GNVFF 2023 Awards: Global Nonviolent Film Festival – Full List

GNVFF 2023 Awards – The Full List of Winners

Los Angeles, CA (Oct. 11, 2023). A total of 36 films from 15 countries have competed for the GNVFF 2023 Awards at Global Nonviolent Film Festival. The Jury, composed of Brad Mays (USA), Olga Matsyna (Italy), Roger Paradiso (USA), Dr. Teresa Mular (USA), Yuriy Konopkin (Russia), has resolved to award 28 of those films in the following categories: Feature Film, Short Film, Feature Documentary, Short Documentary, Feature Docudrama, Feature Animation, Short Animation, Feature Experimental, Short Experimental, and Music Video.

The GNVFF 2023 Awards Show may be watched here: Awards Show 2023
Running time: 52 min.
Produced, Edited and Directed by: Daria Trifu
Hosts: Daria Trifu and Bruno Pischiutta

Here is the full list of GNVFF 2023 Awards in order of category:

GNVFF 2023 Awards Feature Film Category

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Best Feature Film (ex aequo) to
RED FAUST (Hungary) – Written, Directed and Produced by Zsolt Pozsgai
THE LAST PASSENGER (Japan) – Written, Directed and Produced by Takashi Horie

Best Director (ex aequo) to
Takashi Horie for THE LAST PASSENGER
Zsolt Pozsgai for RED FAUST

Best Cinematography (ex aequo) to:
Mark Gyori for RED FAUST
Robert J. MacColl for EMILY OR OSCAR? (USA)

Best Production Design (ex aequo) to:
Dimitra Panagiotopolou for PURGATORY (Greece)
Péter Klimó for RED FAUST

Best Actress (ex aequo) to:
Karen Iwata in THE LAST PASSENGER
Casara Clark in EMILY OR OSCAR?

Best Actor to:
Adam Lux and Armand Kautzky in RED FAUST

Best Screenplay to:
Takashi Horie for THE LAST PASSENGER

Best Music to:
Atsushi “Toaya” Tokuya for THE LAST PASSENGER

GNVFF 2023 Awards Feature Documentary Category

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Best Feature Documentary (ex aequo) to:
SOUND AND SILENCE (Switzerland) – Produced and Directed by Thomas Luechinger
A SONG FOR ARGYRIS (Greece) – Produced and Directed by Stefan Haupt

Best Director (ex aequo) to:
Stefan Haupt for A SONG FOR AGYRIS
Robert Webster for MEMORIES OF WARSAW (Netherlands)

Best Cinematography to:
Patrick Lindenmaier for A SONG FOR ARGYRIS

Best Music (ex aequo) to:
Ephren Luechinger for SOUND AND SILENCE
Tomas Korber and Jorgos Stergiou for A SONG FOR SRGYRIS

Best Historical Subject to:
A SONG FOR ARGYRIS – Produced and Directed by Stefan Haupt

Best Medical Subject (ex aequo) to:
TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE (Japan) – Produced and Directed by Paul Edward Foulkes
YOU’LL BE OK TOO: CHRISTINA’S JOURNEY (USA) – Produced by Holli Haerr and Directed by Christina Mathieson-Segura.

GNVFF 2023 Awards Feature DocuDrama Category

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Best Feature Docudrama Film to:
THESE TWO HANDS – THE STORY OF BOWEN THERAPY (Australia) – Produced by Helen Dobra and Directed by Sean Dobra

Best Director to:
Sean Dobre for THESE TWO HANDS – THE STORY OF BOWEN THERAPY

Best Cinematography to:
Alex Innes for THESE TWO HANDS – THE STORY OF BOWEN THERAPY
FEATURE ANIMATION CATEGORY

Best Feature Animation Film to:
BABOOKUMS: SEVEN FANTASTIC STORIES (Lithuania) – Produced by Jurgita Rakauskaitė and Directed by Tadas Vidmantas

GNVFF 2023 Awards Feature Experimental Category

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Best Feature Experimental Film to:
THE MUSE (Russia) – Produced by Ivan Zabolotskiy and Directed Max Karpylev

GNVFF 2023 Awards Short Film Category

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Best Short Film (ex aequo) to:
LA PIETRA (USA) – Written, Directed and Produced by Nikita Hattangady
FATHER’S DAY (South Africa) – Produced by Mpho Makhalemele and Directed by Tumelo Lekena

Best Director (ex aequo) to:
Nikita Hattangaddy for LA PIETRA
Tumelo Lekena for FATHER’S DAY

Best Cinematography (ex aequo) to:
Diego Jimenez for ARTEMIS AND THE ASTRONAUT (USA)
Johnny Sousa for IZZY (USA)

Best Production Design to:
Rob Hutt and Celia Dumas for TIME SPENT (UK)

Best Actress to:
Lynn Cohen in ARTEMIS AND THE ASTRONAUT

Best Actor to:
Bonga Sizwe Mhlongo in FATHER’S DAY

Best Screenplay to:
Tumelo Lekena for FATHER’S DAYLA PIETRA – Written, Directed and Produced by Nikita Hattangady
Outstanding Achievement (given by the Organizers of the Festival) to:
Danielle McCormick for THE KEY (Ireland)

GNVFF 2023 Awards Short Documentary Category

Best Short Documentary to:
RETURN TO FORETOP’S FATHER (USA) – Produced and Directed by Preston Randolph

Best Director to:
Preston Randolph for RETURN TO FORETOP’S FATHER

Best Cinematography to:
Charles Reynoso for FAITH IN BLACKNESS – AN EXPLORATION OF AFROLATINE SPIRITUALITY (USA)

Best Music Score to:
Garrett Randolph for RETURN TO FORETOP’S FATHER
Joseph Paul Hutchins for THE STORY OF HUBBLE – MAN’S INSATIABLE QUEST TO THE STARS (USA)

Best Historical Subject to:
I AM KANAKA (UK) – Produced and Directed by Genevieve Sulway

Best Medical Subject to:
BRAVO MARCEL – THE CENTURY CLIMBER (Switzerland) – Produced by Hannes Tell and Andrea Vescovi and Directed by Hannes Tell

GNVFF 2023 Awards Short Animation Category

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Best Short Animation Film to:
THE CLOUD PRINCESS (South Africa) – Produced by Claudia Noble-Areff and Directed by Sheldon Christopher Noble

GNVFF 2023 Awards Short Experimental Category

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Best Short Experimental Film to:
STONE (Iran) – Produced by Mojgan Beigi and Directed by Alireza Beigi

Best Director to:
Alireza Beigi for STONE

Best Cinematography to:
Pablo Galarza for EMBRACE

Best Production Design to:
Najmeh Naghali in STONE

Best Screenplay to:
Alireza Beigi for STONE

GNVFF 2023 Awards Music Video Category

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Best Music Video to:
MACHINE (USA) – Produced and Directed by Meg Pfeiffer

Best Director to:
Alberto Nacci for DUEL (Italy)

Best Cinematography to:
Alberto Nacci for DUEL

Best Music to:
Pasquale Corrado for DUEL

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The GNVFF 2023 Awards Show (52 min.) is streaming HERE.

Global Nonviolent Film Festival, founded by film director Bruno Pischiutta, Member of the European Film Academy, and producer Daria Trifu in 2011, is the most important and renown nonviolent film festival in the world.

The international film festival is owned and organized annually by Global Film Studio, a Canadian media company that is focused on ventures that are socially conscious and nonviolent (globalfilmstudio.com).

CONTACT: Global Nonviolent Film Festival, [email protected]

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