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List of hosts of the Garetolia Film Festival

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The Garetolia Film Festival is a movie festival that is seen each year in December. This is a list of hosts. Hosts are picked by the Garetolian Screen Actors' Guild (GSAG) and are typically actors starring in winning films from the previous year.

Host Year Notes
Pole'rema Kala 1999 First GFF host.
Leka Manasa 2000 First female GFF host.
Jeremy Kolton 2001 Originally planned to be Martin Sellers, but the invitation was withdrawn following a domestic violence case involving Sellers and his wife, Molina Sellers.
Martin Holt 2002
Robert Heron 2003 Originally reconsidered as a consequence of Heron's unpopularity; nonetheless, Heron was reinvited to host by the GSAG.
Joshua Konoko 2004
Isiah Hama 2005
Olmea 2006
Popo Kalaka 2007
None 2008 Originally planned to be John Prole, but the event was cancelled due to the 2008 wildfire.
John Prole 2009
Mono Koro'o 2010
Aaron Francis 2011
Al Herd 2012
Noka Eeia 2013 The choice of Eeia generated some controvery due to his views on the LGBTQ community.
Morolo Isi 2014
Veronica Charles 2015
Mahano'na Alo 2016
Kiki Moloka 2017
Sean Martin 2018
Mike Pellings 2019
None 2020 Event cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Possible hosts included Timo Koko and Mono Koro'o.
Popo Kalaka 2021 Only two-time host.
Mere Kausea 2022 Generated some controversy as Mere Kausea is not involved with the film industry.
Timo Koko 2023