* WINNER *
Best Short Film
Santa Fe International Film Fest.

* WINNER *
Best Short Film
NYU Fusion Film Fest.

* WINNER *
Maurice Kanbar Achievement in Directing Award

* WINNER *
2nd Place Cinematography
Palm Springs Film Fest.

A W A R D S   &   P A S T   S C R E E N I N G S

Riverrun International Film Festival
3/16-19, 2006
Winston-Salem, NC
Winner of Best Short Film

NYU Film Festival
4/7-15, 2006
Second Prize King Award

NYU Graduate Craft Awards
*Acting for Pilar Padilla
*Cinematography
*Editing
*Producing
*Original Score
*Sound Design

Nashville Film Festival
4/20-26, 2006
Received Honorable Mention

Newport Film Festival
6/6-11, 2006
Jury Award - Best Short Film

NYU DGA Screening
6/2006
Audience Award Winner

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A D D I T I O N A L   A W A R D S
Best Directing at First Run NYU Graduate Film Department, 2006
2nd Place Short Film Wasserman at First Run New York University, 2002-2003
Graduate Assistantship for Editing New York University, 2002-2003
Haig Manoogian Post-Production Grant received December 2004
MTV Post-Production Grant received February 2006 for Breached
Richard Vague/Chris Columbus Grant Finalist 2008 for upcoming feature

A D D I T I O N A L   S C R E E N I N G S
Imago International Film Festival Summer 2006 - Portugal (imagofest.com)
Cinema Jove Summer 2006 - Spain
Deep Focus / Enfoque Profundo Program on Border Issues 11/5/2005 - Tuscon, AZ
Las Cruces Museum 11/19/2005 - Las Cruces, NM
Hamptons Film Festival 10/23/2005 with award-winning student shorts (hamptonsfilmfest.org)
Woodstock Film Festival 9/2005 - Woodstock, NY (woodstockfilmfestival.com)
Telluride Film Festival 9/2-5, 2005 - Telluride, CO (telluridefilmfestival.org)
Urban World Film Festival 6/22-26, 2006 - New York, NY (urbanworld.com)
Tribeca Film Festival *World Premiere* 4/2005 - New York, NY (tribecafilmfestival.org)

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