Awards

Althea Jarvis is a television producer with more than 20 years experience. She is also a former educator and has always been passionate about how the medium of film and television can be used as an empowerment and educational tool. In her capacity as Commissioning Editor at the South African Broadcasting Corporation, she is the Editor of some of South Africa’s most beloved TV shows. The Daily Youth Drama “Skeem Saam” has an average viewership of more than 6 million viewers daily and won the prestigious South African Film and Television Award (SAFTA) for most Popular Drama in 2016. In 2017, the Docu-reality show, “100% Youth” won the SAFTA for Best Youth Programme. The show focusses on the creative economies and how young entrepreneurs are turning their creative expressions into a viable business. She is currently doing her Master’s degree in Media Studies at AFDA film School in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Hillary Diane Andales is best known worldwide as the sole winner of the 2017 Breakthrough Junior Challenge for creating a 3-minute video on the Theory of Relativity, besting 11 000 entries from 170 countries. Her video currently has over 5 million views across all platforms. Hillary has spoken about science internationally as well as on national television in the Philippines and has published a book on maths. Now, she is an incoming freshman at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. There, she intends to major in physics and participate in the search for dark matter.

Yoottnun Harnarong graduated with a Master's Degree in Education Technology from Srinakharinwirot University. He holds a position at Institute for the Promotion of Teaching Science & Technology (IPST) in Thailand as a science communication educator and has over 25 year experiences creating education media. He cooperated with NHK’s documentary department on several occasions and participated in numerous training courses. Yoottnun’s projects are broadcast on ETV Learning Channel and through the Distance Learning Foundation in Thailand. His passion is to continue developing educational media for young people.