2021 Film Updates

An Evening with Laila 

Haya Alghanim (Writer/Director)

Official Selections:
Columbia University Film Festival (2021)
Malmö Arab Film Festival (2021)
Arab Film Festival - Arab American National Museum (2021)
Arab Film Festival - Arab Film and Media Institute (2021)
Sharjah Film Platform (2021)
Al Ain Film Festival (2022)
Dance Camera West (2022)
Alexandria Short Film Festival (2022)
LatinArab International Film Festival (2022)
Oaxaca FilmFest (2022)
Toronto Arab Film Festival (2022)

Winner: 
Audience Award - Columbia University Film Festival
Best International Documentary - Alexandria Short Film Festival

Anita

Sushma Khadepaun (Writer/Director)
Ankur Singh (Co-Writer)
Sasha John (Co-Producer)

World Premiere: Venice Film Festival Orizzonti Short Film Competition 2020

Official Selection: Stockholm Int'l Film Festival 2020
Official Selection: POFF Tallinn Black Nights Shorts 2020
Official Selection: Palm Springs ShortFest, 2021
Official Selection: Hamptons Int'l Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection: Atlanta Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Dublin International Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Portland Int'l Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Brussels Shorts Festival 2021
Official Selection: Encounters Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection: Flickerfest, Sydney, 2021
Official Selection: HollyShorts Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection: Vilnius International Shorts Festival 2021
Official Selection: Florida Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: San Diego Int'l Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Indian Film Festival, LA 2021
Official Selection: Bagri London Indian Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection: Indie Meme South Asian Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Arthouse Asia Film Festival 2021
Official Selection: Coté Court Film Festival, 2021
Official Selection: Barcelona Int'l Shorts and Animation Festival, 2022
Official Selection: DFW South Asian Film Festival, 2022

Awards and Features:
Featured: NPR Weekend Edition, July 2021
Best International Short Film, Dublin Int'l Film Festival 2021
Special Mention: Narrative Shorts, Atlanta Film Festival 2021
The Gotham Awards IFP/Focus Features Showcase 2021
Best Film Award Columbia University Film Festival 2021
Audience Award Columbia University Film Festival 2021
Grand Prix: New Talents, PÖFF Tallinn Nights Shorts Film Festival 2020
NBR Student Grant Award 2020

Beauty Marks

Gina Hackett (Writer/Director)
Waleed Alqahtani (Co-Writer)
Christina Wood (Producer)

Official Online Premiere / Short of the Week
Grand Jury Prize for Best Short Film / Dallas International Film Festival
Official Selection / Santa Fe Independent Film Festival
Special Mention for Best US Short / Champs Elysées Film Festival
Official Selection / Palm Springs International ShortFest
US Premiere / Provincetown Film Festival
World Premiere / RapidLion South African International Film Festival

Duet

Shae Xu (Writer/Director)
Chuxin Huo (Producer)

Awards:
DGA Student Film Awards - Best Woman Filmmaker
Tokyo International Short Film Festival - Best LGBT Film

Screenings:
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Braunschweig International Film Festival
Aesthetica Short Film Festival
Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival
NewFest - New York LGBT Film Festival
Damn These Heels Queer Film Festival
CAAMFest - San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival"

Entre tú y Milagros (Between you and Milagros)

Mariana Saffon (Writer/Director)
Nathalie Álvarez Mesén (Co-writer)
Jorge Granados Ross (Producer)

"Orizzonti Award for Best Short Film — 77th Venice International Film Festival

Jury Special Mention — 17th Reykjavík International Film Festival
Best Narrative Short Film — 28th Hamptons International Film Festival 
Peter Macgregor-Scott Memorial Award — 28th Hamptons International Film Festival
Golden Angel, Best International Short Film — 18th TOFIFEST International Film Festival 
Special Recognition, International Short Film — 2020 Zagreb Film Festival
Best Film, Live Action Competition — 24th PÖFF, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Best Fiction Short Film — 15th Vilnius International Short Film Festival
Jury Award — 26th Director’s Guild of America Student Film Awards
Special Mention for Drama Competition — 30th Aspen Shortsfest
Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director — 2021 Columbia University Film Festival
Best Actress — 18th Bogoshorts Festival
Best International Short — Festival Internacional de Cine de Menorca 2021

Festivals 
77th Venice International Film Festival (Italy)
17th Reykjavík International Film Festival (Iceland)
28th Hamptons International Film Festival (USA)
47th Film Fest Gent (Belgium)
24th PÖFF, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (Estonia)
18th TOFIFEST International Film Festival (Poland)
11th Lateinamerikanische Tage Leipzig/Latin American Days (Germany) 
Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°14, Short Film Festival Cologne (Germany)
2020 Zagreb Film Festival (Croatia)
18o BOGOSHORTS, Bogotá Short Film Festival - National Premiere (Colombia) 
42º Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano, Festival de Cine de la Habana (Cuba)
15th Vilnius International Short Film Festival (Lithuania)
14th Psarokokalo International Short Film Festival (Greece)
28th San Diego Latino Film Festival (USA)
43rd Portland International Film Festival (USA) — Opening Night Film
30th Aspen Shortsfest (USA)
17th Prague Short Film Festival (Czech Republic)
50th Molodist Kyiv Film Festival (Ukraine)
Vienna Shorts, Expedition 2021 (Austria)
6th Festival Internacional de Cinema de Menorca 2021 (Spain)
49th Huesca International Film Festival (Spain)
69th Melbourne International Film Festival (Australia)
12th ShorTS International Film Festival (Italy)
20th Concorto Film Festival (Italy)
Drim Short Film Festival 2021 (North Macedonia)
Filmfort 2021 (USA)
50th Kyiv IFF Molodist (Ukraine)
Chicago Latino Film Festival 
Colombian Film Festival in New York
BUFF 2022
Festival Internacional de Cine de Uruguay

Jensen

Chloe Sarbib (Writer/Director)
Gina Hackett (Co-Writer)
Waleed Alqahtani (Producer)

2022 Aspen Shortsfest, World Premiere
Director's Guild Association - Student Jury Award
Indian Paintbrush Production Grant - Recipient

Muscle Memory

Saladin White II (Writer/Director)
Lexx Truss (Co-Writer)

Najah Diop (Producer)

Palm Spring Shortfest
New Filmmakers LA (NFMLA)
Woodstock Film Festival
Now streaming on Fox Soul Network

Must Love Pie

Patrick Clement (Writer/Director)
Ridghaus (Producer)

NBR Student Grant Winner
Official Selection Hollyshorts
NewFilmmakers LA 2022 Best Comedy Nominee
Official Selection Florida Film Festival
Official Selection Cucalorus Film Festival
Official Selection Dances with Films

Stay Don't Go

Brian Velsor (Writer/Director)
Scott Gerlomes (Producer)

Official Selection Monmouth Film Festival
Official Selection Indie Street Film Festival
Official Selection Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival
Official Selection Kansas City FilmFest International
Official Selection Dam Short Film Festival
Official Selection LA Student Film Festival
Official Selection NewFilmmakers NY
Semi-Finalist Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival