Among the films premiering at the 11th Global Nonviolent Film 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 29th and run for 11 days. Nine of the announced films will make their World Premiere.
11th Global Nonviolent Film Festival Full Line-up
Feature Film
1. Abyss In (world premiere) 60 min. / Greece / Directed by Yannis Aivazis
2. I Need; I Want 116 min. / USA / Directed by Bill Liggins
3. Jupiter 2032 80 min. / USA / Directed by Nathalie Vaglio
4. New Material (USA premiere) 101 min. / South Africa / Directed by Craig Freimond
5. The Sisters Karras 81 min. / USA / Directed by Micah Stathis
Feature Documentary
1. 3 Degrees of Connection (world premiere) 98 min. / USA / Directed by Brad Mays
2. Artist’s Voices (world premiere) 50 min. / Italy / Directed by Alberto Nacci
3. Can’t Stop The Sun From Shinning (world premiere) 47 min. / USA / Directed by Dr. Teresa Mular
4. Happy Stones 60 min. / Bulgaria / Directed by Zoya Dimitrova
5. Kasturba Gandhi: Accidental Activist (world premiere) 68 min. / USA / Directed by Cynthia Lukas
6. Searching For Camelot (world premiere) 90 min. / USA / Directed by Roger Paradiso
7. Surviving Pulse: Life After A Mass Shooting 73 min. / USA / Directed by Alexa Sheehan
8. The 3rd Side 61 min. / Iraq / Directed by Honar Ahmed Jabbar
9. The Mpassa: A Second Chance 73 min. / USA, Gabon / Directed by Joel Lawrence Holzman
10. Two Trentons: An American City Speak 90 min. / USA / Directed by Brad Mays
11. The Voice Behind The Wall 98 min. / South Africa / Directed by Gideon Breytenbach, Riku Lätti
12. Werapara 80 min. / Colombia / Directed by Claudia Fischer
Feature Animation
1. Dicky Duck 132 min. / Malta / Directed by Marc Ryan
Short Film
1. Kuele (word premiere) 21 min. / South Africa / Directed by Jonathan Pienaar
2. Out of Time 9 min. / France / Directed by Delphine Montaigne
3. The Cemetery 3 min. / Iran / Directed by Ali Reza Beigi
4. The Family Planner (world premiere) 33 min. / USA / Directed by Dan Pavlik
Short Documentary
1. Anima 13 min. / USA / Directed by Jennifer Jessum
2. Fugetsu-Do 12 min. / USA /Directed by Kaia Rose
3. Gobi Children’s Song 18 min. / USA, Mongolia / Directed by Sas Carey
4. Huni (word premiere) 30 min. / Brazil / Directed by Dani McCormick
5. Strength Among Us 22 min. / Turkey / Directed by Taha Ovacı
Short Animation
1. Desert Waltz 3 min. / USA / Directed by Alan Rosenfeld
2. Efflergle 4 min. / USA / Directed by Ernie Berger
3. I Am Not An Angel 11 min. / Canada / Directed by Joe Chang
4. Lem And Mrozek – Reactivation 30 min. / Poland / Directed by Marek Wojtasik
5. Unsaid Words 3 min. / USA / Directed by Stark Zhao
Experimental Film
1. Hunros Jorna 19 min. / UK / Directed by Mickey Smith, Allan Wilson
2. Lobsterium 10 min. / Norway / Directed by Hannah Karine Giske, Thor Lønning Aarrestad
Music Video
1. The Internet – OLIVE TREE & LITTLE BIG 4 min. / Russia / Directed by Alina Pasok, Iliya Prusikin
2. Unique 4 min. / Portugal / Directed by Miguel Andrade
3. We Need To Know (There’s Happiness In Our World) 10 min. / USA / Directed by Jay Blue Jay Jourden
4. Opium Blue’s Jellyfish Man 5 min. / UK / Directed by Gabriella Buckley, Accept Cookies, Nathan Nicol
Distinguished filmmakers from 5 countries make-up this 11th Global Nonviolent Film Festival 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.
11th Global Nonviolent Film Festival kicks off September 29th
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.
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