by Will Espero
Los Angeles, CA (September 11, 2024). GNFF 2024. The 13th annual Global Nonviolent Film Festival will be held online from September 26 to October 13 for all the world to see. Every year around this time, I prepare myself with excitement for the start of this truly inspiring event that I came to love over the last few years. All the way from Hawaii, from the comfort of my home, my friends and I are able to watch an array of intelligently curated films from all corners of the world with a simple click to GlobalCinema.online.
The special and exciting news of GNFF 2024 is that the entire program of the 18-day event, including all the competing films, will be available to the public FREE of charge. Film Maestro Bruno Pischiutta and producer Daria Trifu, members of the European Film Academy, launched the Global Nonviolent Film Festival with live screenings in theaters and public squares in the picturesque city of Brasov, Romania, in 2012. After four consecutive editions held in Brasov, the festival went online in 2016 in order to reach a worldwide audience.
In keeping with their mission and scope of establishing the festival into a truly global event, the founders decided the audience should have unconditional access to the brilliant work of the participating directors and producers. “The festival has grown steadily in the course of its 12 annual editions in terms of viewership and number of participating films. In a sign of appreciation and as a thanks to our loyal audience, we have decided to offer the entire program of GNFF 2024 edition free of charge. In this way, the competing movies, along with our daily video presentations and the awards’ show, will be available to watch by simply going to our streaming channel, GlobalCinema.online, and without the need of registration or credit cards,” says Pischiutta.
The live program of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival (GNFF 2024) will start on September 26 to end on October 7 with the awards presentation. The competing films, however, will continue screening until the 13th to give the viewers more time to see them after the results are in.
A diverse and ambitious set of international movies, documentaries, and music videos that do not contain gratuitous violence will entertain and inform all. The lineup and full program will be announced on September 16, when individual articles about the participating movies will be published in DARIA! magazine (DariaMagazine.com) that will also provide full media coverage throughout the event.
All the films selected will receive international distribution contract proposals from Global Cinema Online, the distribution arm of Canadian media company Global Film Studio. This ensures a multi-national clientele and global reach for the movies’ directors, actors, and investors at GNFF 2024.
The selected GNFF 2024 films will compete for awards decided by the jury. A notable and impressive group of film professionals from four countries makeup this year’s jury panel. In first-name alphabetical order, they are: Alberto Nacci from Italy—director and producer; Genevieve Sulway from Australia—actor, writer, director, and producer; Martyn Le Roux from South Africa—writer, director, and producer; Nikita Hattangady from the United States—writer, director, producer, and children’s book author; and Sas Carey from the United States—director, producer, and published author.
Alberto Nacci (Italy)
He is a former professor of sound design at the Academies of Fine Arts in Bergamo and Brescia, Italy. He comes from a long career as a musician who produced numerous musical shows and has a rich concert history. In recent years, he dedicated himself to the production of art and culture documentaries, industrial films, and video art works that have received numerous international awards. Nacci represented Italy at the EURONIGHT08, an international video art event hosted by the Italian Institute of Culture in Toronto, Canada.
Nacci’s documentary, Artist’s Voices, won the Best Cinematography and Best Music Score in the 2022 Global Nonviolent Film Festival, while his music video, Duel, won the Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Music in 2023.
Genevieve Sulway (Australia)
She graduated from the Western Australia Academy of Performing Arts. She has appeared in films, commercials, and television shows such as Home and Away, Water Rats, A Country Practice, and Police Rescue. Genevieve also received a master’s degree in film and television production in London.
As a strategic and outside-of-the-box thinker, Sulway was heavily involved in the corporate world, working with companies like Google, Goldman Sachs, BP, Tate & Lyle, and Diageo for over 25 years. Since making a comeback to filmmaking, her documentary, I Am Kanaka, was awarded Best Historical Subject at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival last year.
Martyn Le Roux (South Africa)
He is a filmmaker from South Africa with a long list of credentials. His experiences include broadcasting, acting, directing, writing, and stage production. He founded his own theater group in East London and staged Afrikaans and English plays for his audience. He also worked as a journalist and photographer, and operated his own photography studio.
In the 2020 Global Nonviolent Film Festival, his novel turned movie, The Skin Walker (Die Pelsloper), was awarded Best Opera Prima and Best Actress, while his latest film, Twilight Journey, was in competition last year.
Nikita Hattangady (USA)
She is a filmmaker from Dallas, Texas, known for her award-winning romantic comedy, Falafel. Her film, La Pietra, won the Best Short Film, and Best Director. Additionally,Best Music at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival last year.
Hattangady is Indica Pictures’ head of programming. She is also a jury member for the Paris Film Awards and the Japan Indie Film Festival. Indica Pictures supports the production of visual content that celebrates Indic and Indigenous civilizational thought.
Sas Carey (USA)
Her credentials include author, teacher, film director, spiritual healer, and holistic nurse. She wrote Reindeer Herders in My Heart: Stories of Healing Journeys in Mongolia and produced four films on Mongolian culture. She also founded the non-profit Nomadicare, supporting and advocating for traditional Mongolian nomadic culture.
Carey’s work has been shown at the Rubin Museum of Art, and the Green Mountain Film Festival. Also at the Vermont International Film Festival, the Woodstock Film Festival, and the Vermont Public Broadcasting Service. Her film, Gobi Children’s Song, was in competition at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in 2022.
Nacci’s film Artist’s Voices and music video, Duel. Le Roux’s films The Skin Walker and Twilight Journey. And Carey’s films Gobi Children’s Song and Transition are in distribution and streaming on GlobalCinema.online year-long.
Since the beginning of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in 2012. A total of 68 countries have been represented and have had films and videos showcased. Make sure to tune in to GlobalCinema.online beginning on September 26. Let’s enjoy and celebrate films that entertain and inspire without showcasing gratuitous violence!
About the Author
William (Will) Espero is a Filipino-American born in Yokosuka, Japan, at the U.S. Naval base where his father was stationed in 1960. He grew up around the world and the he moved to Hawaii. After graduating from Seattle University in 1982 with a degree in business management. He worked for Mayor Frank Fasi. As the executive secretary of the Neighbourhood Commission in charge of Oahu’s Neighbourhood Board system for 8 years.
Espero served in the Hawaii State Legislature for 19 years. Three years in the House of Representatives, and 16 years in the State Senate. The Senate leadership positions he held included Senate Vice President and Majority Floor Leader. He was also chairman of the Senate Housing Committee and the Public Safety, Intergovernmental, and Military Affairs Committee. In 2018, he retired from state government and has lived in Ewa Beach since 1989. When he was in the state legislature, Espero was a strong supporter and advocate for culture and the arts.
In 2019, Will Espero and his partners created a series of television shows called Hawaii on Art. Highlighting local Hawaii artists. He created a series titled Hawaii Cannabis TV. Which focused on the cannabis renaissance occurring locally in Hawaii and nationally in the United States. Espero was also a producer of the documentary titled HI on Art, filmed in Hawaii.
Espero has a love for writing. He is a published author of fiction and poetry. He completed his first novel in 2021, titled Passion in Paradise. Its sequel, Vengeance in Paradise, was published in 2024. He lives in Hawaii with his family.
Since 2022, Espero has served as a Board Member of Global Film Studio. In 2022, Espero was a member of the jury for the Global Nonviolent Film Festival. Since then, he has been writing for DARIA! Magazine all the articles about the films that are selected in competition.
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