PSA - Public Service Announcement 

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- PSA - Public Service Announcements                                                         

A message made in a motion picture in the public interest disseminated without charge, with the objective of raising awareness of and changing public attitudes and behavior towards a social issue.

Scout is delighted to share the official selection for this category.

Activate by McKenna Blackshire, Noa Fortuit, Owen Grant Kremser, and Juliet Scott

(United States)

What makes a movement? How can we come together to make the world a more humane place? In ACTIVATE, a tennis serve is juxtaposed with the powerful voice of Holocaust survivor Maria Wida, who contemplates the interconnected nature of the human body and social change. This micro-film for change is a production of The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust survivors and teens, founded in Los Angeles 2011, in partnership with Harvard-Westlake School.

Age Category: 18 and Under

Be Kind To Your Mind by Andrew Falconi, and Thomas Pozo

(United States)
Produced By Manny Fraga

A PSA about taking care of yourself.

Age Category: 18 and Under

From Big To Small by Veronica Howard, and Asher Meron

(United States)

A plea for environmental justice on behalf of elephants and bees. This micro-film was created by teens who worked with an artist mentor over Zoom using their phones as cameras. It is a production of The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust survivors and teens, founded in Los Angeles in 2011, in partnership with Harvard-Westlake School.

Age Category: 18 and under

Hard To Say by Levi Brous-Light, Dovely King, and Madelyn Netto

(United States)
NOMINEE

How do you ask for help? Who do you ask for help? HARD TO SAY dramatizes a moment in a teen girl’s life, when she speaks her truth and allows another person into her trauma. This simple moment of vulnerability has the power to transform her circumstances. This micro-film for change is a production of The Righteous Conversations Project, a collaboration of Holocaust survivors and teens, founded in Los Angeles in 2011, in partnership with Harvard-Westlake School.

Age Category: 18 and Under

Plastic PSA by Josh Riemer

(United States)
Produced By Jack Carroll

NOMINEE

Please no single use plastics, and take recycling seriously.

Age Category: 18 and Under

Signs can be subtle by Jacquelyn Chin, and Allyson Chan

(United States)

Suicide has one of the highest death rates in preventable deaths. Often times the signs go unnoticed. This PSA brings some of these signs into the spotlight.

Age Category: 18 and under

You Don't Own Me by Nicholas G. Sims, and William Rose

(United States)
Produced By Jairus Ellis

NOMINEE

John tried to explain his generation’s attitude toward race to his father

Age Category: 19 to 24

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