Awards
2026
Best Director Nominee
— F Minor
Official Selection
— F Minor
Official Selection
— F Minor
2025
Official Selection
— F Minor
2024
Finalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
2023
Official Selection
— Therapists
Official Selection
— Therapists
Official Selection
— Therapists
Second Rounder
— Active Shooter
Second Rounder
— Blink
Official Selection
— Therapists
Semifinalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
Honorable Mention
— Blink
Official Selection
— Therapists
Best Short Film Nominee
— Therapists
2022
Semifinalist
— The Triangular Theory of Love
Semifinalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
2021
Semifinalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
Quarterfinalist
— Active Shooter
Semifinalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
Official Selection
— The Cluster B Quadrilogy
Finalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
Quarterfinalist
— Active Shooter
Semifinalist
— Impaled: A Love Story
Official Selection
— The Sound of a Painting
2020
Official Selection
— Andy Asperger
Official Selection
— The Sound of a Painting
2019
Official Selection
— Borderline Bill
Best Short Film (Nominee)
— Andy Asperger
Semifinalist
— Borderline Bill
Official Selection
— Attention Whore
Official Selection
— Borderline Bill
Official Selection
— Andy Asperger
Official Selection
— Andy Asperger
2018
Audience Choice Award
— Free Choice
Best Thriller Nominee
— Last Dance
Best Short
Best Actress
Best Director (Nominee)
Best Screenplay (Nominee)
Best Supporting Actor (Nominee) Best Ensemble Cast (Nominee)
— The Priest, The Whore, and the Man at The Door
Best Coming of Age Film
— The Priest, the Whore, and the Man at the Door
Social Awareness Award
— Active Shooter
Best Young Actress Under 9
— Point and Dream
Best Film
— Free Choice
Second Place Award
— Free Choice
Official Selection
— Active Shooter
Official Selection
— Last Dance
Official Selection
— Active Shooter
Official Selection
— Active Shooter
2017
Best Picture
— Free Choice
Film of the Year
— Free Choice
Silver Award
— Point and Dream
Best Editing
— Last Dance
2016
Royal Reel Award
— Father Knows Best
Official Selection
— After Rachel
Official Selection
— Beijing Blues
2015
Best Social Issue Film
— After Rachel
Best Student Director
— The Cookie Monster
Official Selection
— The Birthday Girl
Official Selection
— Psychopath for a Day
Best Actor
— After Rachel
Best Supporting Actor
— After Rachel
Official Selection
— The Birthday Girl
Rising Star Award
— The Suit
Best Student Film: Golden Grant Award
— The Suit
Student Filmmaker Award
— Father Knows Best
3rd Place
— After Rachel
Official Selection
— After Rachel
Official Selection
— A Case of Pyrophilia
Official Selection
— A Case of Pyrophilia
Official Selection
— The Cookie Monster
2014
Best Student Film
— A Case of Pyrophilia
Favorite US Short: Audience Award
— The Cookie Monster
Official Selection
— After Rachel
Official Selection
— Breaking Up with Celia
Official Selection
— A Case of Pyrophilia
Screenplay Finalist
— Kill Chain
Official Selection
— Psychopath for a Day
Official Selection
— The Cookie Monster
2013
Official Selection
— The Cookie Monster
Official Selection
— Red Light
Official Selection
— All Alone_Together
2012
Best Mockumentary/Documentary
— Subhash Santosh: Idiot. Buffoon. Actor
Viewer’s Choice Award
— Subhash Santosh: Idiot. Buffoon. Actor
Official Selection
— All Alone_Together
Official Selection
— Genovese
Best Relationship Drama
— All Alone_Together
2nd Place
— The Semite
Official Selection
— Red Light
Official Selection
— Genovese
Best Actor
— Red Light
Official Selection
— Sweet Girls
Best Student Film
— Stateside
Award of Excellence
— After Rachel
Official Selection
— Stateside
Official Selection
— Elevator
Official Selection
— Death by Hot Wings
Official Selection
— Stateside
Official Selection
— Elevator
2011
1st Place
— Elevator
3rd Place
— Elevator
Best Comedy
— Death by Hot Wings
Official Selection
— Shelf Life
2010
Official Selection
— Elevator
Official Selection
— Death by Hot Wings
Short Script Finalist
— I and the Village
Best Film
— Barely Bar Mitzvah’d
Full Feature Screenplay Finalist
— Anathema