG

SYCAMORE
15 min. – Turkey
Directed by Mehmet Tığlı

LAVENDER – on-line premiere
24 min. – UK
Directed by Andrew Ball-Shaw

LEMME TELL U
32 min. – India
Directed by Irfan Jami

CUTTING THE DARKNESS – world premiere
30 min. – South Africa
Directed by Paulo Areal

THE GESTURE AND THE WORD
23 min. – USA
Directed by Helen Alexis Yonov

FLORIOGRAPHY. GYPSOPHILA
30 min. – Taiwan
Directed by Han Chen Chiu

PORTRAITS OF THE DEAD
8 min. – Australia
Directed by Malachy Cole

BONELINE
10 min. – UK
Directed by Chris Lewis-Smith 

PAULA’S CLOCK
15 min. – Spain
Directed by José Luis López 

THE MCHENRY TRIAL – DON’T JUDGE A KID BY THEIR HOODIE
30 min. – USA
Directed by Ken Sagoes

SILENT MOVIE – world premiere
15 min. – Brazil
Directed by Melo Viana

POINTLESS HELLO
7 min. – USA
Directed by Ryan Graff

REMEMBER THIS VOICE
8 min. – USA
Directed by Jeff Chan

STUNTBOT
29 min. – Australia
Directed by Olivia Foa’i

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

SALMAN BIN HAMAD – A VISION OF PROMISE
29 min. – Bahrain
Directed by Eva Daoud

MARGINALIZED NATION – on-line premiere
16 min. – Colombia
Directed by Francisco Alberto Galán S.

BELLE-ILE IN ACADIE
26 min. – Canada
Directed by Phil Comeau 

DOWN RIVER
29 min. – Peru
Directed by Flynn Donovan

LOVE LETTERS TO A BULLFIGHTER
15 min. – Spain
Directed by Reyes Caballero 

REPEAT
9 min. – USA
Directed by Ly Bolia 

THE LAST QUEEN
16 min. – USA
Directed by Kaye Tuckerman 

UNCLAIMED REMAINS
30 min. – USA
Directed by Thomas Phillips

TWISP: THE POWER OF COMMUNITY
40 min. – USA
Directed by Leslee Goodman

AWAY FROM GUNS
40 min. – Switzerland
Directed by Hassan Lakhdar

THE 99W – world premiere
12 min. – USA
Directed by Kendra Jacobson

THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL – world premiere
13 min. – USA
Directed by Shawn Welling

SHORT DOCUDRAMA

FLIGHT 483 – world premiere
12 min. – USA
Directed by Shawn Welling

ANIMATION FILM

THE MUSIC BOX
11 min. – Canada
Directed by Joe Chang

TROPHY HUNTER
4 min. – USA
Directed by Sean Burns

THE WINTER
5 min. – Australia
Directed by Xin Li

UNDERSEE
8 min. – Canada
Directed by Margie Kelk & Lynne Slater

VISUAL MUSIC FILM

SECRETS, DREAMS, FAITH AND WONDER
78 min. – USA, Cuba
Directed by Stephen Travis Pope 

MUSIC VIDEO

THE DOOR
4 min. – South Africa
Directed by Uga Carlini

MEN WILL NEVER LEARN
4 min. – Germany
Directed by Roberto Fischer

HOME
4:30 min. – South Africa
Directed by Uga L Carlini

FROM KYOTO, WITH LOVE
10:38 min. – France
Directed by Yann Carpentier

THAT’S WHO YOU ARE
5:10 min. – USA
Cinematography by Christopher Ott

LITTLE BIG – GO BANANAS
2:47 min. – Russia
Directed by Alina Pasok and Iliya Prusikin

THERE ARE HEROES
5 min. – USA
Directed by Paul Helou

UKULELE BOOGIE WOOGIE
2.55 min. – USA 
Produced, Written by Elizabeth Usher
Videographer Lauren Swan

WALK OF CONTRASTS
5 min. – USA
Directed by Max Masri & Chelsea Eng

PANDEMIC SUNSET
3 min. – UK
Directed by Accept Cookies

COPPER BONE
3 min. – UK
Directed by Accept Cookies

GANAPATAYE – on-line premiere
7 min. – USA
Directed by Elizabeth Rossa

CONTACT:

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