Ron Kovic Peace Prize Finalists

Right To Play [Excerpt]by Frank MarshallFeatured Hero: Johann Olav Koss

Hashim The Truth Angel by Sandi BachomFeatured Hero: Hashim Garrett

Crazy For Peace! Jeanie Bernsteinby Wendy Milette

Playground Museumby Darren PressFeatured Hero: Schuyler Iona Press

The Butterfly Effectby Basil Khoury, Fatima Ahmed, Sophia Sharon DukarevichFeatured Hero: Peace It Together

Life of an American Muslimby Rabiya Suedar / Brandy RuedasFeatured Hero: Muslim Student Association

Who Will Stand [Trailer]by Phil ValentineFeatured Hero: Veterans of War

AMAI The Bird of Lightby Fauzia MinallahFeatured Hero: Fauzia Minallah

Ron Kovic Peace Prize Winner:

Right To Play [Excerpt]by Frank MarshallFeatured Hero: Johann Olav Koss

Dan Eldon Activist Award Finalists

Bidder 70by Beth Gage & George GageFeatured Hero: Tim DeChristopher

Stories of TRUST – Pennsylvaniaby Christi Cooper-Kuhn, Katie Lose-Gilbertson, Kelly MathesonFeatured Hero: Ashley Funk

Caine’s Arcadeby Nirvan MullickFeatured Hero: Caine Monroy

Lost and Found [Trailer]by Sandy CummingsFeatured Hero: Bob & Carol Higgins

An Inconvenient Youth – 2012by Slater Jewell-KemkerFeatured Hero: Slater Jewell-Kemker

SFU Public Square ONE VOICE Music Projectby SFU Public Square / Sarah Van BorekFeatured Hero: SFU Public Square

A Ride with Mattby Robert RippbergerFeatured Hero: Matthew Austin

The New Russiaby Will ParrinelloFeatured Hero: Evgenia Chirikova

Dan Eldon Activist Award Winner:

A Ride with Mattby Robert RippbergerFeatured Hero: Matthew Austin

Winner of the Engage Awardpresented by Life Giving Moments:

Olivia’s Birds and the Oil Spillby Lynne CherryFeatured Hero: Olivia Bouler

People’s Choice Award Winner:An Inconvenient Youth – 2012by Slater Jewell-KemkerFeatured Hero: Slater Jewell-Kemker

General BallotHUMANITARIAN

1st Place – tie Brian Coxby The Working Group

1st Place – tie Hidden Blessings: What Irene Taught me about HIV Preventionby Zoeann MurphyFeatured Hero: Debra Messing

2nd Place – tieEradication of Malaria in Botswanaby Tommie HamalubaFeatured Hero: Tommie Hamaluba

2nd Place – tieFather Malickby Cheikh Seck

3rd PlaceSr. Betty Whyteby Bua Philip

TRAILER

1st PlaceBidder 70by Beth Gage & George GageFeatured Hero: Tim DeChristopher

2nd PlaceLost and Found [Trailer]by Sandy CummingsFeatured Hero: Bob & Carol Higgins

3rd PlaceThe People and the Olive [trailer]by Aaron DennisFeatured Hero: On the Ground Global

4th Place – tieWe Still Live Here As Nutayuneanby Anne MakepeaceFeatured Hero: Nutayunean tribe

4th Place – tieWho Will Stand [Trailer]by Phil ValentineFeatured Hero: Veterans of War

PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT OF AN INDIVIDUAL

1st Place - Caine’s Arcadeby Nirvan MullickFeatured Hero: Caine Monroy

2nd Place - The Arctic Gardenby Will Parrinello/Tom DusenberryFeatured Hero: Caroline Cannon

3rd Place - Aitan Grossmanby The Working Group

4th Place – tie - Kiki Voby The Working Group

4th Place – tie -Through the Eye of the Needle - The Art of Esther Nisenthal Krinitzby Nina Shapiro-Perl

