Packed Preview at the Paramount

Walk-ups lined up for a full block on Charlottesville's downtown mall on Sunday, February 21, 2010, and the numbers were such that even the historic Paramount Theater wasn't enough to hold them all.

Film Premieres at SXSW 2010

Our documentary has been selected for inclusion in this year’s South by Southwest Film Festival held from March 12-16 in Austin, Texas.

It's an honor for any film to be chosen for this festival, which is one of the important and influential events in the world for independent documentary. Ours is one of 130 films drawn from this year's pool of more than 1,500 submissions. The screening in Austin in March will provide a fantastic opportunity to share John's work with some of the tens of thousands in attendance.

The film will show three times over the course of eight days at SXSW – twice during the film festival and then again during the famed music portion. Dates, times, and locations of these screenings in downtown Austin are:

• Saturday, March 13 – 12 noon @ Alamo Ritz 3
• Tuesday, March 16 – 4:15pm @ G-Tech
• Saturday, March 20 – 4pm @ Alamo Lamar 2

Second Screening at the Paramount in Charlottesville – April 17, 2010

Encore presentation at The Paramount Theater. Thanks to our sponsors, including Virginia National Bank, which contributed to provide 100 free tickets for educators in the local schools, with 50 tickets going to each the Charlottesville City Schools and Albemarle County Public Schools.

Richmond Premiere at the Byrd – April 25, 2010

The Byrd Theater, co-hosted by the Richmond Peace Education Center.

Bergen International Film Festival

At our international premiere at the Bergen International Film Festival in Bergen, Norway in late October, World Peace and other 4th-Grade Achievements received the Audience Award for Best Film, selected from approximately 145 films from around the world. There were a number of incredibly good films, many of which have received wide international acclaim. This reinforces our confidence that the message and mission of spreading John's work truly does have world-wide appeal. We had eight separate screenings, four of which were directed specifically at students and educators. Festival Director Tor Fosse and his most gracious staff did amazing work in ensuring broad educational outreach, and John's example clearly inspired all audiences. Even before we won the award, John and I were overwhelmed by the generosity of spirit shown to us by the festival staff and the people of Bergen. Negotiations are now underway to have the film be represented by an educational distributor in Norway, ensuring that the film and John's work will be widely seen by students and educators throughout Norway. John has already been invited to return there during the summer of 2011 to continue extending the goal of inspiring and influencing young and future educators. Our hearts were truly touched by our experience in Bergen, and we look forward to the possibility of returning to Bergen and renewing the warm friendships that were created there during the festival.

AWARDS

World Premiere - South by Southwest Film Festival - March, 2010

Best Film - Audience Award- Bergen International Film Festival, Bergen, Norway -  October, 2010

Jury Award - Red Rock Film Festival - November, 2010

Youth Vision Award - United Nations Association Film Festival - October, 2010

Mass Impact Award - Boston Film Festival - September, 2010

Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking - Newport Beach Film Festival -  April, 2010

Finalist - Japan Prize - NHK Television, Tokyo, Japan - October, 2010

PAST INTERNATIONAL BROADCAST

ISRAEL - YES-DBS SATELLITE SERVICES – APRIL, 2011

SOUTH KOREA – DAEHAN MEDIAWORLD – FEBRUARY, 2011

OTHER PAST FESTIVAL SCREENINGS

Lowell Film Festival – Lowell, Mass., April 2011

Atlanta Film Festival – May 2011

Saskatchewan International Youth Film Festival, Saskatchewan, Canada, May 2011

The Global Peace Film Festival – September 22 & 26

The BendFilm Festival – October 7-10

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival – October 15-24

Virginia Film Festival - Charlottesville, Virginia November, 2010

OTHER PAST SCREENINGS

John Carroll University - Cleveland, Ohio - September 20, 2011

Diana Wortham Theater - Asheville, North Carolina - May 4, 2011

Cinearts Theater – Palo Alto, California - May 17

TEDxPhiladelphia - June 24, 2011

Aspen Institute's Ideas Festival - Aspen, Colorado - June 28, 2011

Ideo Design Firm -  Palo Alto, California - July 6, 2011

Paramount Theater - Charlottesville, Virginia - February, 2010 and April, 2010 (return engagement)

Byrd Theater - Richmond, Virginia (Hosted by Richmond Peace Education Center) - April, 2010

Virginia Association of School Superintendents - Roanoke, Virginia - May, 2010

Edustat University, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - July, 2010

Georgetown University - Washington, D.C. - October, 2010

PAST EDUCATIONAL SCREENINGS

Chesterfield County Public Schools - Presentation/Screening - November 10, 2010

Warren County Public School – Teacher Presentation and Training, 2-day Seminar – Front Royal, Va. - November 2010

Ferrum College - Presentation and screening - October 6, 2010

Roanoke City Public Schools Administration 2010 Leadership Conference - Presentation/Screening - June 16 2010

Phi Delta Kappa “Outstanding Teacher of the Year 2010 Charlottesville May 2010

University of Virginia College Leadership Program L2K – June 3, 2010

University of Virginia Secondary Leadership Development Cadre: “Exploding Perspectives on Leadership” - July 13 2010

Western Albemarle High School Political Science class lecture: Friday April 16 2010

College Board Southern Regional Forum - Atlanta, Georgia - February 10-11, 2011

Peace on Earth Film Festival - Chicago - Feb 26

Appalachian State Peace Film Series - Boone, North Carolina - Feb 27

John Hunter’s TED presentation at TED - Long Beach, Ca. -  Friday, March 4 

Film Screening at TED Post-Conference Weekend - Palm Springs, Ca. - March 5

OTHER PAST EDUCATIONAL SCREENINGS

Harvard Graduate School of Education Askwith Forum Cambridge, Massachusetts - April 26, 2011

New Schools/Aspen Institute Summit San Francisco, Ca - May 18, 2011

The Art of Peace in the Time of War, Co-Hosted by Brown University - Quebec, Canada - June 21, 2011

University of Houston College of Education First Lecture Series (John Hunter Keynotes) - August 18, 2011