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Best of Fest

Best of Fest		 One World One Ocean
Produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films

One World One Ocean campaign inspires stewardship of the sea.

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Global Educator Award
A Tribute to Dean Elizabeth Daley
Produced by Cassandra Brooksbank

Thank you, Dean Elizabeth Daley.

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Elizabeth M. Daley Ph.D.
George Lucas Global Educator Award
Produced by 2011 MY HERO Film Festival

MY HERO Associate Media Director David Kelly presents a MY HERO Global Educator Award to George Lucas.

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Dan Eldon Activist Award
Erica Fernandez: The Tool of Protest
Produced by The Center for Advancing Unity & The Working Group

A young girl defends her community for corporate polluters.

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Erica Fernandez
Ron Kovic Peace Prize
Azim Khamisa: The Tool of Forgiveness
Produced by The Institute for Advancing Unity/The Working Group

A grieving father overcomes tragedy by creating something beautiful in his son's name.

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Azim Khamisa & Ples Felix
Global Partner Award

1st Place		 2011 Global Partner Award
Produced by The MY HERO Project

Cheikh Seck has been sharing The MY HERO Project in Senegal for years.

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Youth Achievement Award

1st Place		 An Inconvenient Youth - Cancun
Produced by Slater Jewell-Kemker

Youth activists are exasperated by a lack of action from world leaders regarding climate change.

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Professional Portraits of Individuals

1st Place		 Florence Jones: Embrace Culture
Produced by The Institute for Advancing Unity/The Working Group

A spiritual leader fights to preserve the culture of her people.

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Florence Curl Jones

2nd Place		 Boyus Story
Produced by Annie Escobar

A courageous young woman faces her adversities head on.

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Boyu Jibbli

2nd Place		 The Middle Brother
Produced by Vaughn Juares



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Commander W. Blair Anderson

3rd Place		 Troubled Water
Produced by Will Parrinello

Farmers come together to fight against mineral mining companies who are threatening their water sources.

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Francisco Pineda

3rd Place		 Woodsy
Produced by Alicia Nogueira

Two people from Telluride have taken "simple lifestyle" to a whole new level.

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Professional Portraits of Organizations

1st Place		 The Grid
Produced by Will Parrinello

Citizens united can create change beyond expectations.

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Citizens of the EWS

2nd Place		 Tostan
Produced by Cheikh Daru Seck

A compelling view of an organization fighting to bring education to Africa.

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Molly Melching

3rd Place		 Salud Y Solidaridad
Produced by Alfredo Richner & Jose Marti

Dr. Jose Vargas Vidot helps marginalized people on the streets to get the medical care they need.

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Dr. Jose Vargas Vidot
Trailer

1st Place		 Get Real! Wise Women Speak [Trailer]
Produced by Joni Steele Kimberlin

Get Real! Because wise women find that as they grow older they also grow in authenticity, becoming more and more their true Selves, with a capital S.

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2nd Place		 HOME [Trailer]
Produced by Yann Arthus-Bertrand

A stunning visual portrait of earth.

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3rd Place		 Monica & David [Trailer]
Produced by Alexandra Codina

Love goes a long way.

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Monica & David
Environmental

1st Place		 One World One Ocean
Produced by MacGillivray Freeman Films

One World One Ocean campaign inspires stewardship of the sea.

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One World One Ocean Campaign

2nd Place		 My Toxic Reality
Produced by Tom Dusenbery

Hilton Kelley is tired of seeing his community ravaged by pollution from oil refineries. He and his fellow citizens demand change.

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Hilton Kelley

2nd Place		 The Rhinos Flight
Produced by John Antonelli

Raol du Toit and his fellow environmentalists fight to protect the rhino population of Zimbabwe.

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Raoul Do Toit

3rd Place		 South Atlantic Gyre
Produced by Jody R. Lemmon

5 gyres. One expedition.

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Humanitarian

1st Place		 Sasa
Produced by Diane Namm

A young doctor in Burma begins a medical revolution. Winner of The People's Choice Award.

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SASA - humanitarian award!

2nd Place		 Alex Epstein: The Power of Volunteering
Produced by The Institute for Advancing Unity/The Working Group

A young man becomes an activist when his fellow citizens suffer from a national disaster.

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Alex Epstein

3rd Place		 Elio
Produced by Jack Ballo

A day in the life of Elio Madonia, a man who has dedicated over 20 years of his life to building homes for poor families living in shacks.

