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The 21st Annual MY HERO International Film Festival Virtual Award Ceremony

Directed by: Santos Herrera | Produced by: MY HERO | 2026 | United States

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The 21st Annual MY HERO International Virtual Award Ceremony

Edited by Santos Herrera & Kitty Richardson and St. George Thompson

Hosted by Kitty Richardson

produced by The MY HERO Film Festival Team - 

Programmer and Assistant Director - Rachel Priebe

Ceremonies held virtually via Zoom on

Decemeber 13th 2025 & January 10th 2026

 

Tributes

Eva Haller: A Work in Progress by Jeanne Meyers

Jane Goodall Tribute edited by Kitty Richardson

Original media courtesy of Jane Goodall Institute

Portrait of Dan Eldon by Creative Visions Foundation

Portrait of Ron Kovic edited by MY HERO

Footage courtesy of Universal

A Good American by Loretta Smith

Operation Last Patrol by Frank Cavistani

Jeni Stepanek Tribute 

SuperSoul Sunday clip courtesy of Oprah Winfrey

Portrait of Sing for Hope by Sing for Hope

Portrait of Esther Wojcicki by Jeanne Meyers & Wendy Milette

 

Award Presenters:

Eva Haller - Women Transforming Media

Camille Zamora - Sing for Hope Award

Kathy Eldon - Daniel Eldon Turteltaub - Dan Eldon Activist Award

Ron Kovic - Kovic Peace Prize

Esther Wojcicki - Student Reporter Award

Jeni Stepanek - Mattie Stepanek Poetic Film Prize 

 

Award Recipients include:

Jane Goodall - Global Educator

Tiffany Shlain - Women Transforming Media

Will Parinello - Dan Eldon Activist Award

students and professional filmmakers from around the world.

To view all of the winning films visit MY HERO

https://myhero.com/Winners

Thanks to all our donors, filmmakers and heroes!

to learn more visit https://myhero.com/About