Daria Trifu
- Producer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
- Casting Director
Daria Trifu is a Canadian film producer and media entrepreneur. She is a member of the European Film Academy.
In 2001, in Toronto, Daria attended the International Film Workshops taught by director Bruno Pischiutta and was subsequently hired by his production company, marking the start of her career in the film industry.
In 2003, she founded her first film production company, Adhara Properties, and two years later launched the art, entertainment, and culture magazine Daria!, which she continues to lead as Editor-in-Chief and Contributing Writer. Originally released in print as a laminated coffee-table publication, the magazine was distributed in thousands of copies at film festivals, conventions, cinema screenings, and private events, including the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo, The Friars Club in New York City, the Montreal World Film Festival, the American Film Market in Los Angeles, the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in Brașov, the National Investment Banking Association events in New York, Las Vegas, Miami, and San Diego, and the Cannes Film Festival. Since 2022, it has been available online at DariaMagazine.com.
Also in 2003, she served as assistant director on the feature film Maybe (2003) , which was an Official Selection at the Bahamas One World Film Festival and received the Visionary In Film Award for director Bruno Pischiutta.
At the 56th Cannes Film Festival, Daria was a guest speaker on the Peacefulfish & Variety Present: Global Film Finance panel, alongside industry leaders including keynote speaker Jill Gwen, former CFO and Head of Finance and Operations at Fox Searchlight Pictures.
In 2007, she played a pivotal role in taking a Canadian media company public in the United States, attracting significant media attention, including an interview at Nasdaq in New York City.
In 2009, she produced the critically acclaimed feature film Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) . The film qualified for Academy Awards® consideration, screened in Los Angeles cinemas for three consecutive months, and was an Official Selection at the Montreal World Film Festival. In Hollywood, it received nominations from the Political Film Society for Best Human Rights Film and Best Exposé, alongside Avatar, Invictus, and that year’s Best Picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker.
Daria organized and oversaw the film’s publicity and cinema release campaigns, coordinating screenings in Los Angeles at the Eastman Kodak Headquarters, Laemmle Cinemas (Santa Monica, Sunset Boulevard, and Encino), and a private screening in New York at The Friars Club, attended by leading film, media, and business executives. She was interviewed by Thomson/Reuters and ABC Radio, where host Bill Diehl broadcast her interview to over 3,000 syndicated radio stations nationwide, discussing her experience filming in Africa and the launch of Daria! magazine.
She went on to produce the documentary Bruno Pischiutta Film Director (2012) and English-language versions of two of Pischiutta’s earlier award-winning films, The Comoedia (1981) and Ultimo incontro a Venezia (1980) , facilitating their release through the Reframe Collection, an initiative by the Tribeca Film Institute in partnership with Amazon CreateSpace.
In 2012, Daria produced the feature documentary Brasov: Probably the Best City in the World (2012) , filmed over 12 months to capture the city’s beauty across all four seasons. She premiered the film in Cuba as the guest of honor at the Semana de Cine Rumano in Havana, having been invited by Dr. Dumitru Preda, Plenipotentiary Romanian Ambassador to Cuba. The following year, she produced the short documentary Brasov International Film Festival & Market 2013 (2014) , which focused on the second annual edition of the event that subsequently became known as the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
In 2011, Daria co-founded Global Film Studio and the Global Nonviolent Film Festival, and later launched the streaming channel Global Cinema Online.
Together with Bruno Pischiutta, she ran and hosted 14 annual editions of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival, affectionately known as "the people’s festival" and recognized as the most prominent nonviolent film festival in the world. Broadcast online, it attracted viewers from 188 countries. Feeling the festival had fulfilled its mission, the founders made the deliberate decision to close it following its 2025 edition.
Beyond presenting the festival-on stage and on camera-Daria oversaw year-round operations, including communications, public and client relations, and publicity campaigns. She also edited all video presentations broadcast online (11 annual half-hour shows and the annual hour-long Award Shows).
Global Cinema Online, a streaming channel for nonviolent films, was launched in 2021 and ran until the end of 2025. Under Daria’s leadership, the channel amassed a catalog of over 300 titles, including award-winning independent features, documentaries, and series without gratuitous violence. She also authored a widely-read weekly e-Newsletter featuring the channel’s new releases, reaching 30,000 subscribers.
Over 15+ years managing the festival and streaming channel, Daria built strong relationships with many filmmakers and connections with hundreds of directors and producers worldwide.
Daria appeared in the world of fashion too, walking the catwalk as a guest alongside Marla Maple for a charity event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, and attended major international events such as Cannes, AFM, the Montreal World Film Festival, and numerous investment conventions, giving talks and interviews across radio, television, and print media. In 2024, she was a member of the jury at the Pápa International Historical Film Festival in Hungary.
In her youth, Daria trained professionally in both skiing and tennis, and performed in a national choir, an experience that enriched her artistic foundation and took her to different parts of the world. Daria studied fine arts and held private exhibitions of her paintings from age 15 until she shifted her focus to film. She has continued to contribute visually throughout her career by designing promotional materials, film posters, award trophies, and official posters for the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
In 2001, in Toronto, Daria attended the International Film Workshops taught by director Bruno Pischiutta and was subsequently hired by his production company, marking the start of her career in the film industry.
