SELECTED ACCOLADES:
Winner, Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase
Winner, Screening Committee Award, Diversity in Cannes Short Film Showcase
Winner, Stage 32 + HollyShorts
Winner, Director’s Choice Award Best Humanitarian Film - 29th Sedona Int’l Film Festival
Winner, Best Short film, Best Director, Best Cinematographer & Best Actor Big Syn International UK
Winner, Best Short Film for Change - 5th Paris International Film Festival
Winner, Best Short Drama & Velvet Award, Outstanding Female Filmmaker,
Glendale International Film Festival
Winner, Founders Choice Award for Outstanding Female Filmmaker 12th McMinnville Film Festival
Winner, Best Short Film New York Int’l Immigration Film Festival
Winner, Best Female Producers, Toronto International Women Film Festival
Winner, Best Short Film, 22nd Moondance International Film Festival
Winner, Best Parenting Short Topaz Dallas Women in Film Festival
Winner, Remi Award, 56th World Fest Houston
Winner, Diversity & Inclusion Award, City of Angels Women’s Film Festival
Winner, LA Independent Women Film Festival
Winner, RTF Realtime International Film Festival UK
Winner, Bronze Audience Award, AoDR(Academy of Death Racers) Film Festival
Winner, Best Director & Best Actress Made in Arkansas Film Festival, May 2024
Audience Award Runner Up, Best Dramatic Short, 33rd Woods Hole Film Festival
Jury Award Runner Up, Best Dramatic Short, 33rd Woods Hole Film Festival
Honorable Mention, 41st Thomas Edison Touring Festival
Honorable Mention, Voices Rising Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Mansfield Town Film Festival, UK
Honorable Mention, Best Short Drama Ojai Film Festival
Finalist, 53rd Annual USA Film Festival's International Short Film & Video Competition
Finalist, Beyond Hollywood International
Semi-Finalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island Int’l Film Festival
Nominated, Best Drama 17th Santa Monica Int’l Film Festival
Nominated, Best Drama & Grand Jury Prize 12th Annual McMinnville Film Festival
Nominated, Best Actress Wyoming Int’l Film Festival
Nominated, Best Drama & Best Actress Simi Valley Film Fest
Nominated, Best Drama AR SHORTS
Nominated, Womens Int’l Film Festival Nigeria
Nominated, Best Short Film, Made in Arkansas
OFFICIAL SELECTION:
Academy-Qualifying LAShorts International
Academy Qualifying RSF Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival
Academy Qualifying 47th Cleveland Int’l Film Festival
NYShorts International
Sun Valley Film Festival (opened for Eva Longoria’s feature film FLAMIN’ HOT)
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
La Femme Film Festival
26th Sonoma Int’l Film Festival
Nantucket Film Festival
Micheaux Film Festival
Female Voices Rock
8th Denton Black Film Festival
Filmland Arkansas
Northeast International Film Festival
Oaxaca FilmFest
LA Latinx Film Festival
19th Dam Film Festival Nevada
12th Rosarito Int’l FF
9th Beeston Film Festival UK
Social Impact Festival Boston
25th Sarasota Film Festival
Mexico City Grand Festival
Golden State Film Festival
Omaha Film Festival
Los Angeles Black Film Festival
Cascadia International
Women in Cinema Arts, Mumbai India
Hot Springs Int’l Women’s Film Festival
SIMI Film Fest
Exmouth, UK
Culver City Film Festival
Social Justice Now Film Festival (2/24/24) on the Sony Lot
Boulder Int’l FF, invited to screen b/c of Oscar Shortlist
FOLCS International Short Film Competition
Reggio Film Festival Italy
