We at Pebbles Project are absolutely thrilled to announce that our 20-year impact film, "Kindness", has won the Bicester Collection Award for International Impact at the 2025 Smiley Charity Film Awards in London. This year’s event was described as the most competitive to date, making this achievement even more meaningful to us!
The Smiley Charity Film Awards is the world’s largest cause-based film campaign and is often referred to as the Oscars of charity film awards. The awards ceremony took place at Indigo at the O2, with Hello Magazine as the media partner. The evening showcased some of the year’s best charity films and gave charity representatives a chance to walk the red carpet alongside a star-studded guest list. Celebrities such as Una Healy, Sophie Hermann, and Julien Macdonald attended.
We are deeply honoured to have been nominated alongside 27 remarkable international NPOs, including Habitat for Humanity Canada and Greenpeace. This global recognition means the world to us, and we are incredibly grateful for the opportunity to highlight the positive impact of our work.
We would like to give a special thanks to Céline Gilart who accepted the award on our behalf and to the sponsor of the film, our longstanding supporter, Hillebrand GORI – a company of DHL, without whom this film would not have been possible.
If you would like to celebrate our win by making a donation, please find our banking details HERE. Please use the reference "Kindness" when making your donation. Thank you! For more information, please contact liesl@pebblesproject.co.za.
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