Tina Petrova
Award Winning Filmmaker ~Motivational Speaker ~ Author
Tina has been part of the Canadian film, television and stage scene for over 20 years as an award winning actress, writer, producer and director. She is an alumnus of Academy Award Winner Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Centre. Film critics have dubbed Tina as "a driving force" and "visionary" , creating works of "faith and healing".
Her feature directing debut "Rumi Turning Ecstatic", had its world broadcast premiere on VISION TV on January 2006. Since then, it has been translated into three languages and programmed in over 15 countries - including a special invite to the United Nations in 2007.
Tina has released a half hour documentary entitled "Animating the Golden Rule" - a captivating journey through the world's various faith traditions through music, rap and drama as animated by grade 10 and 11 youth.
Nelson Publishing, Canada's premiere textbook publisher, has licensed excerpts from the film for their Teachers Resource Guide for the upcoming 2010 World Religion Textbook. She is co-author of "The Golden Rule Guidebook" for educators and co-founder of The Golden Rule Institute and she is an accredited juror for The Coalition for Quality Children's Media.
Her autobiography "Dancing in the Fire" is set to publish Fall/Winter 2010.
Rumi Turning Ecstatic is represented in the educational sector (worldwide) by www.choicesvideo.net and for Television sales by www.longtale.com
Animating the Golden Rule is represented in Canada by www.mcnabbconnolly.ca and in the US by www.choicesvideo.net
