Angie Lost Girls wins the Accolade Humanitarian Award – Award of Distinction

Julia Verdin has won a prestigious  Award of Distinction Humanitarian Award from Accolade Global Film Competition. The award was given for Julia Verdin's exciting feature film Angie: Lost Girls.  

The goal of the Humanitarian Award is to honor filmmakers who are bringing awareness to issues of Ecological, Political, Social Justice, Health and Wellness, Animals, Wildlife, Conservation and Spiritual importance – combined with excellence in filmmaking craft.  The winners are hand picked by the judges and staff from hundreds of entries throughout the year.

Information about the Accolade Competition and a list of recent winners can be found at www.AccoladeCompetition.org

In winning a Humanitarian award from Accolade, Julia Verdin joins the ranks of other high-profile winners of this important award such as three time Oscar-winner Mark Jonathan Harris for “Breaking Point, Peabody Award winner Abby Ginsberg for “And then they Came for Us” The Sultan and the Saint narrated by Oscar winner Jeremy Irons and Oscar-nominee Mark Ruffalo for his documentary with Jon Bowermaster “Dear President Obama” and many more.

Rick Prickett, who chairs The Accolade Global Film Competition, had this to say about the Humanitarian winners, “It takes great talent to tackle the world’s most pressing issues with film and do a great job.  It takes an even greater heart. The Accolade helps set the standard for Humanitarian filmmaking worldwide.  The goal of Accolade is to help winners achieve the recognition they deserve for the incredible job that they do.”