Awards
ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
94th Academy Awards 2022
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD FOR BEST SHORT FILM
45th Cleveland International Film Festival
BEST SHORT
THE MARLYN MASON AWARD - First Prize
38th Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival
New voices, new perspectives by women in film
SHORT PLUS AWARD
15th Fünf Seen Film Festival 2021
BEST LIVE ACTION NARRATIVE SHORT
4th Pittsburgh shorts film festival 2020
AUDIENCE AWARD
THE GRAND PRIX GOLDEN BEGGAR (Production Company)
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
BEST SHORT
BEST MID-LENGTH FILM
BEST SHORT FICTION
BEST FEMALE FILMMAKER
BEST SHORT FILM
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
7th Sydney World Film Festival
BEST DRAMA SHORT
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
BEST FEATURE
16th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
BEST DIRECTION
16th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
BEST PERFORMANCE
Alina Turdumamatova
16th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
BEST FILM
3rd Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival
Listen to the festival’s interview with our director Maria Brendle
Watch the audience FEEDBACK video (scroll down in the interview)
BEST NARRATIVE FILM
7th Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival, Hong Kong
BEST WOMAN FILMMAKER
4th Moscow Indie Film Festival
BEST MEDIUM-LENGTH FILM
3rd Amazing Shorts & Movies! Film Festival
BEST DIRECTION
in medium-length film
3rd Amazing Shorts & Movies! Film Festival
BEST SCREENPLAY
in medium-length film
3rd Amazing Shorts & Movies! Film Festival
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
in medium-length film
3rd Amazing Shorts & Movies! Film Festival
BEST ACTRESS IN SUPPORTING ROLE
in medium-length film: ALINA TURDUMAMATOVA
3rd Amazing Shorts & Movies! Film Festival
BEST ACTOR IN SUPPORTING ROLE
in: medium-length film: NURBEK ESENGAZY UULU
3rd Amazing Shorts & Movies! Film Festival
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
PLANTINUM REMI
54th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
BEST SHORT FILM
QUARTER FINALIST
HONORABLE JURY MENTION
HONORARY MENTION
BEST FICTION
BEST NARRATIVE SHORT FILM
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD BEST NARRATIVE
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
BEST SHORT FILM
AUDIENCE AWARD - BEST SHORT FILM
NARRATIVE SHORT
BEST FOREIGN FILM
AUDIENCE AWARD 1ST PLACE, JURY AWARD 2ND PLACE
FILM OF THE YEAR
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, BEST INTERNATIONAL COLLABIRATION
Festivals
45th Cleveland International Film Festival
16th HollyShorts Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
United States
November 14, 2020
Official Selection
38th Flickers' Rhode Island Film Festival
Rhode Island, United States
August 6, 2020
USA Premiere
THE MARLYN MANSON AWARD – FIRST PRIZE
11th BronzeLens Film Festival
42nd Durban International Film Festival
18th DC Shorts International Film Festival
13th Naples International Film Festival
27th International Film Festival Golden Beggar
15th Fünf Seen Film Festival
56. Solothurner Filmtage
The Pigeon International Film Festival
13. Austrian Filmfestival
24th Bermuda International Film Festival
Toronto Arthouse Film Festival
11th Richmond International Film Festival (RIFF)
16th British Urban Film Festival
22nd Newport Beach Film Festival
6th Imagine This Women’s Film Festival
Producer's Night Los Angeles
15th Alexandria Film Festival
Hong Kong International Short Film Festival
Paris International Festival
Unlimited Hope Human Rights Film Festival
The 3rd Boston Women's Film Festival
Sydney Women's International Film Festival
21st Anchorage International Film Festival
4th Women's Film Festival San Diego
The 26th Rabat International Author Film Festival
10th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival
The 4th Izmit International Short Film Festival
17th Annual Durango Independent Film Festival
Filmtage Oberschwaben
41st Annual Hawai'i International Film Festival
1st Bruges International Film Festival
Spokane International Film Festival
13th Lady Filmmakers Film Festival
10th The Jozi Film Festival
17th Annual Dam Short Film Festival
11th Golden Door International Film Festival
41st Brussels Independent Film Festival
27th San Luis Obispo International Film Fest
25th Kansas City Filmfest International
13th Burbank Internatinal Film Festival
7th The Venice Film Week
4th Amsterdam Independent Film Festival
18th The Accolade Global Film Competition
4th Women's Film Festival
5th Salute Your Shorts Festival
7th Sydney World Film Festival
7th Boston Short Film Festival
4th Cordillera Int’l Film Festival
8th Mind The Indie Film Festival
Colorado International Activism Film Festival
12th One Country One Film Apchat-Issoire International Film Festival
7th Hong Kong Arthouse Film Festival
San Francisco Indie Short Festival
15th Manhattan Film Festival
4th Stockholm Independent Film Festival
5th Cinema Sisters International Film Festival
19th Ischia Global Film Festival
New Jersey Independant Film Festival
16th Vancouver International Women in Film Festival
OTB Only The Best International Film Awards
10th LASA International Film Festival
51st USA Film Festival
Venice Shorts
54th WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival
8th California Women’s Film Festival
5th JellyFEST Film Festival
Toronto Women International Film Festival
3rd Toronto Feedback Female Film Festival
Women's International Film Festival
4th Moscow Indie Film Festival
11th Bridges International Film Festival
Loutraki, Corinthia
Greece
December 2020
BEST FEMALE DIRECTOR
3rd Amazing Short & Movies! Film Festival
13th Jaipur International Film Festival
Pittsburgh Shorts & Script Competition
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States
November 11 – 22, 2020
BEST SHORT FILM
9th Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival
Mumbai
India
December 6, 2020
India Premiere
HONORABLE JURY MENTION
LA Live Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
United States
November 7, 2020
Official Selection
16th Cyprus International Film Festival
Nicosia
Cyprus
November 17, 2020
HONORARY MENTION
LA Femme International Film Festival
Los Angeles, California
United States
October 17, 2020
Official Selection