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PUNCTURED HOPE: A Story About Trokosi And The Young Girls' Slavery In Today's Africa - Feature Film
PUNCTURED HOPE: A Story About Trokosi And The Young Girls' Slavery In Today's Africa - Feature Film
PUNCTURED HOPE: A Story About Trokosi And The Young Girls' Slavery In Today's Africa - Feature Film
The story takes place in today’s Ghana (Africa). It is inspired by a young girl called Edinam. She was a slave of Fetish Priests. Against all odds, Edinam escapes the shrine and continues her education. As the film follows Edinam’s life from the age of innocence to premature adulthood, the viewers get to see a beautiful showcase of the real and very animated African life in a typical village.
According to the customary practice in Ghana's Volta region, which has lasted some 300 years, if someone commits a serious crime or social infraction, traditional leaders order that a young girl from that family be sent to the shrine as a form of atonement. She is expected to serve the priests for many years, after which the family might redeem her. In this time, the chief priest and his entourage genitally mutilate and sexually abuse the girls. They consider them their own ‘property’. The abuse leads to numerous pregnancies and miscarriages of girls as young as 12 years old.
Edinam (Real Name: Belinda Siamey), the protagonist of the story, made history in Africa by playing herself in the principal role of this feature film.
Awards & Nominations: Official Selection at the One World Film Festival - Montreal 2009; Nominated 'Best Film Expose' and 'Best Film on Human Rights' of 2009 by The Political Film Society (Hollywood) alongside AVATAR, INVICTUS, INGLORIOUS BASTERDS and THE HURT LOCKER; Qualified for Nomination Consideration at the 2010 Academy Awards®.
THE COMOEDIA: ENGLISH VERSION - Feature Film
PUNCTURED HOPE: A Story About Trokosi And The Young Girls' Slavery In Today's Africa - Feature Film
PUNCTURED HOPE: A Story About Trokosi And The Young Girls' Slavery In Today's Africa - Feature Film
This movie is the first English version of the Italian film, “THE COMOEDIA”, produced in 1980. It is based on the one-and-only adaptation of the Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri to our modern time. The film was meant to be without words, just music. It was the first video music ever produced. After the shooting was completed, due to distribution concerns, Bruno Pischiutta wrote the dialogue in modern poetry.
The film was released in cinemas in Italy in 1981. The editing of the film was executed by Bruno Pischiutta and Ruggero Mastroianni. Ruggero, Marcelo’s brother, was the greatest editor of his generation. He edited some of Italy’s masterpieces directed by Federico Fellini and other Italian great directors.
Awards: The Bronze Medal (chosen between 3,800 films) at the prestigious New York International Film & TV Festival in 1982.
“...?” “...MAYBE...” - Feature Film
PUNCTURED HOPE: A Story About Trokosi And The Young Girls' Slavery In Today's Africa - Feature Film
BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD - Documentary
For the first time, a feature film deals with the eating disorder bulimia. This film is the “American Graffiti” of the 90’s. Being twenty-something in the Nineties was the most difficult challenge of all. Personal relationships took on a variety of forms. There were no behavioral rules or sexual norms, and ‘maybe’ was the answer to every question.
Awards: The Visionary in Film Award at the Bahamas One World Film Festival
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Selected Scenes
BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD - Documentary
BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD - Documentary
BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD - Documentary
The filming took 14 months. This is the most complete documentary film showcasing Brasov and what it has to offer. At the first public screening, Bruno Pischiutta explained that the documentary was created to target the American viewers and to be instrumental in bringing thousands of American tourists to Brasov as well as terrific benefits in terms of employment and financial advantages for the people of the city. The documentary will be distributed worldwide with subtitles in different languages.
World Premiere: Global Nonviolent Film Festival 2012, Opening Night
BRUNO PISCHIUTTA, FILM DIRECTOR - Documentary
BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD - Documentary
BRUNO PISCHIUTTA, FILM DIRECTOR - Documentary
An assembly of selected scenes cut by Maestro Bruno Pischiutta from the most relevant films he made between 1980 and 2009.
