Film Festival Awards
Ghost Writer
Official Selection: Virginia Film Festival
Flop
Official Selection: Virginia Film Festival
Nosotros
Best Student Director: Indie & Foreign Film Festival
Oh Sugar!
Official Selection: Arlington International Film Festival
Differential Equations
Official Selection: Arlington International Film Festival
“Champagne” – Orion and The Melted Crayons
Official Selection: Progeny Short Film Festival
Official Selection: First-Time Filmmakers Sessions
“Circles” – Ghost Soul Trio
Official Selection: First-Time Filmmakers Sessions
Better Together
Official Selection: Filmshakers Festival
Official Selection: Immigration Film Festival
Best Student Documentary: Indie & Foreign Film Festival
Roast
Official Selection: Brooklyn Film Festival
Changing the Narrative
Finalist: iGen Film Festival
Official Selection: Filmshakers Festival
Official Selection: Arlington International Film Festival
Official Selection: Shiz International Red Carpet Events
Gosh Dangit Jarret
Official Selection: First-Time Filmmakers Sessions
Official Selection: Twister Alley Film Festival
Black Girlhood: Access & Assets
Finalist: iGen Film Festival
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
“Weak at the Knees” – The Willies
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
Bean to Bar
Best National High School Documentary: Wildcat Spirit Film Festival
Official Selection: Sarasota Film Festival
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
Aftershock
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
Out of Stock
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
The Doughnut Duo
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
No Match
Official Selection: Twister Alley Film Festival
Official Selection: Brooklyn Film Festival
Finalist: Reel Expressions International Film Festival
Best Romance Finalist: Sunny Side Up Film Festival
59 Seconds
Official Selection: Newark IFF Youth Festival
Official Selection: First-Time Filmmakers Sessions
Official Selection: Chicago Southland International Film Festival
Official Selection: All American High School Film Festival
Silver World Medal Best Student Film: New York Festivals TV & Film Awards
Official Selection: Shiz International Red Carpet Events
Summer Reading (Some Are Not…)
Official Selection: Progeny Short Film Festival
Best Student Film Finalist: Sunny Side Up Film Festival
Audience Favorite Award: Albany Film Festival
Official Selection: KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Margo
Official Selection: Arlington International Film Festival
Official Selection: Progeny Short Film Festival
Official Selection: First-Time Filmmakers Sessions
Best High School Short Film Award: Chicago Southland International Film Festival
Official Selection: All American High School Film Festival
Official Selection: Brooklyn Film Festival
Official Selection: Sarasota Film Festival
2nd Place: Reel Expressions International Film Festival
Best Animation: Sunny Side Up Film Festival
Official Selection: Albany Film Festival
Official Selection: Providence Children’s Film Festival
Official Selection: Twister Alley Film Festival
Official Selection: Shiz International Red Carpet Events
No Match
Official Selection: KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Margo
Official Selection: KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
59 Seconds
Official Selection: KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Official Selection: SARCE AUS
The Doughnut Duo
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
“Kilgore Falls” – Mothpuppy
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
“Weak at the Knees” – The Willies
Accepted: Gold Coast International Film Festival
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
Case of the Man Dog
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
Someone Else’s Shoes
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
Surf & Turf
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
The Author
Official Selection: Progeny Film Festival
Black Girlhood: Access & Assets
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
Official Selection: Progeny Film Festival
Official Selection: All American High School Film Festival
Out of Stock
Accepted: Gold Coast International Film Festival
Best High School Short Film & Best Directing: Progeny Film Festival
Finalist: American Youth Film Festival
Loop
Official Selection: Nashville Film Festival
The Petition
Official Selection: Nashville Film Festival
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
Hijab
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
Finalist Award in Best Student Program: New York Festivals TV & Film
Official Selection: Do It Your Damn Self Youth Film Festival
Official Selection: Providence Children’s Film Festival
Germ
Official Selection: First Friday Film Festival – Kansas City
Final Selection: Spirit Quest Film Festival
Finalist Award in Best Student Program: New York Festivals TV & Film
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
Official Selection: Albany Film Festival
Circus Klown
Official Selection:Garden State Film Festival
Turning Tables
Official Selection: Clean Shorts Film Festival
Official Selection: Garden State Film Festival
Aftershock
Nominee for Best Talent: Venice TV Award
Semi-Finalist: Newark International Youth Festival
Final Selection: Spirit Quest Film Festival
Finalist Award in Best Student Program: New York Festivals TV & Film
Hot Shot Winner at Future Filmmaker Forum: Sun Valley Film Festival
Official Selection: Providence Children’s Film Festival
Official Selection: DC Independent Film Festival
Official Selection: Rosebud Film Festival
Someone Else’s Shoes
Community Matters Award: Digital Promise 360 Filmmakers Challenge
Surf & Turf
Jury Award: Adrenaline Film Project, Virginia Film Festival
Out of Stock
Audience Award: Adrenaline Film Project, Virginia Film Festival
“Kilgore Falls” – Mothpuppy
Selection: Philadelphia Youth Film Festival
