Special Screenings & Events:
The following special events & screenings are scheduled in tandem with the official Global Peace Film Festival program:
- Screening of "Forgotten Transports: To Estonia and To Poland," Sunday, Sept. 25, 11 am at theHolocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida.
- A screening of "The Day After Peace", and otherpeace-related activities, Wednesday, Sept. 21, at Valencia College’s Performing Arts Center on East Campus, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail.
"Forgotten Transports: To Estonia and To Poland"
Two documentaries featuring Holocaust survivors who tell how their wit, friendships and determination helped them escape fate.
Directed by Lukas Pribyl.
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011
11 am -- "To Estonia"12:45 pm -- Presentation about life in the concentration camps, with Q&A session
2 pm -- "To Poland"
FREE Admission
Holocaust Memorial Resource and Education Center of Florida
851 N. Maitland Ave.
Maitland, FL
holocaustedu.org
407 628-0555
Valencia College to show documentary in Peace Film Festival
Orlando, FL -- To celebrate the United Nations International Day of Peace, Valencia College is teaming up with the Orlando-based Global Peace Film Festival to present an award-winning documentary – and host a day of peace-related activities – on Sept. 21.
Valencia’s Peace & Justice Initiative will present "The Day After Peace," directed by Jeremy Gilley. The film will be shown on Sept. 21 at 7 p.m. in Valencia’s Performing Arts Center on East Campus, 701 N. Econlockhatchee Trail. Admission is free.
The film is the second from Gilley, a filmmaker and peace activist, and a follow-up to his first, “Peace One Day.” Gilley’s film inspired Kofi Annan, former U.N. Secretary General, to say: “You have proved that individuals can make a difference, and if each of us does our bit, collectively we will make a major contribution.”
The screening will wrap up a day of activities, including:
- 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. – celebrations on the East Campus mall, including art projects for Valencia students, plus a giveaway of 150 free T-shirts
- 1 to 2 p.m. -- Robert Frye, an independent filmmaker and former executive producer of ABC’s World News Tonight, will speak about his film, "In My Lifetime," a documentary about the history of the nuclear power and nuclear weapons industries – and the role of advocacy in film. He will speak in the atrium of Building 3 on the East Campus.
This is the first time Valencia has partnered with the Global Peace Film Festival, which will be held Sept. 20-25, 2011. The GPFF presents films from around the world and discussions that highlight the power of film as it relates to peace issues. Members of the public can attend educational panels, meet filmmakers and special guests and hear from local activists about their work.
Since 2003, the GPFF has shown over 300 films from around the world. The critically acclaimed programming has included the Academy Award-winning documentary “Taxi to the Darkside,” and Academy Award- nominated films “War/Dance,” “Recycled Life,” and “Binta and the Great Idea.”
Contact: Linda Shrieves Beaty, Marketing & Strategic Communications; P: 407.582.5661 | E: lbeaty2@valenciacollege.edu