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The MY HERO Film Festival
The MY HERO International Film Festival highlights films and stories of unsung heroes around the globe.
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2017 First Place Winners

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My Haggan Dream
BEST OF FEST & PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD
My Haggan Dream
Rob Sams, Laura Sams, Stephani Gordon
Featured Hero: Yonat Swimmer
GLOBAL EDUCATOR AWARD
Sal Khan
Video - Supercharging the Classroom
Produced by Edutopia
Creative Visions
Media Award
Creative Visions Foundation
Founders: Kathy & Amy Eldon
Reclaiming Pakistan
Ron Kovic Peace Prize & Dan Eldon Activist Award
Reclaiming Pakistan
Lisa Donato, Fawzia Mirza
Featured Hero: Mohammad Jibran Nasir
Alyse Nelson
Women Transforming Media
Alyse Nelson
Xenia Shin
Featured Hero: Alyse Nelson
G.I. José
Relationships First Award
G.I. José
Alejandro Marquez Vela
The Sunrise Storyteller [Trailer]
Emerging Artist
The Sunrise Storyteller [Trailer]
Kasha Sequoia Slavner
Featured Hero: Kasha Sequoia Slavner
Bazaruto Ocean Guardians
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award
Bazaruto Ocean Guardians
Finn White-Thomson
Featured Hero: Bazaruto Ocean Guardians
Growing a Healthy Community
Teen Press Award
Growing a Healthy Community
Amanda Wright
Featured Hero: Growing for Change
HIAS - For the Refugee
Humanitarian Award
HIAS - For the Refugee
Marie-Margaux, Tsakiri-Scanatovits, David Prosser, Daniel Chester
Featured Hero: HIAS Organization
Media Arts Educator Award
Jerrilyn Jacobs
Program Administrator for Taft Media Program
Evan Morton
In Harmony
Immersive Storytelling - 360
In Harmony
Elliot Dillman
Featured Hero: The Harmony Project
Bella Gaia VR
Immersive Storytelling - Environmental
Bella Gaia VR
Kenji Williams
Primordial Soup
Immersive Storytelling - Interactive
Primordial Soup
Ethan Summers & Anne-Marie Napoli
Underground Engine
The Community They Fight For
Environmental
The Community They Fight For
Tom Dusenbery, Mill Valley Film Group
Featured Hero: Mark Lopez
Evelyn Seubert
Global Peacemaker Award
Evelyn Seubert
International Youth Media Summit
Featured Hero: James Gleason & Evelyn Seubert
From Mt. Tamalpais to Fruitvale Station
Music Video Award
From Mt. Tamalpais to Fruitvale Station
Justice Arts Collective of Chabot College
Featured Hero: Resilient Communities of Color
Who We Are
Special Hero Award
Who We Are
Yael Deynes
Featured Hero: People of Puerto Rico
A Magical Place
Tribute to Puerto Rico
Poco a Poco (Little by Little)
Asya Rachitsky
A Magical Place
PSA
A Magical Place
Raj Yagnik
Featured Hero: Unicef
No Exit: Jordan’s Most Vulnerable Refugees
Humanitarian
No Exit: Jordan’s Most Vulnerable Refugees
Claudio Accheri, Liz Mermin Thomson Reuters Foundation
Featured Hero: Reed Smith Refugee Protection Project, Jayne Fleming (org's leader)
Walking While Black
Special Hero Award
WALKING WHILE BLACK: L.O.V.E. Is The Answer [Trailer]
A.J. Ali and Errol Webber
Experimental
Noisia-Mantra
Sil Van Der Woerd
Documentary
Rainmakers
Safi Graauw, Marc Haers & Wessel van Eeden
Featured Hero: Justdiggit
Velo Visionaries – Alicia Tapia
Series
Velo Visionaries – Alicia Tapia
Kristin Tieche
Girls Like Us
Women's Rights
Girls Like Us
C. Dallas Golden, Hailey Sprinkel Actuality Media
Featured Hero: Apps & Girls, Carolyne Ekyarisiima (founder)
The Ultimate Running Machine
Overcoming Obstacles
The Ultimate Running Machine
Charles Frank, Andrew Hutcheson
Featured Hero: John Pierre
Reunited: A Short Film about Music and the Human Spirit
Arts Heroes
Reunited: A Short Film about Music and the Human Spirit
Max Thurlow & Nick Trumble
Featured Hero: Sam Kensella
A Tribute to Discomfort: Cory Richards
Professional Documentary
A Tribute to Discomfort: Cory Richards
Rob Finch & Catherine Yrisarri Blue Chalk Media
Featured Hero: Cory Richards
Exam Stress Syrian Style
Professional Animation
Exam Stress Syrian Style
revoLuZion
Educational
revoLuZion
Victoria Gale Modesto
Featured Hero: Juan Pablo, Romero Fuentes
Student Animation
Dieu Merci: The Story of Michele Rodri
Xenia Bernal, Fiona Fortunato, Ziggy Hicks, Grace Ma, Idalis McZeal Righteous Conversations Project
Featured Hero: Michele Rodri
College Documentary
Cycle of Change
Sarah Frei, Avani Mack
Featured Hero: Reina Molino
Un Homme Ordinaire
ART HONOREE
Peace Pals International
Jules Lamare
In a Heartbeat
College Animation
In a Heartbeat
Beth David & Esteban Bravo Ringling College
Seen Not Heard
High School Documentary
Seen Not Heard
Luciana Fasani, Ming Gao BAYCAT
High School Narrative
Following Heart
Matthew Marroquin Taft High School
Alone
High School Experimental
Alone
Jasmine Lahijaniha
What You Plant You Harvest
High School PSA
What You Plant You Harvest
Svebor Mihael Jelic, Vici Nilsson, Rasmita Limbu, Maram Salim International Youth Media Summit
Emma Cushman
Middle School Documentary
Emma Cushman
Colin Caviness, Luke Boyden, Colin Everts Royal Valley Middle School
Featured Hero: Emma Darling Cushman
Growing a Healthy Community
Student/Mentor
Growing a Healthy Community
Amanda Wright Lighthouse Studio
Featured Hero: Growing for CHANGE; Artem Demchenko & Shantell Bingham (founders)
We Are Human
Poetic
We Are Human
Alexis Clark Tulane University
Dear John
Elementary
Dear John
David Ohikhuare, Stanlee Ohikhuare
Beneath the Surface
Excerpt
Beneath the Surface
Fred Kroetsch
Featured Hero: Daniel Ennett
Health Heroes
Tai Chi in the City
Pankaja Brooke

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Environmental

Music Video Award

Immersive Storytelling Award - 360

Narrative

Arts Heroes

College Animation

College Documentary

College Narrative

Documentary

Educational Heroes

Elementary School

Excerpt

Experimental

Health Heroes

High School Documentary

High School PSA

High School Narrative

High School Experimental

Human Rights

Overcoming Obstacles

Middle School Documentary

Indy Project in Development

Poetic

Professional Portrait of an Individual

Professional Documentary

Professional Animation

Professional Portrait of an Organization

PSA

Series

Student/Mentor

Student Animation

Special Hero Awards

Trailer

Women’s Rights

Humanitarian