PROFESSIONAL PORTRAIT OF AN ORGANIZATION

1st PlacePeople of Dogsby Richard MoosFeatured Hero: CLAW

2nd PlaceThe Mothers of Ituzaingoby Will ParrinelloFeatured Hero: Sofia Gatica

3rd Place – tieNo Greater Pain [excerpts]by Desiree Holm/Matthew MarencikFeatured Hero: Mother’s in Charge organization

3rd Place – tieChukou Thaoby The Working Group

NARRATIVE

1st PlaceLAPETby Anshul Sinha

2nd PlaceLife Is…by Swishpan Films Inc. / Ryan Knight

3rd PlaceSuperhumanby Justin Beckett

4th Place – tieEl Abuelo [Trailer]by Patrick Scott / Stephen Crutchfield

4th Place – tieDancing Eyes Closedby Mark Lawson Shepard

NARRATIVE STUDENT

1st PlaceLucyby Libby Blood

2nd PlaceVoyage to the Moonby Magdalena Ramirez

3rd PlaceSilent Heartby Ryan Turner

4th PlaceDrum and Playby Mohammad Alkazemi

Honorable MentionThe Billby Andrew Peat

NARRATIVE STUDENT/MENTOR

1st Place - Isa’s Final Draftby Jesus, Kad, Nataly, Rayhan

2nd Place - The Raceby Charlotte Dolman

3rd Place – tie -Movementby Daniella Segal, Daniel Lebaron, and Amal AdawiFeatured Hero: Peace It Together

3rd Place – tie -Spectrumby Anita Young, Shams Said and Shai AzatiFeatured Hero: Peace It Together

EXCERPT

1st Place - Right To Play [Excerpt]by Frank MarshallFeatured Hero: Johann Olav Koss

2nd Place - Not Yet Begun to Fight [excerpt]by Sabrina Lee, Shasta GrenierFeatured Hero: Marine Colonel Eric Hastings

3rd Place - NFL Characters Unite [excerpt]by Charlie Ebersol & Justin HochbergFeatured Hero: SuperBowl XL MVP Hines Ward

4th Place - Speak Up Excerptby Alice Cahn

ANIMATION

1st Place - The Ocean We Want To Knowby MacGillivray Freeman Films

2nd Place - Much Better Nowby Simon Griesser

3rd Place - Paper Words - Trailerby Joyce Lee

4th Place – tie - An Oliveby Nedyalko Dimov Nedyalkov

4th Place – tie -The Bump In My Noseby Kevin McGuiness

ANIMATION STUDENT

1st Place- The Girl and the Foxby Nick Allred / Tyler J. Kupferer

2nd Place - Common Groundby Cara Bolley

3rd Place - tie - Make it a Great Dayby Joshua Jones

3rd Place – tie - Invention of Loveby Vladislav Pasternak / Andrey Shushkov

3rd Place – tie - Tellyby Kevin Lam

INDEPENDENT FEATURES IN DEVELOPMENT

1st Place - A Ride with Mattby Robert RippbergerFeatured Hero: Matthew Austin

2nd Place – tie - An Inconvenient Youth – 2012by Slater Jewell-KemkerFeatured Hero: Slater Jewell-Kemker

2nd Place – tie - Bag Itby Michelle Hill

3rd Place – tie - Fire in Our Heartsby Holly CarterFeatured Hero: Jayshree Janu Kharpade

3rd Place – tie - Granny’s Got Gameby Angela AlfordFeatured Hero: The Fabulous 70s

HEROIC INDIVIDUAL

1st PlaceLife with Lupusby Giovanna GattoFeatured Hero: The Gnidec Family

2nd Place – tieDr. Janice Clark, A Hero [excerpt]by Nancy Poss-Hatchl

2nd Place – tieNew Faces of Engineering: Jacquelin Reedby Juli Reed

MUSIC VIDEO

1st Place -SFU Public Square ONE VOICE Music Projectby SFU Public Square / Sarah Van BorekFeatured Hero: SFU Public Square

2nd Place - Playground Museumby Darren PressFeatured Hero: Schuyler Iona Press

3rd Place - Get It Together – UNICEFby Berenika MaciejewiczFeatured Hero: Pau Gasol

