**ANNUAL BENEFIT**

**October 27, 2021 6 PM ET**
**The Standard Hotel, High Line**
Entrance at the Biergarten on
Little West 12th & Washington Street
New York, NY 10014

Join us at our annual benefit on Wednesday, October 27th at 6p in a heated, open-air space at the Standard Hotel on the High Line in New York City. We are thrilled to be gathering in person, celebrating FilmAid and presenting awards to three individuals whose work and life exemplify the power of storytelling.

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Join us in honoring the exceptional work of our 2021 awardees:

**The Richard C. Holbrooke Award for Humanitarian Service**

**Sahraa Karimi, Afghan filmmaker, chairperson of the Afghan**
**Film Organization and activist for women, children, artists and**
**filmmakers in Afghanistan.**

**Christopher Dickey Award for Journalism Excellence**

**Ian Urbina, award winning former *NYT* journalist who now**
**runs *The Outlaw Ocean Project*, a non-profit news organization**
**focused on human rights and environmental crimes at sea**
**globally.**

**FilmAid Student Award**

**Nhial Gatriek Deng, a 22-year-old South Sudanese refugee,**
**writer, and community activist. He is a 2020 graduate of the**
**FilmAid Media Training Program in Kakuma and currently a**
**freshman at Huron University College in Canada.**

COVID-19 Guidelines:

The event will be in accordance on New York City COVID-19 guidelines and restrictions: As of August 17, people 12 and older are required to show proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.