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2023 First Place Winners

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BEST OF FEST & Relationships First Award & Humanitarian
Down the Road [excerpt]
Care Dorghalli | USC | USA
Woody & Luna Faircloth
BEST OF FEST Narrative & For a Young Audience & Narrative
It Takes a Lemon
Corey J. Gilbert | USA
Media Award
Louis Schwartzberg
Gratitude Revealed | USA
Global Educator Award
Martin Smatana
Filmmaker | Author - A Year of Good News | Czech Republic
Ron Kovic Peace Prize
WAR
Mahyar Zaheri | IRAN
Ron Kovic Peace - Youth & Community
Shalom Ukraine
Olga Kotlytska | Youth Bridge | Germany
Dan Eldon Activist Award & People's Choice
Ministry of Surf
Collins & Keith Reagan | Reagan Studios | USA
Surfers Healing
Dan Eldon Activist Student & High School Environmental
PB&J's Hero, Savannah Ackerman
Shelby Dahl, Penelope Lee, Gabriel Nevarez | Grover Cleveland Charter High School | USA
Savannah Ackerman
Emerging Artist Award
Care Dorghalli
University of Southern California
For a Young Audience Animation & Stop Motion Animation
The Kite
Martin Smatana | Czech Republic
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Award & High School Animation
A Prayer for My Mother: The Eva Brettler Story
Ruben Barrett, Raisa Effress, Sophia Evans, Lauren Fuchs, Katie Hadsock-Longarzo, Ian Kim, Eve Levy, Timothy Lim, Asher Meron, Marlon Ochoa, Bella Rahi, Hank Schoen, Olivia Uzielli
Righteous Conversations Project
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Honoree
The Unbound Project - Sarah Heiligtag
Thomas Machowicz & Sabina Diethelm | United Kingdom
Transfarmation
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media & Documentary
Just a Girl
Yassa Khan | Evoca Foundation | United Kingdom
Girls not Brides & Never Your Fault
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Honoree
Keiko Fukazawa
Anabelle Vo | USA
Eva Haller Women Transforming Media Student
My Hero - Maya Angelou
Sakura Forney | Lora Batchelor Middle School | USA
Immersive Storytelling Award
The Descent
Tatiana Collet-Apraxine| United Kingdom
Immersive Storytelling 360
The Emerald Edge: Cedar's Story
Chad Horn | Canada
WOJ Youth Reporter Award & High School Documentary
Finding Home
Ethan Dumper | Loyola High | USA
WOJ Youth Reporter Award High School & High School Profiles
Oasis: The Projection of your own Identity
Amiko Muscat | BAYCAT | USA
Jessica Recinos
WOJ Youth Reporter Award Middle School Documentary
Fannie Lou Hamer - A Civil Rights Unsung Hero
Elia Grace Defore | Lora Batchelor Middle School | USA
Sing For Hope Music Video Award & Sports
Goddesses
Morgan Maassen | Song: Young Girls by Princess Nokia | USA
Vahine, Heimiti and Kohai Fierro
Sing For Hope Student/Mentor Music Video
Non Violence
Sinbob, Mendy Kanu | Sierra Leone
Sing for Hope High School Honoree
Echoes of War
Kedaton Campbell | US
Never Such Innocence
Sing for Hope Elementary Honoree
Wellness Song
Morgan, Ophelia, Isis, Elinor, Austin, Ethan & Scarlett | Pacific Elementary
Environmental
Reclaim
Kelly Guerin | Canada
Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award
The Art Of Discovery
Mónika Naranjo-Shepherd | USA
Animation
Twisted Tale Cinda Real [EXCERPT]
Sara Bozanic | Slovenia


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