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Bruno Pischiutta is an internationally celebrated and awarded writer, director, and producer whose career spans more than five decades. He is especially noted for his socially and existentially oriented feature films. He is also known for his lifelong commitment to fostering the art of filmmaking. 

As an entrepreneur, he has successfully founded and run several film production companies in Italy, in Canada, and in the United States.

Throughout his long career in the professional movie industry, Bruno wrote, directed, produced, executive produced, and edited feature films, TV shows, and documentaries that have been widely screened in cinemas and broadcast throughout Italy, Canada, the USA, and other countries. Bruno Pischiutta is also a published writer, and he received several international awards.

His latest feature film, Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls’ Slavery in Today’s West Africa, was screened in theaters in Los Angeles for three months during the 2009 Oscars season and was subsequently qualified for nomination consideration at the Academy Awards®. The film was also an official selection at the Montreal World Film Festival. Bruno Pischiutta was nominated by The Political Film Society (Hollywood) alongside James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, and Quentin Tarantino for his direction of the feature film Punctured Hope in two categories: Best Film Expose and Best Film on Human Rights.

In 2003, at the Bahamas One World Film Festival, Bruno Pischiutta received the 'The Visionary in Film Award' for his outstanding direction of the feature film "...?" "...Maybe...".

In 1987, Bruno Pischiutta wrote, directed, cast, produced, and executive produced the feature film Life's Charade. The film addresses the phenomenon of teenage suicide. That year, at the New York International Film and Television Festival, Bruno Pischiutta received the Finalist Award. The film qualified between the first five that were selected among 5,600 entries.

In 1980 Bruno made his first international production, the feature film entitled The Comoedia. The English version of the picture was later released by Tribeca Film Institute's Reframe Collection, and it is now available on Amazon.

In 1981, at the New York International Film and Television Festival, Bruno Pischiutta received the 'Bronze Medal' for directing The Comoedia—selected between 3,800 entries.

In 1975 he was awarded the Premio Simpatia. As of 1976, Bruno Pischiutta, Franco Zeffirelli, and Federico Fellini were the only directors to achieve this distinction.

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Daria Trifu was born in Brasov, Romania, and emigrated to Canada in 1999. In Europe she studied fine arts and held private exhibitions of her paintings since the age of 15. Her artwork was commissioned by prestigious hotels in the mountain resort of Poiana Brasov.
 

In her youth, Daria Trifu excelled in sports such as tennis and skiing and won numerous competitions; she traveled the world both with her family and on her own as a performer in a national choir attending international festivals.
 

Long before she emigrated to Canada, she had her eyes set on a career in the film industry. In 2001, in Toronto, she graduated from the International Film Workshops taught by film director Bruno Pischiutta.
 

Daria was subsequently hired by Pischiutta's production company, Toronto Pictures Inc. She organized the company's marketing campaigns and its participation in film festivals and events such as the Cannes Film Festival, the American Film Market, and the Montreal World Film Festival.
 

In 2003 she was a speaker on the Peacefulfish & Variety Presents Global Film Finance panel at the Cannes Film Festival alongside Barry Poltermann, Claude Fenioux, Jonathan Bing, Christopher R. Auty, and Cassian Elwes.
 

By 2004, she started her own production company, Adhara Properties Inc., and launched her magazine, DARIA!. She is a contributing writer and the editor-in-chief of the publication.
 

With Adhara Properties, she financed and produced the $5.8 million feature film Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls’ Slavery in Today’s West Africa (dir. Bruno Pischiutta). After the filming was completed in Ghana, Trifu worked on the film’s post-production in Toronto, Canada, which included post-production meetings and studio sessions for editing, score composition, sound mixing, and color correction until the final print was in the can. 

The film was a critically acclaimed success. The Political Film Society (Hollywood) nominated Punctured Hope as Best Film Exposé and Best Film on Human Rights in 2009, together with other films such as Avatar (dir. James Cameron), Invictus (dir. Clint Eastwood), and Inglorious Basterds (dir. Quentin Tarantino). Puncture Hope was qualified for nomination consideration at the Academy Awards® and it screened in theaters in Los Angeles for three consecutive months during the 2009 awards season. The film was also an official selection at the Montreal World Film Festival. 

Daria Trifu led many publicity campaigns for her companies, films, and ventures. She organized and coordinated the theatrical releases of her films and media calls during award seasons and film festivals. She wrote and released hundreds of press releases and participated in press conferences, talk shows, and radio and TV interviews in the USA, Africa, and Europe. She coordinated the TV coverage provided by Thomson/Reuters for the film Punctured Hope by setting up interviews with cast members in Ghana and members of the public attending the film’s cinema screenings at the Laemmle Theatres on Sunset Boulevard (Hollywood) and in Santa Monica. In Los Angeles, she was invited to organize and hold a private screening of Punctured Hope at the Eastman Kodak Headquarters. In New York City, she organized the private screening of the film at the Friars Club; the event was attended by some of the city’s finest film, media, and business executives. 