BRASOV INT'L FILM FESTIVAL 2013 - Documentary
BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD - Documentary
BRUNO PISCHIUTTA, FILM DIRECTOR - Documentary
This is a half hour documentary showcasing the glamour and interviews with the attendees of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in 2013 (previously known as the Brasov International Film Festival & Market), the most important and renowned nonviolent film festival in the world.
DEAD LOVE - Short Film
LAST ENCOUNTER IN VENICE - Feature Film
LAST ENCOUNTER IN VENICE - Feature Film
Walking late at night in a nearby cemetery and pondering why his friends don't offer him any sense of camaraderie or real companionship, Jeff is startled by Kate who’s appearance is spontaneous. They begin to share the mutual pleasure and solace they find in the stillness of the old town graveyard. Little-by-little, she informs him that she is, in fact, a ghost.
LAST ENCOUNTER IN VENICE - Feature Film
LAST ENCOUNTER IN VENICE - Feature Film
LAST ENCOUNTER IN VENICE - Feature Film
In conflict with his American publisher who knows that his client will soon die and who demands that he completes his autobiography first, the writer decides to spend his last few days in Venice instead. While there, the story follows the writer as his mind travels between dream and reality.
LAST ENCOUNTER IN VENICE (Ultimo incontro a Venezia) is a are true Author piece: it was written, directed, produced and edited by Maestro Bruno Pischiutta who also stars in the lead role alongside Italian Actress Irma Olivero.
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FILMS IN POST-PRODUCTION
INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOPS BY BRUNO PISCHIUTTA - DVD Set
INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOPS BY BRUNO PISCHIUTTA - DVD Set
INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOPS BY BRUNO PISCHIUTTA - DVD Set
Over 30 hours of footage was filmed for this program during the International Film Workshops taught by film Maestro Bruno Pischiutta in Brasov, Romania.
Post editing, the result will be published as a DVD set and sold worldwide. The workshops showcase information, concepts and practical tips that are absolutely indispensable to every talent who starts a film acting, directing, producing or screenplay writing career and who wants to achieve an international level.
FILMING AFRICA - Documentary
INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOPS BY BRUNO PISCHIUTTA - DVD Set
INTERNATIONAL FILM WORKSHOPS BY BRUNO PISCHIUTTA - DVD Set
This documentary consists of behind the scene footage filmed during the production of the feature film 'PUNCTURED HOPE' as well as exclusive interviews with locals who discuss the practice of TROKOSI (modern day slavery of women practiced in West Africa). This documentary underlines the intellectual differences between the two film production crews (one American and the other African) that are working together in the making of the groundbreaking feature film 'PUNCTURED HOPE'.
FEATURE DOCUMENTARY IN PRE-PRODUCTION
RETROSPECTIVE (working title): A 96 minutes feature documentary
The film will be shot in High Definition (4K) and in Hollywood standard, and it will highlight some of the most revered films of internationally acclaimed film author Bruno Pischiutta.
Bruno Pischiutta performing in "Many Wars Ago" (Uomini contro) with Alain Cuny
Pischiutta’s career spans over five decades. His acting performance in Francesco Rosi’s film, Many Wars Ago (Uomini contro), garnered him the Critics Award for ‘Best Supporting Actor’ at the Venice Film Festival in 1972 when he was 19 years of age. He went on to write, direct, produce and edit, critically acclaimed feature films such as Compagne Nude, The Comoedia, Last Encounter in Venice, Life’s Charade, “Maybe…?”, and, amongst others, Punctured Hope.
Bruno Pischiutta directing a scene of PUNCTURED HOPE in the rain forest.
In the 80s he was awarded at the New York International Film and Television Festival for his film The Comoedia, and formally invited by the Academy Awards® to present it for an Oscar consideration.
In the 90s he was, with Steven Spielberg and Bruno Bareto, one of the three directors formally invited to China by the Shanghai Film Studio to develop and produce films there. In the 2000s he was nominated by The Political Film Society in Hollywood in the categories of ‘Best Film Expose’ and ‘Best Film on Human Rights’ for his movie Punctured Hope, alongside Clint Eastwood (for Invictus), Quentin Tarantino (for Inglorious Basterds), and James Cameron (for Avatar).
On the set filming MAYBE with actress Christina Macris in Toronto.
