Congratulations to the winners of the Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award!
- rutlandliving
- Jun 9
- 1 min read
MY HERO is proud to present the winners of the annual Sylvia Earle Ocean Conservation Award, named to honor the pioneering oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle. The award, given by the MacGillivray Freeman Films' One World One Ocean campaign, is presented each year as part of the MY HERO International Film Festival. Student and professional filmmakers, whose work highlights the heroes working to protect the world's oceans, are recognized with this special award.
Earle Award - Professional Winner
Tess Felix: Portrait Artist. Co-directors Cynthia Abbott and Andrea E. Leland won first place for their short documentary. Their film follows Tess Felix, a Bay Area artist who discovered her local beach was covered with plastic debris after a major storm. She began collecting the pieces of plastic — toys, water bottles and lighters — and fashioning into portraits of her eco heroes.
Earle Award - High School Winner
The Plastic Problem, byTalia Seidner from Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago is the high school winner. Her animated, call-to-action short features a song about the problem of plastic in the seas.
Earle Award - Middle School Winner
Climate Solutions!, directed by Will Moffett of Episcopal School in Florida is the middle school winner. His short documentary follows a group of young people as they create manmade coral "trees" for the Coral Restoration Foundation, to help restore coral reefs in Key Largo and around the world.