Black Girlhood: Access & Assets
3rd Place Winner, Documentary: Philadelphia Youth Film Festival
Official Selection: Virginia Film Festival
Growing a Healthy Community
Student/Mentor First Place Winner: MY HERO International Film Festival
“9” – Swell Tides
Final Selection: Gold Coast International Film Festival
Finalist: The Film Festival at Little Washington
Circus Klown
Official Selection, Student Filmmakers Category: Arlington International Film Festival
Finalist: All American High School Film Festival
Finalist: New York Festivals World’s Best TV & Films
Finalist: The Newport Beach Film Festival
Honorable Mention, Animation Category: Sarasota Film Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Exe.Communications
Finalist: Providence Children’s Film Festival
Fight Like a Girl
Finalist: All American High School Film Festival
Germ
Official Selection: Irvine International Film Festival
Official Selection: Rockland Youth Film Festival
Final Selection: Gold Coast International Film Festival
Official Selection, Student Filmmakers Category: Arlington International Film Festival
Finalist: Kids First Film Festival
Finalist: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Industrial Adagio
Official Selection: Progeny Short Film Festival
Finalist: New York Festivals World’s Best TV & Films
Loop
Official Selection: Irvine International Film Festival
Showcase Screening Selection: Austin Film Festival
Official Selection, Student Filmmakers Category: Arlington International Film Festival
Finalist: All American High School Film Festival
Bronze World Medal, Best Student Film: New York Festivals World’s Best TV & Film
Finalist: Kids First Film Festival
Finalist: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Winner, Gabriel Spirit Award: Sun Valley Film Festival, Future Filmmakers Forum
Finalist: The Newport Beach Film Festival
The Petition
Official Selection: TEEN TRUTH: Film Festival
High School Documentary Third Place Winner: MY HERO International Film Festival
Showcase Screening Selection: Austin Film Festival
Spirit of Appalachia Award: Progeny Short Film Festival
Finalist: Providence Children’s Film Festival
Finalist: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: Seattle International Film Festival, FutureWave
Rogue Taxidermy
Finalist: Irvine International Film Festival
Straight to the Rim
Best Teen Short Film: Irvine International Film Festival
Meltdown
Official Selection: Kids First Film Festival
Turning Tables
Official Selection: Irvine International Film Festival
Final Selection: Gold Coast International Film Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
The Working Dead
Finalist: Irvine International Film Festival
“9” – Swell Tides
Finalist: Children’s Film Festival Seattle
Beatrix
3rd Place Winner, Individuality Category: MY HERO International Film Festival
Better than Baghdad
Finalist: The Film Festival at Little Washington
Blob
Finalist: Sarasota Film Festival
Best Sound Design: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
The Anatomy of Frank – “Bridge Over Lake Champlain”
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
Circus Klown
Finalist: Children’s Film Festival Seattle
Germ
Audience Award: Adrenaline Film Project, Virginia Film Festival
Best Actor Award: Adrenaline Film Project, Virginia Film Festival
Loop
Grand Prize: ACTION! HS Director Competition, Virginia Film Festival
Lowland Hum – “Jack of Hearts”
Finalist: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Kraken Attackin’
Finalist: Brooklyn Film Festival’s kidsfilmfest
Raven
Best Overall: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: The Film Festival at Little Washington
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
Finalist: Progeny Film Festival
Resonant
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival, Future Filmmakers Showcase
Rethink
Teen Press Award Honorable Mention: MY HERO International Film Festival
Winner: National Endowment for the Humanities Human/Ties 2016 Documentary Film Competition
Rogue Taxidermy
Finalist: Rockland Youth Film Festival
Finalist: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
SARA PSA
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
4th Place Winner, High School PSA Category: MY HERO International Film Festival
Smart
Scribe’s Street Movies Screening
Straight to the Rim
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
Finalist: Progeny Film Festival
The Premiere
Best Directed: William and Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
Finalist: Progeny Film Festival
Turning Tables
Mentor Award: Adrenaline Film Project, Virginia Film Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Vacation Home
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
The Working Dead
Best Comedy: Rockland Youth Film Festival
Finalist: Another Hole in the Head, San Francisco IndieFest
Best Writing: Blue Ridge Young Filmmakers Festival
Finalist: Progeny Film Festival
Finalist: Seattle International Film Festival, FutureWave Shorts Program
Big Air – “Barking Dog”
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Beatrix
Ed Elias Future Filmmaker Grant for Best Documentary Film: Los Angeles Film Festival
Finalist: Future Filmmaker Showcase: Los Angeles Film Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Honorable Mention: The Virginia Student Film Festival
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
Better than Baghdad
2nd Prize for Documentary Film: Adobe Youth Voices
1st Prize in High School Student Mentor Category: MY HERO International Film Festival
Finalist: My Hero International Film Festival
Finalist: Eichelberger FilmDayton Film Festival
Finalist: Englewood International Film Festival
Breaking Character
Finalist: Eichelberger FilmDayton Film Festival
Finalist: Sun Valley Film Festival
Confetti
Finalist: deadCENTER Film Festival
Finalist: Eichelberger FilmDayton Film Festival
Finalist: FutureWave Seattle International Film Festival
Finalist: The Virginia Student Film Festival
Ephemeral
