Sports Film Fest is working with young artists (ages 10-21) to help create our animated films and kids books, titled “Josh’s Inspirational Journeys, Dream Big.” These animated films and books will use the power of sports and storytelling to educate and inspire the next generation.
ISFF is working with Paralympic Swimming Champion Sophia Herzog on a kids book that tells her inspiring story.
ISFF is working on an animated kids book that tells the powerful story of Gino Bartali. Gino was a legendary Italian cyclist who risked his life to protect Jewish refugees and support the Italian resistance during World War II.
ISFF is working on a kids book that tells Lou Gehrig’s powerful story. The platform that sports gave Gehrig allowed him to create so much awareness around ALS that his name became synonymous with the disease. We will teach a new generation his story and ask them how they can make a positive impact on … Read more
ISFF is working on an animated kids book that tells the powerful story of Dr. George Grant. Dr. Grant became the first Black professor at Harvard, a dentist specializing in Cleft Palates and was the inventor of the golf tee.
ISFF is working with Michael Montgomery on a kids book that tells his powerful story of overcoming a congenital heart defect to play at Texas A&M and then in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers. You can view the completed book here: “Heart of a Lion.”
ISFF will help students create a short film on Renée Brinkerhoff who’s first race was in Mexico, at the La Carrera Panamericana. After that unique accomplishment Renée discovered that she had a calling to continue to push the limits of extreme vintage rally racing and use her platform to raise awareness and funds to combat … Read more
ISFF will be hosting a cocktail reception at the US Olympic & Paralympic Museum prior to the screening. The film will be screened next to the actual scoreboard from the game! Miracle is the inspiring true story behind one of the greatest moments in sports history — the 1980 United States ice hockey team’s triumphant … Read more
ISFF will help students create a short film that explores the transition from gas to electric cars in motorsports. This will be a great opportunity for film students to educate the audience about the differences between the two and their impact on climate change.
We will lead off our sportscasting programming track by featuring a film on Marty Glickman, one of the two Jewish US athletes who weren’t allowed to compete in the 1936 Olympics. “Glickman” is an illuminating portrait of a man who overcame prejudice to forge a remarkable career in sports, setting the gold standard for athletes … Read more