In 2003, she founded her first film production company, Adhara Properties, and two years later launched the art, entertainment, and culture magazine Daria!, which she continues to lead as Editor-in-Chief and Contributing Writer. Originally released in print as a laminated coffee-table publication, the magazine was distributed in thousands of copies at film festivals, conventions, cinema screenings, and private events, including the Monaco Grand Prix in Monte Carlo, The Friars Club in New York City, the Montreal World Film Festival, the American Film Market in Los Angeles, the Global Nonviolent Film Festival in Brașov, the National Investment Banking Association events in New York, Las Vegas, Miami, and San Diego, and the Cannes Film Festival. Since 2022, it has been available online at DariaMagazine.com.
Also in 2003, she served as assistant director on the feature film Maybe (2003) , which was an Official Selection at the Bahamas One World Film Festival and received the Visionary In Film Award for director Bruno Pischiutta.
At the 56th Cannes Film Festival, Daria was a guest speaker on the Peacefulfish & Variety Present: Global Film Finance panel, alongside industry leaders including keynote speaker Jill Gwen, former CFO and Head of Finance and Operations at Fox Searchlight Pictures.
In 2007, she played a pivotal role in taking a Canadian media company public in the United States, attracting significant media attention, including an interview at Nasdaq in New York City.
In 2009, she produced the critically acclaimed feature film Punctured Hope: A Story About Trokosi and the Young Girls' Slavery in Today's West Africa (2009) . The film qualified for Academy Awards® consideration, screened in Los Angeles cinemas for three consecutive months, and was an Official Selection at the Montreal World Film Festival. In Hollywood, it received nominations from the Political Film Society for Best Human Rights Film and Best Exposé, alongside Avatar, Invictus, and that year’s Best Picture Oscar winner The Hurt Locker.
Daria organized and oversaw the film’s publicity and cinema release campaigns, coordinating screenings in Los Angeles at the Eastman Kodak Headquarters, Laemmle Cinemas (Santa Monica, Sunset Boulevard, and Encino), and a private screening in New York at The Friars Club, attended by leading film, media, and business executives. She was interviewed by Thomson/Reuters and ABC Radio, where host Bill Diehl broadcast her interview to over 3,000 syndicated radio stations nationwide, discussing her experience filming in Africa and the launch of Daria! magazine.
She went on to produce the documentary Bruno Pischiutta Film Director (2012) and English-language versions of two of Pischiutta’s earlier award-winning films, The Comoedia (1981) and Ultimo incontro a Venezia (1980) , facilitating their release through the Reframe Collection, an initiative by the Tribeca Film Institute in partnership with Amazon CreateSpace.
In 2012, Daria produced the feature documentary Brasov: Probably the Best City in the World (2012) , filmed over 12 months to capture the city’s beauty across all four seasons. She premiered the film in Cuba as the guest of honor at the Semana de Cine Rumano in Havana, having been invited by Dr. Dumitru Preda, Plenipotentiary Romanian Ambassador to Cuba. The following year, she produced the short documentary Brasov International Film Festival & Market 2013 (2014) , which focused on the second annual edition of the event that subsequently became known as the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
In 2011, Daria co-founded Global Film Studio and the Global Nonviolent Film Festival, and later launched the streaming channel Global Cinema Online.
Together with Bruno Pischiutta, she ran and hosted 14 annual editions of the Global Nonviolent Film Festival, affectionately known as "the people’s festival" and recognized as the most prominent nonviolent film festival in the world. Broadcast online, it attracted viewers from 188 countries. Feeling the festival had fulfilled its mission, the founders made the deliberate decision to close it following its 2025 edition.
Beyond presenting the festival-on stage and on camera-Daria oversaw year-round operations, including communications, public and client relations, and publicity campaigns. She also edited all video presentations broadcast online (11 annual half-hour shows and the annual hour-long Award Shows).
Global Cinema Online, a streaming channel for nonviolent films, was launched in 2021 and ran until the end of 2025. Under Daria’s leadership, the channel amassed a catalog of over 300 titles, including award-winning independent features, documentaries, and series without gratuitous violence. She also authored a widely-read weekly e-Newsletter featuring the channel’s new releases, reaching 30,000 subscribers.
Over 15+ years managing the festival and streaming channel, Daria built strong relationships with many filmmakers and connections with hundreds of directors and producers worldwide.
Daria appeared in the world of fashion too, walking the catwalk as a guest alongside Marla Maple for a charity event at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, and attended major international events such as Cannes, AFM, the Montreal World Film Festival, and numerous investment conventions, giving talks and interviews across radio, television, and print media. In 2024, she was a member of the jury at the Pápa International Historical Film Festival in Hungary.
In her youth, Daria trained professionally in both skiing and tennis, and performed in a national choir, an experience that enriched her artistic foundation and took her to different parts of the world. Daria studied fine arts and held private exhibitions of her paintings from age 15 until she shifted her focus to film. She has continued to contribute visually throughout her career by designing promotional materials, film posters, award trophies, and official posters for the Global Nonviolent Film Festival.
