Nine World Premieres Are Among the 38 Films Selected to Compete at the 11th Global Nonviolent Film Festival
Among the films premiering at the festival, there are the first-ever full-length documentary about the life of Mahatma Gandhi’s wife, and the directorial debut feature film of Greek movie star and TV personality Yannis Aivazis.
An extraordinary line-up of 38 films and documentaries from 19 countries will be showcased at the 11th Global Nonviolent Film Festival that is set to begin on September 29 and run for 11 days. Nine of the announced films will make their World Premiere.
Full Line-up (by category; in alphabetical order):
FEATURE FILM
ABYSS IN (world premiere)
60 min. / Greece / Directed by Yannis Aivazis
I NEED; I WANT
116 min. / USA / Directed by Bill Liggins
JUPITER 2032
80 min. / USA / Directed by Nathalie Vaglio
NEW MATERIAL (USA premiere)
101 min. / South Africa / Directed by Craig Freimond
THE SISTERS KARRAS
81 min. / USA / Directed by Micah Stathis
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
3 DEGREES OF CONNECTION (world premiere)
98 min. / USA / Directed by Brad Mays
ARTIST’S VOICES (world premiere)
50 min. / Italy / Directed by Alberto Nacci
CAN’T STOP THE SUN FROM SHINING (world premiere)
47 min. / USA / Directed by Dr. Teresa Mular
HAPPY STONES
60 min. / Bulgaria / Directed by Zoya Dimitrova
KASTURBA GANDHI: ACCIDENTAL ACTIVIST (world premiere)
68 min. / USA / Directed by Cynthia Lukas
SEARCHING FOR CAMELOT (world premiere)
90 min. / USA / Directed by Roger Paradiso
SURVIVING PULSE: LIFE AFTER A MASS SHOOTING
73 min. / USA / Directed by Alexa Sheehan
THE 3RD SIDE
61 min. / Iraq / Directed by Honar Ahmed Jabbar
THE MPASSA: A SECOND CHANCE
73 min. / USA, Gabon / Directed by Joel Lawrence Holzman
TWO TRENTONS: AN AMERICAN CITY SPEAKS
90 min. / USA / Directed by Brad Mays
THE VOICE BEHIND THE WALL
98 min. / South Africa / Directed by Gideon Breytenbach, Riku Lätti
WËRAPARA
80 min. / Colombia / Directed by Claudia Fischer
FEATURE ANIMATION
DUCKY DUCK
132 min. / Malta / Directed by Marc Ryan
SHORT FILM
KUELE (word premiere)
21 min. / South Africa / Directed by Jonathan Pienaar
OUT OF TIME
9 min. / France / Directed by Delphine Montaigne
THE CEMETERY
3 min. / Iran / Directed by Ali Reza Beigi
THE FAMILY PLANNER (world premiere)
33 min. / USA / Directed by Dan Pavlik
SHORT DOCUMENTARY
ANIMA
13 min. / USA / Directed by Jennifer Jessum
FUGETSU-DO
12 min. / USA /Directed by Kaia Rose
GOBI CHILDREN’S SONG
18 min. / USA, Mongolia / Directed by Sas Carey
HUNI (word premiere)
30 min. / Brazil / Directed by Dani McCormick
STRENGTH AMONG US
22 min. / Turkey / Directed by Taha Ovacı
SHORT ANIMATION
DESERT WALTZ
3 min. / USA / Directed by Alan Rosenfeld
EFFLERGLE
4 min. / USA / Directed by Ernie Berger
I AM NOT AN ANGEL
11 min. / Canada / Directed by Joe Chang
LEM AND MROZEK – REACTIVATION
30 min. / Poland / Directed by Marek Wojtasik
UNSAID WORDS
3 min. / USA / Directed by Stark Zhao
EXPERIMENTAL FILM
HUNROS JORNA
19 min. / UK / Directed by Mickey Smith, Allan Wilson
LOBSTERIUM
10 min. / Norway / Directed by Hannah Karine Giske, Thor Lønning Aarrestad
MUSIC VIDEO
THE INTERNET – OLIVE TREE & LITTLE BIG
4 min. / Russia / Directed by Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin
UNIQUE
4 min. / Portugal / Directed by Miguel Andrade
WE NEED TO KNOW (THERE’S HAPPINESS IN OUR WORLD)
10 min. / USA / Directed by Jay Blue Jay Jourden
OPIUM BLUE’S JELLYFISH MAN
5 min. / UK / Directed by Gabriella Buckley, Accept Cookies, Nathan Nicol
Distinguished filmmakers from five countries make-up this year’s Jury. In alphabetical order, the jury is composed of Kostadin Bonev, Bulgaria, William Espero, USA, Annette Muller, Germany, Claudia Noble-Areff, South Africa, and Camilla Roman, Norway.
The art, culture, and entertainment magazine “Daria!” is providing the full coverage of the festival and publishing articles about each one of the selected films. The magazine was founded in 2005 by Daria Trifu; it can be read at dariamagazine.com. IndieActivity and Fashion & Flick magazines, founded by Oladapo Bamidele and Zulfi Azad respectively, will also provide coverage of the festival.
The Global Nonviolent Film Festival, founded by film director Bruno Pischiutta and producer Daria Trifu in 2012, is the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world. The 11th edition takes place this year from September 29 to October 9. The 38 selected films will be showcased and will compete for awards given by the jury. The winners will be unveiled in a video presentation on October 10. The entire Festival will be broadcast (including all competing films, trailers, and daily video presentations) on-line, at globalnonviolentfilmfestival.com.
