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2020 First Place Winners

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BEST OF FEST | 1st Place Environmental
A Walk Through The Land of A Thousand Hills
Chema Domenech | Montana State University
Featured Hero: Claver Ntoyinkima
People's Choice Award & Sheltering Stories
A Moment in History
Paco Anselmi
Global Educator Award
Yasmine Sherif | Education Cannot Wait
Ron Kovic Peace Prize
The Peace of Wild Things
Katy Wang & Charlotte Ager
Featured Hero/Poet: Wendell Berry
Ron Kovic Peace Prize
The Curious Scroll: How Does Something Ugly Become Beautiful
Andrew Purchin
Dan Eldon Activist Award
Taking Root
Jonah Elias & Michelle Law | Actuality Media
Featured Hero: Mr. Loi
Relationships First Award
Inseparable: The Story of Elly and Lya
Gabriela Barrett, Alexander McDaniel, Idalis McZeal, Noa Nelson, Grace Sandman, India Spencer | Righteous Conversations project
Relationships First Student Award & High School
Cries of the Children
Miracle Espericueta | IN-PROGRESS
Emerging Artist
Angela Kim
Portola High School
Special Hero Award
Bianca Valenti
Humanitarian
The Hand You Were Dealt
Jack Hessler
Featured Hero: Spread the Love Commission
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award
Unladylike2020 Series
by Charlotte Mangin, Sandra Rattley
Featuring Bessie Coleman
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award
Looking After Our Spirit
by Mark Pearce
Featuring Dr. Anne Poelina
Blue Ventures
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award & Animation
Trudie's Goose
Cheri Gaulke, Samara Hutman, Liran Kapel | Righteous Conversations Project
Health Heroes
Stephen Jenkinson - The Meaning of Death
Ian MacKenzie
Media Arts Educator Award
Aubrie and Robin Canfield | Actuality Abroad
Arts Heroes
Material Bodies
Dorothy Allen-Pickard
What If
Immersive Storytelling - 360
The Atomic Tree
Emmanuel Vaughan-Lee and Adam Loften
What If
Immersive Storytelling - Educational
Anne Frank House VR
Martin de Ronde
Global Dance Heroes
College Animation & For a Young Audience - Animation
Binding Adventures
Mikylah Spangenberg | The Animation School
The River is Me
Special Hero Award
Deepak Ramola | Project Fuel
Deepak Ramola | Project Fuel
Featured Hero: Deepak Ramola
The River is Me
Special Hero Award
Ruth Ikeda
Featured in: Remember Us: An Historic Chapter at Anaheim High School
The River is Me
Unsung Heroes Song Contest
Unsung Hero Song
Kitty Richardson, Katie Graubart, Jessica Ordaz
The River is Me
Overcoming Obstacles
A Second Family
Ramon Sanchez Orense, Susanne Maria Krauss
Featured Hero: Amina Maseremba
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award
Looking After Our Environment
Mark Pearce | BALANGARA FILMS
Featured Hero: Jack Hessler
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award
freeFLY
Avery Bazan | DJI | OCEANS UNMANNED
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Student Honoree
Water is Sacred
Kimimila Wahpepah | Mentors: Tiana and Wakinyan LaPointe | IN-PROGRESS
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Student Honoree
Waterheart and Her Friends
Tianna Bluebird | IN-PROGRESS
Media Award
The MY HERO Project
Mattie J.T. Stepanek Poetry Contest​
The Boy - for Mattie J.T. Stepanek​
Director/Writer: Alana Daly Mulligan
My Vote
Animation (TIE)
Love Letters from Everest
Celeste Koon
Made in Madras
Films for a Young Audience & Student Sheltering Stories
Wear a Mask Hamilton Parody #STOPTHESPREAD
Angelina Pendleton-Mendez & Leila Woodward
Trought the Eyes of CHildren
Activist Heroes
Our Catchment
Michael J. Lutman | Port Phillip EcoCentre
Signature
Human Rights
The Mayor of Castro Street: The Triumphs and Tragedies of Harvey Milk
Angela Kim | Portola High School
Essential
Documentary
Dusty Feet Mob - This Story’s True
Directors: Johanis Lyons-Reid and Paul Tanner, Producers: Carl Kuddell and Jen Lyons-Reid | Change Media
Life on the Line
Women's Rights
Oumy
Oumy Cisse, mentor Cheikh Seck
William Matthewson
Overcoming Obstacles
A Second Family
Ramon Sanchez Orense, Susanne Maria Krauss
infanticide
Arts Heroes
Material Bodies
Dorothy Allen-Pickard
The Happiness Pebbles
Sports Heroes
Pushing Forward
Brian Olliver
William Matthewson
Family Heroes
Wearing My Culture
Olivia Lya Thomassie | Wapikoni Mobile
Feed the Future
High School
Cries of the Children
Miracle Espericueta | In-Progress
Margo
High School Documentary
Remember Us: An Historic Chapter at Anaheim High School
AUHSD STUDENTS: Vanessa Diaz, Kenia Lares, Fryda Luna, Aleshia Osborn, Vivian Pham, Dillan Tran
Featured Hero: Ruth Ikeda
Life Lab ALIVE
High School Environmental
Pasta La Vista, Plastic Waste!
Ben Caloza | Ibrahima Thiaw School
Life Lab ALIVE
High School Environmental PSA
A Love Letter to My Mother : An Environmental Short Film
Emily Le
Margo
High School PSA
Emotionally Abusive Relationships PSA
Jannah Narra
Life Lab ALIVE
Student/Mentor Narrative
Deadline
Bashayer AlSaadi, Bhima Thapa | International Youth Media Summit
Life Lab ALIVE
Student/Mentor Animation
Stitching a Life: The Story of Trudie Strobel
Spirit Avedon, Natasha Clement, Ian Kim, Miranda Lewis, Alexander McDaniel, Jaaziah McZeal, Hank Schoen, Coleman Weintraub, Jocelyn Vega, Fernanda Zaragoza | Righteous Conversatios Project
Margo
Student/Mentor
Remembering Our Grandpa
Nation Isaac | Wapikoni Mobile
Life Lab ALIVE
Middle School
My Family Journey: Pathway to Empowering Hispanic Women
Angelina Pendleton-Mendez
Life Lab ALIVE
Elementary
My Dad is a Legal Resident
Julieta Vargas-Perez | Pacific Elementary School
Life Lab ALIVE
Eva haller Women Transforming Media - Student
Youth Misinformed
Abirami Subramanian

This festival is dedicated to John Lewis, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Jamie Redford

2020 MY HERO International Film Festival Awards Ceremony

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CREDITS

Thank you to the Film Festival Team, Special Award Sponsors, Donors, Foundations, Partners, and Prize Sponsors. Thanks to all the MY HERO Staff who support our global learning community.

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HUMAN RIGHTS

SHELTERING STORIES

WOMEN’S RIGHTS

ACTIVISTS HEROES

ART HEROES

FAMILY HEROES

HEALTH HEROES

EDUCATIONAL

STUDENT SHELTERING STORIES

COLLEGE DOCUMENTARY

COLLEGE ANIMATION

HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY

HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL

HIGH SCHOOL PSA

HIGH SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL PSA

STUDENT/MENTOR NARRATIVE

STUDENT/MENTOR ANIMATION

MIDDLE SCHOOL

ELEMENTARY

SONG CONTEST WINNERS

SPOKEN WORD VIDEO WINNER

SONG CONTEST - STUDENT WINNERS

Mattie J.T. Stepanek Poetry Contest

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