ThE BRAVEST, THE BOLDEST

BEST SHORT SCRIPT - GRAND PRIZE 
2012 Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition

BEST SHORT FILM SCREENPLAY
Tony Cox Screenplay Competition, 2013 Nantucket Film Festival

FILMMAKER TO WATCH AWARD
2014 Atlanta Film Festival

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING STORYTELLING
2014 Florida Film Festival

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR SHORT FILM
2014 Boston Independent Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD FOR SHORT FILM
2014 Nantucket Film Festival

BEST SHORT
2014 San Francisco Black Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2014 Roxbury International Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE
2014 Marin County International Festival of Short Film & Video

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2014 San Diego Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM - BRONZE MEDAL  
BEST ACTOR - GOLD MEDAL 
2014 Manhattan Short Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2014 BendFilm Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD - NARRATIVE SHORT
2014 Memphis Indie Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
BEST DIRECTOR
BEST ACTRESS
2014 24fps International Short Film Festival

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
2014 Starz Denver Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
2014 Miami Short Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2015 Los Angeles Pan African Film Festival

OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
2015 Toronto ReelWorld Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2015 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

1ST RUNNER UP, CROSSROADS AWARD
2015 Victoria TX Indie Film Festival

BEST SHORT
2015 North Carolina Black Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2015 Trenton Film Festival

BEST FILM
BEST DIRECTION
RE/GENERATION AWARD - SPECIAL MENTION
2015 Capalbio Cinema International Short Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - 1ST RUNNER UP 
BEST DRAMA SHORT - AUDIENCE AWARD 
2015 Woods Hole Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2015 BlackStar Film Festival

GRAND JURY AWARD
BEST ACTRESS (Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris)
2015 HollyShorts Film Festival

BEST SHORT
2015 Harlem International Film Festival

BEST DRAMA SHORT
2015 Breckenridge Film Festival

BEST EDITING (Gena Bleier & Moon Molson)
2015 Breckenridge Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
2015 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival

BEST SCREENPLAY
BEST ACTRESS (Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris)
2015 Tacoma Film Festival

BEST DRAMA SHORT
2015 NYC Short Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2015 Dallas Video Festival

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris)
2015 Philadelphia FirstGlance Film Festival 

BEST SHORT FILM
BEST ACTRESS (Sameerah Luqmaan-Harris)
2015 BronzeLens Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - HONORABLE MENTION 
2015 Ojai Film Festival

SPECIAL MENTION FOR WORK WITH ACTORS
​​​​​​​2015 International Short Film Festival Ciudad de Soria

UNA DE LOS NUESTROS
2015 International Short Film Festival Ciudad de Soria

BEST SHORT FILM
2015 Anchorage International Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
2015 Thomas Edison Film Festival

BEST SHORT DRAMA
BEST EDITING
2015 Breckenridge Festival of Film

BEST SHORT
2015 Cine Noir - A Festival of Black Film

BEST DRAMA SHORT
2015 New York City Short Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
BEST DIRECTION - SPECIAL MENTION 
2015 Certamen Internacional de Cortos Ciudad de Soria

BEST SHORT - JURY'S CHOICE (2nd PRIZE) 
2016 Black Maria Film Festival

BEST SHORT - AUDIENCE CHOICE 
2016 Richmond International Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
2016 Garden State Film Festival

PLATINUM REMI AWARD - WOMEN'S ISSUES
2016 WorldFest Houston

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
2017 GI Film Festival



NOMINATIONS

​​​​​​​BEST SHORT FILM 
2015 Art Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2015 Bermuda International Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2015 Bratislava International Film Festival

GRAND PRIX - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 
2015 Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2015 Hawaii International Film Festival

SHORTS NARRATIVE COMPETITION 
2015 Sarasota Film Festival

CROSSROADS AWARD 
2015 Victoria TX Indie Film Fest

GOLDEN DONKEY AWARD 
2015 Concorto Film Festival

AUDIENCE AWARD - INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 
2015 Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art

BEST DRAMA 
2014 Aspen Shortsfest

BEST SHORT FILM 
2014 Athens International Film and Video Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 
2014 Sidewalk Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2014 Cleveland International Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
​​​​​​​2014 Foyle Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2014 Gijón International Film Festival

GRAND JURY PRIZE FOR SHORT FILM 
​​​​​​​2014 Nashville Film Festival

BEST OF FESTIVAL AWARD 
2014 Palm Springs International ShortFest

BEST SHORT
2014 Rhode Island International Film Festival

SHORT FILM GRAND JURY PRIZE 
2014 Sundance Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2014 Urbanworld Film Festival

BEST OF THE FEST - SHORT FILM 
2014 L.A. Shorts Fest

GRAND PRIX 
2014 Sleepwalkers' Student Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT 
2014 Los Angeles Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM 
2014 Dallas International Film Festival

SLEEPWALKERS JURY PRIZE
2014 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

HBO COMPETITION AWARD - BEST SHORT 
SAATCHI & SAATCHI NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE AWARD - BEST PRODUCER 
​​​​​​​2014 Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival

SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION 
2013 Vail Film Festival