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Elio Madonia
College

1st Place		 Joels Hero
Produced by Daniel Gross

A day in the life of 12-year-old Joel Lawrence and his North Star service dog, Hero.

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2nd Place		 Sidy
Produced by Amadou Kagal Ndiaye

Sidy is an unstoppable force.

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Sidy Charette

3rd Place		 Turning Pointe
Produced by Produced by: Michele Forman, Rosie O'Beirne / Directed by: Duy Tran, Hannah Hughes

Ballet takes hard work and sacrifice

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David Bauser
Narrative Student

1st Place		 Aire
Produced by Marcelo Quinones

A man risks his life to smell the sea air again.

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2nd Place		 One Little Step
Produced by Nicholas Economides

One little step can take so much courage.

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3rd Place		 Armor
Produced by Vanita Shastry

Sometimes even the simplest acts take extraordinary courage.

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3rd Place		 Wonderchild
Produced by Charlotte Rabate

Meet the Wonderchild.

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Animation Student

1st Place		 Thembi's Diary
Produced by Jisoo Kim

A wonderful evocation of a young African's refusal to let AIDS define her life.

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Thembi

2nd Place		 Prayers for Peace
Produced by Dustin Grella

A young man seeks peace on behalf of his brother.

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3rd Place		 Overnight Stay
Produced by Daniela Sherer

A grandmother's recollections of people who helped her as a jew in europe during the holocaust.

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3rd Place		 The Lion At Home
Produced by Year 4 Pupils at Bricknell School, Hull

A little lion cub falls out of a painting in a museum.

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Indy Features in Development

1st Place		 American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs
Produced by Austin Wilkin/Grace Lee



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Grace Lee Boggs

3rd Place		 The Deadly Secret of Santee Alley
Produced by Lejla Hadzimuratovic & Kasia Nabialczyk

There is something wrong with Santee Alley.

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Music Video

1st Place		 Just Imagine
Produced by Carolyn Krawczyk / Director of Photography Jerry Jacob/Atherton Pictures

Dedicated to finding a cure for Type 1 diabetes.

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2nd Place		 Liz's Song
Produced by Margo Toombs

Liz Gilbert will not let life's toughest challenges stop her from being an independent woman and artist.

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Liz Gilbert

3rd Place		 Recollection
Produced by Tave Fasce Drake and Rachel J. Siegel

'Recollection' is a lyrical and visual invitation to experience the whimsy and beauty possible in everyday life.

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Experimental

1st Place		 Bottle
Produced by Kirsten Lepore

A snowman and a sandman strive to form a connection.

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2nd Place		 This Is Not A Plate
Produced by Alessia Travaglini



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3rd Place		 Live Life A-Z
Produced by Jerri Sher

Living a happy life, from A to Z

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Narrative

1st Place		 Astonish Me
Produced by Charles Sturridge

New species remain undiscovered, but we can only discover them if we can preserve the Earth.

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2nd Place		 Lunchtime
Produced by Keo Woolford

A young student gets some sage advice from a former teacher.

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2nd Place		 Smile
Produced by Luis Carrasquero Vivas

Sometimes a smile is the best medicine.

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3rd Place		 Skate
Produced by Diane Crespo, Joe Scarpinito

Someone is looking out for you.

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Excerpt

1st Place		 Witness to Hiroshima [excerpt]
Produced by Kathy Sloane

A survivor remembers, and goes on to do great things.

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Keiji Tsuchiya

2nd Place		 Take A Seat: Sharing A Ride Across America (Excerpt)
Produced by Dominic Gill

Dominic Gill shares a ride with different people across America, all of whom have physical disabilities.

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Kelly Lane

3rd Place		 Get Real! Wise Women Speak [excerpt]
Produced by Joni Steele Kimberlin

This documentary profiles extraordinary older women who use their time and talents to benefit their families, communities, nations and the world

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Honorable Mention		 On the Grind (Excerpt)
Produced by James Cheek III, Kevin Campbell

Skateboarding saved their lives.

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Student/Mentor

1st Place		 Beyond Green: Sxabues Umbilical Cord
Produced by Jesus Roberto Secue, Eckwe Secue Trochez

Edilfredo has reconnected with the Earth and works to enrich the land.

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Edilfredo Conda

2nd Place		 Beyond Green: The Cloud Factory
Produced by Marisol Becerra, Zane Scheuerlein

Marisol Becerra and her friends have had enough of The Cloud Factory polluting their community.

