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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 5 at Global Nonviolent Film Festival

September 24, 2018 — Hollywood, California — Global Nonviolent Film Festival presents today the following three films:

MAKE ME A LEADER
85 min. – Australia
Directed by Silvia Damiano

6TH FLOOR: EXPANDING POSSIBILITY
30 min. – USA
Directed by Tommee May

DANGEROUS CROSSINGS
5 min. – Egypt
Directed by Amr Salama

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

Day 3 at Global Nonviolent Film Festival

September 22, 2018 — Hollywood, California — Global Nonviolent Film Festival presents today the following three films:

YOU AND ME
Short Film, 24 min. – India
Directed by Mrigank Dubey

THE LUCK BIRD
Short Film, 24 min. – Afghanistan
Directed by Sadam Wahidi

DANGEROUS CROSSINGS: THE MAKING OF A CAMPAIGN
Short Documentary, 20 min. – Egypt
Directed by Ismail Elmokadem

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