4th Place – tie - San Francisco Loveby Luz Rioja

4th Place – tie -Taft High version of Ingrid Michaelson’s Blood Brothersby Jerrilyn Jacobs and Taft High School Faculty and StudentsFeatured Hero: VH1 Save The Music

EXPERIMENTAL

1st Place - The Biological Advantage of Being Awestruckby Jason Silva

2nd Place - Purely Pacific Northwestby John Eklund

3rd Place - Cradle to Graveby Ken Glaser

Honorable MentionThe Messages We Giveby Angela Izzo

COLLEGE

1st Place - Mystical Arts of Tibetby Logan CasciaFeatured Hero: Monks of the Drepung Loseling monastery

2nd Place - The Resurgent Activistby Christian Hubshman

3rd Place – tie - Marathon for Miraclesby Joshua SmoohaFeatured Hero: Dance Marathon

3rd Place – tie -Suit Yourselfby Muriel Moraes, Justin ZerinFeatured Hero: LaTasha Wilson

4th Place – tie - Cheikh, an Inspiring Personby Fary SakhoFeatured Hero: Cheikh Seck

4th Place – tie -A Portrait of Changeby John Barrett and Alex PolleyFeatured Hero: Alex Polley

HIGH SCHOOL DOCUMENTARY

1st Place -Life of an American Muslimby Rabiya Suedar / Brandy RuedasFeatured Hero: Muslim Student Association (Mission High)

2nd Place - My hero: Habitat For Humanityby Matt Dupree; Submitted by Ronan Hallowell

3rd Place -Finding Your Voiceby Luz Rioja, Carlean Savea, Gabriela PortilloFeatured Hero: LGBTQ community

4th Place – tie -My Hero Laura Yaleby Marykate Quellmalz

4th Place – tie - A Green Initiativeby Tatiyana Jenkins and L’Eunice FaustFeatured Hero: community gardeners

HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIMENTAL

1st Place -Spark of Inspirationby Elina Mushinskaya

2nd Place -Crossing Bordersby Christopher Rojas

3rd Place – tiePower From the Sunby Matthew CohenFeatured Hero: Miami Country Day School

3rd Place – tiePiano Manby Fiona DuerrFeatured Hero: Venice Beach’s resident pianist

4th Place – tieDay of the Deadby Alicia SalinasFeatured Hero: Venice Beach street artist

4th Place – tieThe Flowby Jimmy PapikFeatured Hero: Venice Beach skater

MIDDLE SCHOOL

1st Place - My Brotherby Madison BollFeatured Hero: Braden Boll

2nd Place - Blue Tressby Miranda AndersenFeatured Hero: Konstantin Dimopoulos (Kon)

3rd Place - Embrace Diversityby Austin Fickman

4th Place – tieKids for a Cooler Planetby Fletcher PassowFeatured Hero: Kids for a Cooler Planet

4th Place – tie - Dr. Smileby Aaron Hernandez, Renata Schweers, Renata Ferrari, Andres SierraFeatured Hero: Dr. Smile organization

4th Place – tie - Saving the Childrenby Ally WoodardFeatured Hero: Mama Lupita

ELEMENTARY

1st Place - Rainforest Fableby The Dreamteam - Cassidy Hancock, Breanna Menese, Fieldcrest Elementary School - Mali Bickley’s 5th Grade Class

2nd Place - My Hero is my planetby Larissa Hernandez

3rd Place – tie - Love Wildernessby Fernando Alonso

3rd Place – tie - Beach Montageby Sophia Lander

STUDENT MENTOR

1st Place - Molly’s Film [excerpt]by Jonathan Dumont - Head of Television Communications: The United Nations World Food ProgrammeFeatured Hero: Molly

2nd Place - The Butterfly Effectby Basil Khoury, Fatima Ahmed, Sophia Sharon Dukarevich

Featured Hero: Peace It Together

3rd Place - A Mile in Our Shoesby Daniel WalkerFeatured Hero: the Young Carers

4th Place – tie - Homelessnessby Charlotte Dolman

4th Place – tie Kindness Counts at T.O.W.by Top of the World Elementary Students / Lynda DavisFeatured Hero: Top of the World Elementary Students

