This was Eloise's fifth year sponsoring Connecther's Girls Impact the World Film Festival. Every year, we are amazed at the voices, issues and perspectives raised by student filmmakers from around the world. Our support of the project goes in part to scholarship funds for talented filmmakers who are making a difference in their communities and globally through this incredible platform. We encourage you to watch the award winning films (and so many more!) that are all available on Connecther's website. 2018's prizes went to:
- JUDGES’ CHOICE Grand Prize - $5,000 The Superhero Without A Cape - HazeraBegum by Shafiqua Nawrin Oishi
- First Runner Up - $2,500 Let Me Breathe with my Dream by Novera HasanNikkon
- Second Runner Up - $1,000 A Truth by Susannah Joe
- GLOBAL IMPACT Grand Prize - $2,500 Award Cut by Aicha Cherif
- First Runner Up - $1,000 The Gods Will Be Angry by Preeti Shakya
- BEAUTY - $2,500 Award I Am Beautiful by Kristelle Dirks
- BEST FILM PRODUCTION - $1,000 Award Who is JenBLKYN by Roxanne Lim
- ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN - $1,000 Award Pinata by Juliana Concepcion, Miranda Abazoski and Tianna McNair
- GEMS CHOICE - $1,500 Award Self Portrait by Meghan Cullen
- GIRLS IN TECH - STEM - $1,000 Award A World in Motion by An Nguyen, Khue Tran, and Makayla Moore and Balancing Tech by Schwetal Shah
- GREEN IS - $2,500 Award Fatima by Halimah Tariq
- LET GIRLS LEARN - $1,000 Award Maskad (The Aim) by Pooja Gowtham Bohra
- MOST INNOVATIVE SOLUTION - $1,000 Award Carry Your Dream with You by Shereen NidalNanish
- MOST INNOVATIVE FILM - $1,000 Award Tune Your Ears by Rebecca Dharmapalan
- PEOPLES’ CHOICE - $2,500 Award Talk Up the Talk by Jessica Mabanglo
- STAND UP MEN - $2,500 Award Stand Up Men by Palak Srivastava