Also in New York, Daria was interviewed for ABC Radio by famed host Bill Diehl; the interview, subsequently broadcast on +3,000 syndicated nationwide radio stations, covered her experience of filming in Africa and the launch of her magazine DARIA!. She was also interviewed at the Nasdaq just after she successfully completed Toronto Pictures Inc.'s public offering on the OTC Market. More recently, she was featured on one of the giant multimedia screens in Times Square, presenting the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.

In 2014, Daria Trifu walked the catwalk as a guest of honor alongside Marla Maple for a fashion charity event held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Her magazine, DARIA!, has proven to last the test of time: first published in 2005, it is still going strong today. Originally available in print as a laminated coffee-table publication, it was distributed for 10 years in thousands of copies at high-class events, luxury clubs, hotels, and film festivals worldwide. It was distributed during private events in Monte Carlo, New York City, Toronto, Montreal, Los Angeles, Brasov, Las Vegas, and Cannes. Since 2012, the magazine has been the official media partner, and it provides full coverage of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival. In 2022, it let go of its printed version, and it became an online publication available at DariaMagazine.com.
 

Daria Trifu and Bruno Pischiutta founded the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in 2012 in order to bring to an international audience the best films and documentaries made in the world each year that do not contain gratuitous violence. To this day, Trifu serves as the festival director. The annual event is broadcast on the streaming channel GlobalCinema.online in exclusivity. Since 2016, she has been the co-host of the daily video presentations and of the awards show at the Global Nonviolent Film Festival; she is also the video editor of the 11 annual half-hour presentations and of the hour-long annual awards show that are broadcast during the event.
 

In 2012, Trifu produced the feature documentary Brasov: Probably the Best City in the World (dir. Bruno Pischiutta), about her home city in Romania. The documentary was shot during a span of 12 months in order to showcase the city in all four seasons. She and Bruno Pischiutta were the guests of honor at the Semana de Cine Rumano in Havana, Cuba, invited by Plenipotentiary Romanian Ambassador to Cuba, Dr. Dumitru Preda. The screening of the documentary, in world premiere, was attended by the top media and film personalities of the country, and it was followed by a press conference.

In 2015 Trifu wrote an original story and a treatment for a film. The treatment was developed by Bruno Pischiutta into a motion picture screenplay. The film is part of Global Film Studio’s slate and is in development for production. 

In 2021, Trifu and Pischiutta launched Global Film Studio’s streaming channel for nonviolent films available online at GlobalCinema.online. With Trifu at the helm of the company’s new division, the channel grew its catalog of films to more than 200 titles in less than two years, and it continues to add new content on a weekly basis. She is the author of the company’s popular e-newsletter that features the channel’s new releases and is sent weekly to +20,000 subscribers. 

A fine artist at heart, Trifu is credited with the design of many promotional and marketing materials for the company and its films, as well as with the design of the award trophies and several official posters of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.

The highly anticipated film project written and directed by Bruno Pischiutta, tentatively entitled The Trilogy, consists of three sequential major motion pictures and one feature documentary. This is a Hollywood-standard major production that will see Daria Trifu wearing many hats: she will produce the four films, direct the feature documentary, and make her acting debut in one of the three features. 

Daria Trifu’s other film credits include assistant director of the feature film Maybe, which was an official selection at the Bahamas One World Film Festival and received The Visionary In Film Award for director Bruno Pischiutta; producer and executive producer of the documentary Bruno Pischiutta, Film Director; and executive producer of the English versions of the feature films The Comoedia and Last Encounter In Venice (dir. Bruno Pischiutta).

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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 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 Neighborhood Commission in charge of Oahu's Neighborhood Board system for 8 years.

Espero also served in the Hawaii State Legislature for 19 years, three years in the House of Representatives and 16 years in the State Senate. 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. 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 an art movie titled HI ON ART filmed in Hawaii.

Espero also has a love for writing. He is a poet who has published a booklet of haiku titled Sunday Haiku. Espero is the author of the novels Passion In Paradise and Vengeance in Paradise about politics, business, love, and a lot of drama set in the island paradise of Hawaii. The fictional tale is filled with suspense, intrigue, and mystery and includes several social issues woven into the storylines. Both novels are for sale on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.

Elio Dell'Unto has been working in the film industry for over 30 years, and he has been working with Bruno Pischiutta since 1991. He traveled extensively to countries such as Canada, the USA, Japan, Ghana, Romania, Italy, and Greece. Dell'Unto served as the president of the jury of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in 2016. He attended the Hong Kong Film Market and the Montreal World Film Festival. 

Elio Dell'Unto has worked on many film sets as a production manager, assistant producer, and assistant director. Today, he is a producer for Global Film Studio's films, and he is a member of the Board of Directors.