Living in the Future's Past received two Awards in Cannes during the World Peace & Tolerance Awards Brunch

WORLD PEACE & TOLERANCE BRUNCH HELD AT AMERICAN PAVILION

Films with the late Peter O’Toole and Academy Award winner Jeff Bridges honored during Festival de Cannes with a United Nations supported organization having ECOSOC status.

New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative hosted the “World Peace & Tolerance Awards Brunch during Festival de Cannes on May 15th, at the American Pavilion where global “Films of Purpose” where honored to participate in the year round program to promote, exhibit, and enlighten the general population by promoting the United Nation's “Leave No One Behind 2030.”

The United Nations supported organization with ECOSOC status utilizes Greta Joanne Entertainment a production, sales, buyer, and boutique distribution arm to assist in the global campaign to help films during the Festival de Cannes, and exhibitions of films privately and in the Marche du Film.

Each film will be utilized in a year round thematic program, in support of partnerships with other non government organizations, country support, not for profits, theaters, on line demand platforms, school/universities, museums, and creative exhibitions.

The following films were chosen to receive merit and participate in the year round thematic program.

“Our program was created in a needed time when minorities and representation for the Indigenous people, world peace, Middle East, Africa, and environmental filmmakers were not represented and distribution was not “popular,” or often times considered commercial. We have been around since 2012, working one film at a time. This year during Festival de Cannes, I am pleased to finally see cross promotions of minorities and the celebrities demanding a different voice be heard. This includes the role of women. Let our voices be heard.” Stated Founder and President of New Generation In Action’s AFI World Peace Initiative, and Greta Joanne Entertainment Princess Dame Angelique Monét

FILM MERIT LIST

"Katherine of Sinai" by Michael Redwood “Merit of Honor Highlighting Historical Women Figures,” “Best Narrative Feature Film, Merit of Honor Outstanding Ensemble By A Cast, and filmmaker Michael Redwood receives special recognition for his work with the late acclaimed actor Peter O’Toole

SYNOPSIS
Historical movie about St. Katherine of Mount Sinai, Egypt, who was put to death on a wheel of spikes because of her refusal to worship Rome's pagan gods. With Peter O'Toole, Edward Fox, Brian Blessed, Steven Berkoff and Nicole Keniheart (who plays Katherine). The 'Katherine wheel firework depicts how Katherine met her death.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNttjmeGDKU

“Living In The Future’s Past “ by Susan Kucera “Best Feature Length Documentary” & Academy Award Winner Jeff Bridges “Best narrator”

SYNOPSIS
Jeff Bridges presents this beautifully photographed tour de force of original thinking on who we are and the environmental challenges we face. Bridges, alongside prominent scientists and authors, weaves evolution, emergence, entropy, dark ecology, and what some are calling the end of nature, into a story that helps us understand our place among the species of Earth’s household. The film upends our way of thinking and provides original insights into our subconscious motivations, the unintended consequences, what to do about our fossil slaves, and how our fundamental animal nature influences our future as Humankind. 
CAST INCLUDES: Narrator Academy Award Winner Jeff Bridges

“WE ARE BOATS” by Native American James Bird “Best Narrative Feature Film”
SYNOPSIS
Lives intertwine and connect when Francesca navigates through the living world by encountering strangers at the exact moment she needs to, sending their lives on either a better course towards happiness or setting the wheels in motion towards a tragic end. All while she secretly searches for a loved one that she never had the chance to say goodbye to.

CAST INCLUDES: Emmy Award Winner and Golden Globe Nominee Uzo Aduba, Angela Sarafyan and Luke Hemsworth of (Westworld), Emmy and Tony award winner Amanda Plummer (Joe Versus The Volcano, The Fisher King, Pulp Fiction, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Jack Falahee (How to Get Away with Murder), Gaia Weiss (Viking), Oscar Nominee Graham Greene, Adriana Mather Zombot Pictures Producer /NY Best Selling Author, Booboo Stewart (The Twilight Saga Part One and Two), and Justin Cornwell (Training Day).

TRAILER PRIVATE LINK

Smartphone by Maxim Genchev “Best International Children’s Film” Bulgaria

Synopsis
Three teenagers are trying to raise money for the treatment of a child. While they’re seeking a buried treasure, a magic Smartphone transfers them into the past, amidst fearful forest people. They meet with adventures and life threatening dangers there. While saving themselves, they transport into the future two of the natives and their adventures continue together.

Conservation International’s Gwalya Rising by Stephani Gordon 
Synopsis
which takes place in Bwanabwana Islands and depicts the revitalization of traditional conservation practices in the islands of Papua New Guinea. The community of Anagusa Island is combating the effects of climate change and protecting the coral reefs they rely on using gwala: the traditional practice of setting aside a reef or forest area to allow the ecosystem to recover. Gwala is helping the community of Anagusa Island prosper - empowering men and women with improved access to food and livelihoods.

TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfQmNyhMZh4

New Year on the Danube by Karl Bardosh “MERIT FOR JEWISH REMEMBRANCE Screened at the Permanent Mission to Hungary Holocaust Exhibition April 2018. The film is about "A celebration of New Year's Eve on a Show Boat on the Danube River triggers painful memories of another New Year's Eve in 1944, about a tragic encounter of the filmmaker's Mother with the Hungarian Nazis during the Holocaust when thousands of Hungarian Jews were shot into the river in execution style."

Take Our Voices by Melissa Bamforf & Bertrand Remaut with Stacey Noel, Tarati Leaf - Buckley & Michelle Sarich “Honorable Mention World Peace Feature Documentary,” 
SYNOPSIS
A small Maori language school in North of New Zealand have made it a priority to keep the Maori language alive amongst their students.

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Karma by Chevalier Dr. Raghunath Manet “Best Spiritual Short,” 
Short film from India that exhibits the true meaning of peace, love, and meaning of karma.