HYPER/SPACE

FINALIST (1 of 5)
2023 AT&T Untold Stories @ Tribeca Film Festival

BEST SCREENPLAY - FINALIST (1 of 3)
2023 Harlem International Film Festival​​​​​​​

BEST SCREENPLAY
2022 Urbanworld Film Festival​​​​​​​



ADVANTAGEOUS​​​​​​​ (film)

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD nominee (Jennifer Phang, Jacqueline Kim, Robert M. Chang, Ken Jeong, Moon Molson, Theresa Navarro)
2016 Independent Spirit Awards

BURIED TREASURE AWARD
2016 Chlotrudis Awards

GRAND JURY PRIZE - DRAMATIC nominee
SPECIAL JURY PRIZE FOR COLLABORATIVE VISION
2015 Sundance Film Festival

BEST DIRECTOR - NARRATIVE FEATURE (Jennifer Phang)
BEST EDITING - NARRATIVE FEATURE (Jennifer Phang & Sean Gillane)
BEST MUSICAL SCORE - NARRATIVE FEATURE (Timo Chen)
LINDA MABALOT RENAISSANCE SPIRIT AWARD (Jacqueline Kim)
BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE nominee
2015 LA Asian Pacific Film Festival

BEST PRODUCER - SAATCHI & SAATCHI NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE AWARD (Moon Molson)
2015 Martha's Vineyard African American Film Festival



JOHNNY ACE

SCREENPLAY COMPETITION AWARD - HONORABLE MENTION
2018 Urbanworld Film Festival 

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - 3RD PLACE
2017 Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

BEST FEATURE SCREENPLAY - GRAND PRIZE
2017 Showtime Tony Cox Award for Screenwriting @ Nantucket Film Festival



THE BRAVEST, THE BOLDEST​​​​​​​

AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD
2017 GI Film Festival

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

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

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

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



ADVANTAGEOUS (short)

GOLDEN REEL AWARD FOR SHORT FILMMAKING
2013 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

BEST OF FEST
2013 Walnut Creek Film Festival​​​​​​​

BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
2012 Rhode Island Int'l Horror Film Festival



CRAZY BEATS STRONG EVERY TIME​​​​​​​

BEST SHORT (2ND PLACE)
2014 NC Black Film Festival

GOLD REMI AWARD - INDEPENDENT SHORTS - DRAMATIC - ORIGINAL
2014 WorldFest Houston

INDEPENDENT SHORTS FILMMAKER AWARD
2012 Film Series at Cine Gear Expo LA

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE
2012 Hollyshorts Film Festival

BEST ORIGINAL MUSICAL COMPOSITION (SCORE) - HONORABLE MENTION
2011 Rhode Island International Film Festival

BEST SCREENPLAY, SHORT
2011 BendFilm Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
2011 New Jersey International Festival

BEST GHETTO
2011 RADAR Hamburg International Independent Film Festival

HONORARY AWARD FOR BEST DIRECTION
2011 Gold Lion Film Festival

SILVER LAMP TREE AWARD
2011 Short Film Center, International Film Festival of India

BEST SHORT LENGTH SCREENPLAY
2007 Omaha Film Festival



MEADOWLANDZ

BEST SCREENPLAY
2013 Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition

BEST SCREENPLAY
2008 Urbanworld Film Festival



POP FOUL

BEST STUDENT SHORT
2008 Lake County Film Festival

BEST STUDENT FILM
BEST SHORT FEATURE
BEST IN COMPETITION
2008 San Luis Obispo International Film Festival

GRAND JURY IN SHORTS
2008 Washington D.C. Independent Film Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
BEST ACTOR
2008 Trenton Film Festival

BEST FILM/VIDEO BY A BLACK FILMMAKER
2008 Berlin​​​​​​​ Black International Cinema Festival

DIRECTOR'S CITATION - HONORABLE MENTION
2007 Black Maria Film & Video Festival

REEL SHORTS JURY AWARD
2007 SXSW Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
2007 Indie Black Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
2007 Arizona Black Film Showcase

BEST OF FEST SHORT PRIZE
BEST DRAMA - NARRATIVE AWARD
2007 Kansas City Filmmakers Jubilee

BEST STUDENT FILM
2007 CA Indie Fest

REEL FRONTIER MERIT AWARD - DRAMATIC SHORT
2007 Arizona International Film Festival

GRAND JURY PRIZE - BEST SHORT
2007 Boston Independent Film Festival

BEST SHORT - AMERICAN SPECTRUM PRIZE
2007 Indianapolis International Film Festival

PLATINUM REMI AWARD - GRADUATE LEVEL STUDENT 
2007 WorldFest Houston

BEST DRAMA
BEST OF FEST
2007 Student Films Across America

BEST STUDENT FILM/VIDEO
2007 New Jersey International Festival

BEST NARRATIVE SHORT - HONORABLE MENTION
2007 Urbanworld Film Festival

BEST SHORT
2007 Bronx Indie Film Festival

MABFF GRAND JURY PRIZE
2007 Mid Atlantic Black Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM (DOMESTIC)
2007 Napa Sonoma Wine Country Film Festival

PANAVISION GRAND JURY AWARD
2007 Palm Springs International ShortFest

SPECIAL JURY AWARD - STUDENT FILM
2007 Action/Cut Short Film Competition

SPECIAL JURY PRIZE - SHORT AND ANIMATION
2007 Temecula Valley International Film Festival

AUDIENCE FAVORITE, SHOW #6
2007 Washington DC Shorts Film Festival

BEST SHORT FILM
2007 Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
2007 BendFilm Festival

BEST SHORT
2007 Harlem International Film Festival

BEST DIRECTOR
2007 Gold Lion Film Festival

DIRECTOR'S CITATION - HONORABLE MENTION
2007 Thomas Edison Film Festival

SLATE AWARD - STUDENT FILM
2007 California Independent Film Festival​​​​​​​

NEW LINE CINEMA OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN FILMMAKING
STUDENT CHOICE AWARD - BEST PERFORMANCE (The Cast)
IFP AUDIENCE AWARD (Program C)
2006 Columbia University Film Festival

2006 STUDENT ACADEMY AWARD
33rd Annual Student Academy Awards

HBO SHORT FILM AWARD
2006 American Black Film Festival

OUTSTANDING EDITING
2006 HATCHfest

BEST STUDENT SHORT
2006 Woodstock Film Festival

1ST PLACE SHORT NARRATIVE (UNDER 25 MIN)
2006 Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival