Film for Peace

3rd Annual Film For Peace Festival Toronto, Ontario, Canada AWARD WINNERS: ________________________________________________ A separate sky Film over 30 Raajhorshee De 64 min India Winner: best film over 30 minutes Winner: best producer Winner: best actress “Richa Sharma” ________________________________________________ Inceldon or why are angry men angry Short Film Taylor Olson 12 min Canada Winner: best short Winner: best actors: Taylor Olson & Peter Sarty ________________________________________________ The third harmony Doc over 30 Michael N. Nagler 44 min United States Winner: best documentary over 30 minutes ________________________________________________ Building Bridges Short Doc Johannes Olszewski 5 min Germany Winner: best documentary under 30 minutes Winner: best director ________________________________________________ Painting by numbers Animated short Radheya Jegatheva 4 min Australia Winner: best animated short film ________________________________________________ CRITERIA 1) Principal theme must be of “Peace” – how to achieve it, lessons to be learned to keep this world in a peaceful state. 2) Production values – cinematography, sound design, musical score 3) Quality of acting & direction Some films had great messages but lacked production values Others had terrific production values but did not adhere to the theme. And, of course, some scored very high in both theme and production values. Very difficult to narrow so many wonderful films down to single winners. As far as we are concerned, they are all winners! I would like to thank Karim Mirshahi for initiating this festival 3 years ago. And a huge thank you to the following judges who took a large chunk of time out of their busy lives to volunteer their talent and services for the benefit of this festival. They did a magnificent job in sorting through all entries from 32 nations around the world. Angela Johnson Frank Caruso Ella Farida Ross Munroe T.C. Frantz Satie Narain Simon COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN: Canada USA Greece Russia United Kingdom (UK) India Netherlands Israel Spain Australia Jordan Egypt Finland Lebanon Qatar South Africa Sweden South Korea Taiwan Germany France Iran Pakistan Chile Italy Poland Bolivia China Macedonia Croatia Turkey Peace and see you all in 2022 for our 4th Annual Film for Peace Festival. Yours Truly, Frank A. Caruso – Film for Peace, Executive Director & Head Judge “Film for Peace” is an experiential creative initiative organized by Toronto Waterfront Magazine to address the escalation of violence. You are invited to submit a short film addressing the issue of violence that is informative, inspiring and entertaining. The key component of the festival is to raise awareness of the underlying contributing factors leading to violence, such as bullying, mental health, addictions, social isolation, poverty, rejections of minority groups, etc. Entrants will be judged on their ability to effectively communicate, through the medium of film, potential solutions to achieving sustainable peace as a community. Valuable prizes and scholarships will be available to winning entrants, as judged by the team of volunteers with art and filmmaking backgrounds.