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
The Hill and Wood – “Shadow Show”
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Finalist: Progeny Film Festival
Finalist: Rosebud Film & Video Festival
Finalist: Sun Valley Film Festival
Finalist: The Virginia Student Film Festival
Lost
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
The Lemonade Standoff
Finalist: Children’s Film Festival Seattle
Runner Up: CINE Golden Eagle Award
Finalist: CineYouth Chicago International Film Festival
Finalist: deadCENTER Film Festival
Finalist: Englewood International Film Festival
Finalist: Irvine International Film Festival
Finalist: KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Finalist: Rockland Youth Film Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Honorable Mention: The Virginia Student Film Festival
Finalist: Washington DC Independent Film Festival
Paperwise
3rd Place Winner: Ruff Cuts Film Festival
The Power to Make a Difference
Scribe Street Movies Screening
Resonant
Finalist: CineYouth Chicago International Film Festival
Finalist: Eichelberger FilmDayton Film Festival
Finalist: Irvine International Film Festival
Finalist: Providence Children’s Film Festival
Finalist: Santa Monica International Teen Film Festival
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
Rogue Taxidermy
Runner-Up: ACTION! HS Director Competition, Virginia Film Festival
Smart
Scribe Street Movies Screening
Space Girl
Best Editing: Women’s Independent Film Festival
Better Than Baghdad
Honorable Mention, Reel Change Film Festival
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: Truth Through the Lens, Studio Two Three
Blind
Finalist: Virginia Independent Horror Film Festival
Breaking Character
Finalist: Virginia Independent Horror Film Festival
Chouky
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
The Collector
Golden Clapper Award: Reel Riot Film Festival
Finalist: Sun Valley Film Festival
Finalist: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Dwight Howard Johnson – Want Me Close
Best Music Video: CineYouth Chicago International Film Festival
Finalist: Sun Valley Film Festival
Finalist: Pendragwn Youth Film Festival
Finalist: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Finalist: Mill Valley Film Festival
Food Deliveries in Westhaven
Honorable Mention: Reel Change Film Festival
Best Documentary: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Finalist: Truth Through the Lens, Studio Two Three
The Lemonade Standoff
Runner-Up: ACTION! HS Director Competition, Virginia Film Festival
Space Girl
Finalist: Reel Riot Film Festival
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival (Future Filmmakers Showcase)
Finalist: FutureWave – Seattle International Film Festival
Finalist: William & Mary Global Film Festival
Finalist: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Teddy
Finalist: Virginia Independent Horror Film Festival
Weird Mob – Rarebit Fiends
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival (Future Filmmakers Showcase)
Best Music Video: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Space Girl
Runner-Up: ACTION! HS Director Competition, Virginia Film Festival
Bark
Finalist: Pendragwn Youth Film Festival
Better Than Baghdad
Winner: Bronze World Medal, New York Festivals Film Fest
Winner: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Charmers Snake
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival (Future Filmmakers Showcase)
Finalist: Pendragwn Youth Film Festival
Chouky
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Winner: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Last Day of May
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival (Future Filmmakers Showcase)
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Winner: Audience Choice Award, Pendragwn Youth Film Festival
Winner: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
This is Your Life
Winner: Competitive Shorts Program, Virginia Student Film Festival
Bully
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival
Finalist: Waynesboro Short Film Festival
Caffeine
Finalist: CineYouth Chicago International Festival
Finalist: Waynesboro Short Film Festival
2nd Place Runner-Up: Virginia Action Film Festival
(youth component of Virginia Film Festival)
A Bag’s Life
Winner: Second Place, National High School Video Competition
The Balloonist
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Downlow
Finalist: Los Angeles Future Filmmakers Showcase
Game Knight
Finalist: Los Angeles Future Filmmakers Showcase
Minor Setback
Finalist: CineYouth Chicago International Festival
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
The Iranian Job
Winner: Jury Award, Adrenaline Film Festival
Teddy
Winner: Golden CINE Eagle Award
Winner: Gold World Medal, New York International Festival Television and Film Awards
Finalist: CineYouth Chicago International Film Festival
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Finalist: New York International Festivals Television and Film Awards
Finalist: Waynesboro Short Film Festival
Finalist: Virginia Student Film Festival
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Tom: Beyond The Bun
Finalist: Waynesboro Short Film Festival
Tron (sweded)
Finalist: CineYouth Chicago International Festival
Finalist: National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Without A Roof
Finalist: Virginia Student Film Festival
Any Sense in Cents?
Finalist: Independent Film Competition (Richmond, VA)
Finalist: CineYouth Film Festival
Montag
Finalist: Seattle Film Festival
Winner: Judges’ Choice Award, Bridge Film Festival
Naked Memories
Finalist: CineYouth Film Festival
Paperwise
Winner: Short Film Category, Independent Film Competition (Richmond, VA)
Unplugged
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival
Finalist: CineYouth Film Festival
(Un)happyland
Finalist: Los Angeles Film Festival
Winner: Best Animated Film, CineYouth Film Festival
Winner: Best Animated Film, T Tauri Film Festival