“Everybody can judge a movie from what they see and hear, but there are sometimes certain circumstances, motivations and facts regarding a film that we have to know to fully understand its content. This documentary will show parts of several films I made, and it will explain the ‘why’, the ‘how’ and some relevant aspects related to those movies,” says the Maestro.
The first screenplay Pischiutta ever wrote signalled the director’s life-long affection for the sea; in Retrospective, the blue Aegean Sea becomes the backdrop of the story.
The footage of Pischiutta’s past films that will be used in Retrospective will bring the viewers to different locations and to different situations: to a very particular Venice, to New York of the 80s, to the Ghanaian rainforest, and to the Canadian Niagara Falls.
Several guests will appear in the film but the principal structural dialog will take place between Bruno Pischiutta and the Lithuanian actress Greta Goldling, both portraying themselves.
THE TEAM of "RETROSPECTIVE"
Actress Greta Goldling is an emerging movie Star who is from Lithuania but lives in London, England.
Actress Greta Goldling is an emerging movie Star who is from Lithuania but lives in London, England.
Actress Greta Goldling is an emerging movie Star who is from Lithuania but lives in London, England.
Greta Goldling will make her international debut in the documentary Retrospective (working title), appearing as herself. Goldling has already been cast to play an important role in the upcoming Hollywood standard feature film The Bad Joke, directed by Bruno Pischiutta and produced by Daria Trifu for Global Film Studio.
Greta is the ‘Image’ of the 2020 edition of the renown Global Nonviolent Film Festival, and is featured on the event’s official poster. She is also featured on the cover of the 2020 issue of the famed arts, entertainment & business magazine DARIA!.
Daria Trifu is the Producer. She will also appear as a guest in the film.
Actress Greta Goldling is an emerging movie Star who is from Lithuania but lives in London, England.
Actress Greta Goldling is an emerging movie Star who is from Lithuania but lives in London, England.
Daria Trifu, who works with Bruno Pischiutta from 20 years, is the Producer and Executive Producer of the the Academy Awards® qualified feature film Punctured Hope that was nominated as ‘Best Film Expose’ and ‘Best Film on Human Rights’ of 2009 by The Political Film Society in Hollywood, alongside Invictus, Avatar and Inglorious Basterds. Trifu had a key role in financing the $5.8 million picture. She also produced the feature documentary Brasov: Probably the Best City in the World and, in addition to her ‘producer’ credits, she is also the ‘Creator’ of an upcoming 13-episode TV Series to be produced by Global Film Studio, and is the writer of the original story of an upcoming major feature film tentatively named 906 Untitled. Daria Trifu is best known for producing films that are nonviolent and that are based on social issues of our time.
Elio Dell’Unto is the Technical Producer.
Actress Greta Goldling is an emerging movie Star who is from Lithuania but lives in London, England.
Edward Button is the Director of Photography.
Elio Dell'Unto is an award winning Production Manager based out of Toronto, Canada. He has been working with Director Bruno Pischiutta since the late 80s. He is known for his work on Maybe, Easy Weekend, and the groundbreaking and critically acclaimed Punctured Hope, all films directed by Maestro Pischiutta.
Edward Button is the Director of Photography.
The music will be composed by Maestro Jay Jourden.
Edward Button is the Director of Photography.
Edward Button is an award winning Director of Photography based out of New York and Los Angeles. He is best known for his work on films such as American Made (starring Tom Cruise), Burn After Reading (starring George Clooney and Brad Pitt), Ten Thousand Saints (starring Ethan Hawke), and on the documentary The Big Fix (starring Peter Fonda).
Davide De Stefano is the Production Designer.
The music will be composed by Maestro Jay Jourden.
The music will be composed by Maestro Jay Jourden.
Davide De Stefano is a multi-award winning Production Designer who is based out of Rome and working both nationally and internationally on major film productions. He is best known for his work on Voice From the Stone (starring Emilia Clarke), The Cursed Ones (awarded the African Oscar at the African Movie Academy Awards), and Giallo (starring Adrien Brody). Among the many esteemed directors with whom Davide De Stefano has worked, we count Carlo Lizzani, Pupi Avati, and Dario Argento.
The music will be composed by Maestro Jay Jourden.
The music will be composed by Maestro Jay Jourden.
