Stop Pebble Mine

Mason Mirabile (Arlington, VA) has been making short films since he was 7-years-old. His first film, The Alexa Family, was a stop-motion/comedy film exploring what our virtual assistants do when we leave the house. That film won Best Cinematography and was awarded Silver medals for Best Directing and Best Comedy at the 2018 Arlington Student Film Festival.

His 2018 film "Through Your Eyes", an experimental first-person documentary about the seeing the world through the eyes of a newborn, won a National Award of Excellence, and State, District and County awards from the respective Parent Teacher Associations. It also won 'Best in Fest' at the 2019 Arlington Student Film Festival, gold medals for Cinematography, Directing, Original Score or Sound Design, Visual Effects, Screenwriting, and silver medals for Documentary and Editing. In October 2019, Through Your Eyes was screened as an Official Selection at the 2019 Virginia Film Festival where Mason was the youngest director.

His 2019 film "Never Too Small", a short documentary about climate change and how kids can help, won multiple awards over the last two years. The film won Best Middle School film from the 2020 All American High School Film Festival and Best Elementary Film at the 2021 One Earth Film Festival. The film was awarded Best Youth Film at the Colorado Environmental Film Festival, and Best Environmental Film at the 2020 SLO Film Festival Young Filmmakers showcase. Mason was also recognized as the Best Emerging Filmmaker at the 2020 Chesapeake Film Festival.

Mason's current project, "Stop Pebble Mine" (2021), is a short documentary film about the proposed Pebble Mine project in Bristol Bay, Alaska and how it would impact the indigenous people and wildlife. In 2022, the film won second place at the Robert F Kennedy Speak Truth to Power contest at the Tribeca Festival in New York City and Best Student Short at the Chesapeake Film Festival.