Sonny DePasquale Wins Portrait of an Organization at 2024 MY HERO Film Festival

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JEANNE MEYERS
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The MY HERO Project
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BRIDGING FRAGMENTS BY SONNY DEPASQUALE WINS PORTRAIT OF AN ORGANIZATION AWARD AT 2024 MY HERO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

One of the sloths being tracked by The Sloth Conservation Foundation for research clings to a tree.Sonny DePasquale, with permission

NOVEMBER 15, 2024 – LAGUNA BEACH, CA – The MY HERO Project is delighted to announce that Bridging Fargments by Sonny DePasquale is the first place winner in the Portrait of an Organization category at the MY HERO 20^th Annual International Film Festival. The film details the work of one of the world’s leading experts on sloth ecology and biology, Dr. Rebecca Cliffe, and her non-profit organization, The Sloth Conservation Foundation (SloCo). You can watch Bridging Fragments here.

DePasquale made the film under his own organization Emergent Productions, a non-profit dedicated to creating media to highlight the individuals and organizations working on various conservation issues. DePasquale came across SloCo whilst researching organizations based in Costa Rica as, with the increasing tourism and urban development happening there, he knew he wanted Emergent Productions’ next film to be based there. As sloths are beloved by so many people, DePasquale hopes that making SloCo the subject of his latest project will spark a wider interest in conservation. He told The MY HERO Project:

Sloths are a wonderful mascot for rainforests because people seem to have an affinity and love for them, which makes them a great flagship species. If people care enough to protect sloths, then they will, in turn, be protecting the rainforest for other creatures they may not be familiar with or share the same love for.

Sonny DePasquale, with permissionSonny DePasquale films members of SloCo working with a sloth.

Read more about The Sloth Conservation Foundation here and Emergent Productions here. 

About the MY HERO International Film Festival

The My Hero Film Festival is an annual event dedicated to showcasing films that celebrate the power of the human spirit. The festival provides a platform for filmmakers to share inspirational stories of everyday heroes. Thanks to generous sponsors, prizes are awarded to elementary, middle school, high school, college and professionals in a variety of categories including documentary, narrative, music video, animation, experimental, and more.

The festival aims to inspire audiences to recognize the heroism in their own lives and encourage positive actions in their communities. Learn more.

Join us in celebrating 20 years of The MY HERO International Film Festival on November 16, 6pm @ the Ann and Jerry Moss Theater at New Roads School in Santa Monica, California. Find out more here.