Congratulations to the 2025 Media Arts Educator Award recipient, Clarissa Ngo! Below are her students' films that took part in the 21st MY HERO International Film Festival
The End of My Pink Cake Life
By: Imaginate Ink
The tale of how Alyssa Wu moved from video-game addicted teen to realizing that treating yourself makes your dreams sit on a shelf.
Ode to my Fellow Writers
By: Imaginate Ink
For my fellow writers–-for having the courage to face the blank page every day. We change hearts to change minds.
A Modern Hero: A Love Story
By: Imaginate Ink
“It was from my grandmother, my Popo, that I learned how to love and that seemingly ordinary things are what are most extraordinary.”
My Heroic Quest
By: Victoria Hsu
“Once upon a time, I was eating Cheetos on the couch
Watching Girl Meets World–to keep me from feeling like a grouch”
So begins my journey from regular kid to a girl who is curious about wisdom.
Ensnared
By: Isabella Lin
“What would you like to be someday?”
“A pigeon.”
Nai Nai
By: Emilee Sung
My ancestors come from an illiterate fishing village
Where pirates lay in wait for merchant ships to plunder
Patrick the Penguin
By: Imaginate Ink
There once was a penguin who didn’t think it was nice
That his once spacious glacier was now a cube of ice
Forgetting to be Grandpa
By: Imaginate Ink
When 17-year-old Alexander passes the bust of his grandpa, he remembers whom he is supposed to be.
Untamed Rhymes: Poems to Celebrate Sea Creatures
By: Imaginate Ink
A Home for Harlem
By: Jubilee Sung, Ed Sung
A Home for Harlem is about 8-year-old Harlem Sung, who lives in a cardboard box with his Mom in Central Park. His dream is to build his Mom a real home. Will Harlem be able to use his creativity to do what seems impossible? Find out in A Home for Harlem.
Music: My Friend, My Hero
By: Imaginate Ink
My hero isn’t a person or a thing. It’s something you can’t touch, but you can feel. Is it okay to say my hero is music?
Before Rosa, Claudette Sat
By: Imaginate Ink
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