Shine Global Presents

RESILIENCE AWARDS

Shine Global improves children’s lives by telling powerful stories that raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change.

Shine Global’s annual Resilience Awards, now in their third year, honor exceptional films and extraordinary individuals. Each of the nominated films center the resilience of children and further the organization’s mission of improving children’s lives through the power of storytelling, and each honoree has made a significant impact on the lives of children and families.2024 events include a screening series in NYC from Sept 5 – Oct 1 and the Awards Ceremony in LA on Oct 15
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Anuja Wins Best Live Action Short at the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival

Anuja, produced in association with Shine Global, was announced as the Best Live Action Short Winner at the prestigious HollyShorts Film Festival last night in Los Angeles. HollyShorts is one of about 150 Oscar-qualifying festivals whose top winners automatically become eligible for Oscars in the three shorts categories. 

Shine Global Announces Nominees & Honorees for 2024 Annual Resilience Awards

$35,000 In Prizes Presented To Films That Shine A Light On Children’s Resilience; Will Also Honor Jim Steyer of Common Sense Media, SpongeBob SquarePants, and Author/Illustrator and Former Miss Teen USA UmaSofia Srivastava

 

 

Unibrow wins Shine Global’s Children’s Resilience in Short Film Prize at Indy Shorts Film Festival

Shine Global announced that the short film “Unibrow,” written and directed by Nedda Sarshar, has been honored with the Shine Global Children’s Resilience Short Film Award at the Indy Shorts International Film Festival.

 

 

Susan MacLaury to Retire as Executive Director of Shine Global, Transitioning to Senior Advisor and Board Member; Alexandra Blaney and Francile Albright Mullen Appointed as Co-CEOs

Susan MacLaury, the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Shine Global, the award-winning non-profit media company that improves children’s lives by telling powerful stories, has announced her retirement. After 19 years of leading the organization, MacLaury will transition to a senior advisor role and continue to serve on Shine Global’s Board of Directors as the organization changes to a co-leadership model led by Alexandra Blaney and Francile Albright Mullen.

 

 

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Shine Global is a non-profit media company. We produce inspiring films and compelling content about underserved children and their families. Through tailored distribution and outreach, we connect with our audiences in communities, classrooms, museums, and on Capitol Hill as part of a powerful engagement campaign to encourage social change.

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Shine Global’s mission is to improve the lives of children by telling powerful stories that raise awareness, promote action, and inspire change​.

Comedy Against the Odds

10-year-old Austin has Autism. He’s also an aspiring stand-up comic. This short documentary spotlights the struggle of growing up with labels, and how Austin uses comedy to embrace and overcome them.  More Info

Home is Somwhere Else

Home is Somewhere Else

An animated feature documentary providing a window into the hearts and minds of ​​immigrant youth and their undocumented families. This 2D feature “animentary” features three personal stories about immigrant youth to highlight the complexities and challenges they face today. Voiced by the actual children and their families, the stories are woven together by spoken word poet Lalo “El Deportee.” Now booking screenings for schools and communities.
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From This Small Place

A six-year-old boy named Hossain grows up in the world’s largest refugee camp in Bangladesh as the Rohingya refugee crisis becomes increasingly dangerous. Hossain arrived at the refugee camps in Bangladesh with his parents and six siblings in August 2017 along with approximately 800,000 other people when violence against the Rohingya in Myanmar escalated. These refugees are at the frontlines of the most urgent challenges facing humans today, including: hate, climate change, poverty, xenophobia, and immigration. Now screening in film festivals.  More Info