Meet Producer Daria Trifu
Daria is the President & C.E.O of Global Film Studio.
Daria Trifu was born in Brasov, Romania and she emigrated to Canada in 1999 with her family. In Europe she studied fine arts and she held private exhibitions of her paintings since the age of 15. Her artwork was commissioned by prestige hotels in the mountain resort of Poiana Brasov.
In her youth, Daria excelled in sports such as tennis and ski and she won numerous competitions; she traveled the world both with her family and on her own as a performer in a national choir that was 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 went-on to graduate from the International Film Workshops taught by Bruno Pischiutta.
Trifu was subsequently hired by Pischiutta's production company, Toronto Pictures Inc. She organized the company's marketing campaigns and its participation to film festivals and events such as the Cannes Film Festival, the AFM and the Montreal World Film Festival in Montreal.
In 2003 she was a speaker on the "Peacefulfish & Variety Presents Global Film Finance" panel in Cannes alongside Barry Poltermann, Claude Fenioux, Jonathan Bing, Christopher R. Auty and Cassian Elwes.
By 2004, she opened her own production company, Adhara Properties Inc., and she launched her own magazine, "DARIA!".
With Adhara Properties, she financed and produced the $5.8 million feature film PUNCTURED HOPE. The film was a critically acclaimed success. The Political Film Society (Hollywood) has nominated PUNCTURED HOPE for 'Best film exposé' and 'Best film on human rights' of 2009, the same year when other films nominated were "Avatar", "Invictus" and "Inglourious Basterds". PUNCTURED 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.
Her magazine, DARIA!, has proven to last the test of time: published for the first time in 2005, it celebrated its 10th year anniversary in 2015 with a Special Issue dedicated to Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
Global Nonviolent Film Festival was created by Bruno Pischiutta and Daria Trifu in 2012 in order to showcase the best of international nonviolent film. Trifu is the Festival's Director.
Daria Trifu's film credits include: Assistant Director of the feature film MAYBE that 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, Executive Producer of the English version of the feature film THE COMOEDIA; Producer and Executive Producer of the feature film PUNCTURED HOPE, Executive Producer of the feature documentary BRASOV, PROBABLY THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD and Producer of the documentary BRASOV INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL & MARKET 2013.
In addition to her position at Global Film Studio, Daria Trifu is also the President & C.E.O. of Adhara Properties Inc. and the Vice President of Toronto Pictures Inc. She is the Editor-in-Chief of Daria! magazine.
Daria's Page on this Network: HERE