4th Place – tieUnited Nations Millennium Development Goalsby Marsha LevineSTUDENT MENTOR ANIMATION

1st Place - The Floodby Vasiliy Koretskiy

2nd Place - The Boxerby Charlotte DolmanFeatured Hero: Don James

ENVIRONMENTAL

1st Place - Home to Turkanaby John Antonelli / Will ParrinelloFeatured Hero: Ikal Angelei

2nd Place – tie - The Researcherby Kerrin Sheldon / Gaston BlanchetFeatured Hero: Dibesh Karmacharya

2nd Place – tie - Olivia’s Birds and the Oil Spillby Lynne CherryFeatured Hero: Olivia Bouler

3rd Place – tie -A Wild Idea [Trailer]by Veronica MoscosoFeatured Hero: Yasuni-ITT Initiative

3rd Place – tie - The New Russiaby Will ParrinelloFeatured Hero: Evgenia Chirikova

SERIES 1st Place - Stories of TRUST – Arizonaby Christi Cooper-Kuhn, Katie Lose-Gilbertson, Kelly MathesonFeatured Hero: Jaime Lynn Butler

2nd Place - Stories of TRUST – Alaskaby Christi Cooper-Kuhn, Katie Lose-Gilbertson, Kelly MathesonFeatured Hero: Nelson Kanuk

3rd Place - Dreaming in Greenby Lynne CherryFeatured Hero: Dream in Green Organization

4th Place - Green Ambassadorsby Lynne Cherry

COMMUNITY HERO

1st Place – tie -Adarsha and Apoorvaby The Working Group

1st Place – tie - Janet Millerby The Working Group

2nd Place - Stories of TRUST – Pennsylvaniaby Christi Cooper-Kuhn, Katie Lose-Gilbertson, Kelly MathesonFeatured Hero: Ashley Funk

3rd Place - The Protectorby Gaston Blanchet / Kerrin SheldonFeatured Hero: Belle Staurowsky

4th Place - Girl Scouts

by Lynne CherryFeatured Hero: Young Voices Climate Change

DOCUMENTARY

1st Place - Ejaz’s Storyby Syed Zayer HassanFeatured Hero: Ejaz Najum

2nd Place - Ubuntuby Rhonda J. Zabinsky

3rd Place – tie -Hashim The Truth Angelby Sandi BachomFeatured Hero: Hashim Garrett3rd Place – tie - Austin Police Department & LGPOA: It Gets Betterby Steven McCormick / Shawn NorthcuttFeatured Hero: Lesbian & Gay Peace Officers Association - Austin

4th Place - Harmonious and Discordant: A Story of Loveby Zoeann MurphyFeatured Hero: Leonard and Rosa Kambwambwa

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES

1st Place - I Want to Sayby Peter Sorcher / Clint Goldman

2nd Place - Seduti sulla Neveby Raffaele CanepaFeatured Hero: Freewhite Sport Disabled Onlus

3rd Place - Driving William – Trailerby Joanna HiggsFeatured Hero: William

4th Place – tie - Sometimes I Dreamby Rosie BaldwinFeatured Hero: Susi Rogers-Hartley

4th Place – tie - Disability Is Abilityby CineMakulay Production / Christian De TorresFeatured Hero: Jeffrey Lozano

EDUCATIONAL

1st Place - AMAI The Bird of Lightby Fauzia MinallahFeatured Hero: Fauzia Minallah

2nd Place - The Story of Choleraby Deborah van Dyke

3rd Place - Dissolving Destiniesby Brandon Strathmann, co-directed by Carlene StrathmannFeatured Hero: Inspiring Earthlings

4th Place - Everyone is a Heroby Jabril Mack

PSA

1st Place - Actions Follow Usby Mallory Arkin and Kyle Herman

2nd Place - Seeds Of Peaceby Eric KapengaFeatured Hero: Seeds of Peace

3rd Place - Change The Futureby Mattan Cohen

4th Place – tie - Hero - Red Crossby Mattan Cohen

4th Place – tie - It Starts With a Seedby Amos Byon