The music will be composed by Maestro Jay Jourden.
Jay “Blue Jay” Jourden is a world-renowned and award winning Music Producer and Vocal Artist who is based out of Atlanta, Georgia. In 2019, he received the ‘Vocalist of the Year Award’ at the Josie Music Awards. Blue Jay is also an activist landing his music and his time to world causes that fight for peace and betterment of the human condition in the world. Jay Jourden heads the Music Department at Global Film Studio and is in charge of composing and producing the music for the company’s upcoming films and documentaries.
FEATURE FILMS IN PRE-PRODUCTION
THE BAD JOKE - Feature Film
THE BAD JOKE is a dramatic feature film that illustrates some unhappy and new challenges that many teenagers face in today's European Union. THE BAD JOKE is a fruit of fiction; the original screenplay has been written by Bruno Pischiutta.
The film is non-graphic: there is no sexually explicit or violent content. "The bad joke" is what the European Union has created for many teenagers. The phenomenon is unknown in America and it is not yet fully understood in Europe.
This film, for the first time, exposes the unfortunate reality of tens of thousands of European teenagers.
SPA (working title) - Feature Film
SPA is a fruit of fiction and is still in the writing phase. It tells stories full of passion. Greta Goldling has been cast as the starring female character. She will perform the part of a young girl who passes from a bad interracial love story with a boy, to a lesbian affair with a more mature girl.
SPA tells the story of other very sensual girls and of their relationships.
It is not a violent film; it has, however, a pushed sexual content that is definitely accentuating its dramatic ending.
The film, written and directed by Bruno Pischiutta, is about different relationships. The plot follows several female characters and their love stories that are typical of today’s dating scene.
FILMS IN DEVELOPMENT
SINS AND SINNERS - Feature Film
Millions are using and abusing prescription antidepressant drugs such as Prozac, Zoloft etc., in order to cope with the pressures of life. Sometimes, such drugs can become an essential element of everyday’s existence, but ... at what cost?
THE SEPIA PORTRAIT: A Tale about Today's China & the Missing Fossil of the Peking Man - Feature Film
This feature film will present to the Western world, for the first time, the reality of today’s Peoples Republic of China.
The plot develops through three love stories that expand over the course of 50 years. Following the love stories, the viewers come to know the reality of today’s Peoples Republic of China seen through the eyes of a sweet, modern North American girl. The three themes of the movie are the love stories, the war and the mystery of the missing Peking Man fossil.
The message of the film is love and peace.
906 UNTITLED - Feature Film
ABUSED IN AMERICA - Feature Film
906 UNTITLED - Feature Film
Info coming soon.
CONFESSIONS - Feature Film
ABUSED IN AMERICA - Feature Film
906 UNTITLED - Feature Film
The story line of CONFESSIONS is entirely fictional and is based on an original screenplay written by Maestro Bruno Pischiutta. The film follows four stories (connected) of different women.
ABUSED IN AMERICA - Feature Film
ABUSED IN AMERICA - Feature Film
ABUSED IN AMERICA - Feature Film
ABUSED IN AMERICA is a very important movie that will raise much needed attention on the horrible phenomenon of child abuse in the United States. This film gives a voice to thousands of children in the USA who are abused and who end-up on the street only to fall victim to prostitution and drug abuse.
500 UNTITLED - TV Drama Series
500 UNTITLED - TV Drama Series
ABUSED IN AMERICA - Feature Film
This is a TV series of 13, half-hour shows organised to run for several seasons.
WISTERIA - Feature Film
500 UNTITLED - TV Drama Series
WISTERIA - Feature Film
The story evolves around an elite, all-female college with girls of every age, where a prostitution ring is established. The film depicts certain effects of the sex trafficking of young girls and children in Eastern Europe.
SUICIDE - Feature Film
500 UNTITLED - TV Drama Series
WISTERIA - Feature Film
In the glamorous environment of a photo agency, we discover that many of the beautiful people have serious and deep personal problems. An anonymous suicide note is found on the floor: now, suicide is present and it moves and it breaths between the cameras and in between the lights of the studio. In the end, there is the surprise, the twist. It is in the end when we get the real meaning of the movie, a movie about suicide and its motivations.