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Marisol Becerra

2nd Place		 Beyond Green: Toxic Soil Busters
Produced by Toxic Soil Busters

Janice and the Toxic Soil Busters are here to fight for Worcester.

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Janice Serrano & Toxic Soil Busters

3rd Place		 Beyond Green: Image of Contamination
Produced by Liz Gonzalez, Antonio Rodriguez

A young activist from Texas demands answers when her town is poisoned by a local airbase.

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Diana Lopez
High School

1st Place		 Dont Blow It
Produced by Jack Winter

Good planets are hard to find.

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2nd Place		 Flags
Produced by Mattan Cohen

Nationalistic identities cause a rift between fellow students

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3rd Place		 Save The Planet
Produced by Mattan Cohen

You don't have to be a superhero...

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High School Documentary

1st Place		 A Girl Like Me
Produced by Kiri Davis

Color is more than skin deep for young African-American women struggling to define themselves.

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2nd Place		 What Is Jerkin?
Produced by Tyre Brown

You don't know what Jerkin is, til you see this!

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3rd Place		 A Foot's Dream
Produced by Muhanned Bakker

Defying the loneliness of the long distance runner.

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3rd Place		 Dont Unplug The Arts
Produced by Diana Lampiasi

Making a case for the arts.

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Middle School

1st Place		 Forever Plastic
Produced by Miranda Andersen

Forever plastic? Doesn't sound too appealing.

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Taina Uitto

2nd Place		 Wildlife Waystation
Produced by Chad Kanner

Helping our animal friends.

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Elementary

1st Place		 Together We Can Create World Peace
Produced by Emily Baker

A picture of peace.

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The monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery

2nd Place		 Call to Action
Produced by Laura Nietzer

Kids take up activism in memory of a classmate's father.

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3rd Place		 Silent Voices
Produced by The Dreamteam lead by Mali Bickley

To commemorate those whose voices are oppressed.

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3rd Place		 Trash Talk
Produced by Luc La Montagne

Doing the right thing for your home.

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Animation

1st Place		 Tiger Talk
Produced by Ravi Prakash, Ashutosh Joshi

A tiger tells us his story.

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2nd Place		 Homeland
Produced by Juan de Dios Marfil

Family happens wherever you find it.

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3rd Place		 Dream Escape
Produced by Ellen C. Raines

A walk through Planet Sleep.

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3rd Place		 There Be Monsters!
Produced by Tom Weston

The "monsters" in your path might not be so scary after all.

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Series

1st Place		 Young Voices for the Planet - Team Marine
Produced by Lynne Cherry

Team Marine is a group of students from Santa Monica High School who works to clean up their local beach community.

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Team Marine

2nd Place		 Young Voices for the Planet - Plant for the Planet
Produced by Lynne Cherry

Felix from Germany is inspired by Wangari Maathai's work to plant trees with his fellow pupils.

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Felix

3rd Place		 Young Voices for the Planet - Anya: Citizen Scientist in Siberia
Produced by Lynne Cherry

Anya from Siberia is taking the initiative to be green.

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Anya
Community

1st Place		 Christie Walk: a piece of ecocity
Produced by Producer-Carl Kuddell, Director-Jennifer Lyons-Reid

The residents of Christie Walk are committed to creating an eco-friendly urban living environment.

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The residents of Christie Walk

2nd Place		 Deep Bonds: People of The Mattaponi
Produced by Jason Harwell, Jesse Bogue, Ben Franz

The people of the Mattaponi are connected to their river in more ways than one.

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Special Hero Award

1st Place		 ECO Warrior 2011
Produced by MY HERO Project

James Pribram, the Eco Warrior shares his passion for the environment.

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Dan Eldon Activist Award
Erica Fernandez: The Tool of Protest
Produced by The Center for Advancing Unity & The Working Group

A young girl defends her community for corporate polluters.

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Erica Fernandez
Heroic Individual

1st Place		 Josh
Produced by Angelina Cantada

Josh is an extraordinary individual who has overcome great obstacles.

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Josh Vander Vies

2nd Place		 A Portrait In Bombay
Produced by Sandeep Sharma

A rickshaw driver demonstrates his love for Bombay and its people.

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Deepak Shewale

3rd Place		 These Streets
Produced by Tom Neal

Three everyday heroes who work as paramedics in Melbourne recount their experiences.

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