BREAKING NEWS

Los Angeles, CA - February 5, 2010

Artivist Film Festival’s LA Run a Huge Success,

London and NYC Festivals

Coming in March  
 

Los Angeles, CA – February 2, 2010.   After a successful run in Los Angeles, the Artivist Film Festival is already underway this year, preparing for festival events in London on March 5 and 6 at the historic George Bernard Shaw Theatre, and in New York City on March 25-27 at the Tribeca Cinemas.  The Film Festival tour will feature award winning films from its 2009 Artivist Festival and premieres.  

The 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival took place December 1st - 5th, 2009 at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood, and screened 45 narratives, documentaries, experimental, feature length and short films from 20 countries around the world.  The Artivist Film Festival was attended by more than 3,000 festival goers, hosted 22 Filmmakes, included the active participation of 13 NGOs, and reached more that 5 Million people with it's public relations and marketing campaign.  

Artivist seeks relationships with prominent artists who use their influence and voice to advocate for social global issues.  Artivist builds meaningful relationships with artists, has them interact with the filmmakers and attending public, and has them witness how their participation makes a difference to the artistic-advocate community. The following celebrities attended the 6th Annual Artivist Film Festival: Olivia Wilde, Maria Bello, Frances Fisher, Hank Azaria, Kevin Dunn, Bird York, Persia White, Richard Burgi, Joshua Leonard, Christine Devine, Mark Smith, Daphne Zuniga, Debra Skelton, Reverend Michael Beckwith, Benjamin Bratt, Erika Alexander and John Savage.   

The following NGOs attended and collaborated with the Artivist Film Festival on audience outreach: Global Green, Power Up Gambia, Real Medicine Foundation, Women in Film, Alliance Hollywood, Determined to Succeed, Freddie Mac Foundation's Wednesday’s Child, United Nation's Orange County Chapter, What’s Your Issue, Amnesty International, Child Rights Information Network, Creative Coalition, and the Humane Society of the United States.   

Artivist Founder-President, Diaky Diaz, states: "Raising awareness for the interdependence between Humanity, Animals, and the Environment is the true mission of Artivist. Filmmakers, celebrities, community leaders, companies, and NGOs from around the world gather at the Artivist Film Festival to celebrate advocate films that inspire positive actions in our global community.”

The Festival concluded with “The Artivist Awards” on Saturday, December 5th, honoring the winning films and the work of Celebrity advocates - actors Olivia Wilde, Hank Azaria, and Executive Producer Stephen Nemeth. 

Top honors were presented to the following films: 

ABOUT ARTIVIST:

Since its inception in 2004, the Artivist Film Festival has showcased 400+ films representing more than 45 countries around the world.  Artivist has reached millions of people with its film festivals in Hollywood, London, Tokyo, Mexico City, and Lisbon.  In recognition of the socially conscious platform it provides, Artivist has been endorsed by Claes Nobel of the Nobel Prize family, Amnesty International, and the United Nations Department of Public Information.

Several films awarded at Artivist have gone on to great acclaim including Academy Award winner Born Into Brothels, Academy Award Nominees Super-Size Me and God Sleeps in Rwanda. The festival has also presented the Los Angeles Premieres of Fast Food Nation, Emmanuelle's Gift, Stolen Childhoods, Zeitgeist, Zeitgest Addendum and Trudell.   

For 2009/10, Artivist proudly welcomes back PETROBRAS as its Official Community Partner. For the past four years Petrobras has supported the efforts and expansion of the Artivist Film Festival.  Understanding the interdependence between humanity, animals, and the environment is crucial in our global community.  By working with individuals and groups, organizations and companies, we can create long-term solutions to our global problems. 

Petrobras, a Brazilian company, is one of the largest distributors of Ethanol Fuel in the world with a 30 year history of producing, distributing and using ethanol from sugar cane as fuel for vehicles. The Petrobras Environmental Program, is focused on water protection and biodiversity, supporting hundreds of projects that aim to recover the water bodies and sources, as well as that which promotes the rational use of water resources and environmental education. Petrobras is the only energy company that is part of the Global Compact Board of the UNITED NATIONS, committing its corporative government to the 10 principles set forth by the UN. Additionally, Petrobras is the largest funder of Cultural Arts Programs in Brazil, and a partner of various animal advocacy programs which include endangered sea turtles, the spinner dolphins, the manatees, and various save the whales programs. 

ARTIVIST is a 501c3 nonprofit organization.  All proceeds benefit the Annual Artivist Film Festival, creating a platform for socially conscious "Artivists" to share their inspirational and informative films with the world.

For Media inquiries contact: PR@ARTIVISTS.ORG