For the Extreme Makeover set and other fans of human uplift in general, the world’s best hero-themed movies will be honored next month at the My Hero Short Film Festival. The fifth annual festival takes place November 21 at 7 p.m. at the University of Southern California’s Norris Theater. Finalists include narrative, documentary and animated films, as well as music videos. Among them are:
- Biblioburro: The Donkey Library, an inspiring film by Valentina Canavesio about a Colombian teacher who brings books to rural communities that have no access to libraries
- Home Is Where You Find It, a touching film by 16-year-old AIDS orphan Alcides Soares, who received a movie camera from an American television writer and movie director, and who journeys to find a family and make a new life in his native Mozambique, a country ravaged by AIDS
- Iqra: Read, an eye-opening film by Fauzia Minallah, about the creation of a mural painted by Afghan and Pakistani boys in a settlement in Islamabad, which promotes the education of girls
For more information on the films and the festival in general, click here; to donate money, or otherwise help aid the festival, click here.