Film 

Filmmaker 

Presenting Organization

Award / Category 

Year

A Bun in the Oven

Alys Hawkins

BAF! 2000 Bradford Animation Festival, National Museum of Photography, Film and Television 2000 

Best Experimental Film

A Bun in the Oven

Alys Hawkins

Special Commendation: Royal Television Society (NE) 

1999

A Host of Daffodils 

Jane Clark 

Woods Hole Film Festival - New EnglandEmerging Filmmaker Award 

2004

A Host of Daffodils 

Jane Clark 

The Stony Brook Film Festival

Best Short Film, Nominee

2006

A Host of Daffodils 

Jane Clark 

Female Eye Film Festival

Best Short Film, Nominee

2006

A Host of Daffodils 

Jane Clark 

Humboldt Internationa Film Festival

Best Short Film, Nominee

2006

A Host of Daffodils 

Jane Clark 

Woods Hole Film Festival

Emerging Filmmaker Award

2005

A Host of Daffodils 

Jane Clark 

Wilmington Film Festival

Audience Honorable Mention

2005

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel *  

Academy Award 

Best Short Film, Live Action (nominee) 

1981

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel *  

American Film Festival 

Blue Ribbon 

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel *  

ATOM Award- Australian Teachers of Media

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel *  

Santa Fe Winter Film Exposition 

Best Dramatic Film-

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel *  

Columbus Film Festival 

Chris Statuette

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel * 

Cine Golden Eagle 

A Jury of Her Peers 

Sally Heckel *  

Sinking Creek Film Celebration 

Judges’ Award

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Pei-lin Kuo  *

72-Hour Film Shootout

Most Original - First Runner-Up

2005

Alphabet Pam (Has A Passion for P)

Eva Saks *

Roshd International Film Festival (Iran)

Special Mention

And Then She Was Gone+

Jacqueline Pennewill *

Best Drama Award - San Francisco Woman's Film Festival

2008

And Then She Was Gone+

Jacqueline Pennewill *

Director's Choice Award Black Maria Film Festival

2008

Anna & Bella

Cilia Van Dijk

Academy Awards, USA

Oscar, Best Short Film, Animated

1984

Another Brother

Tami Gold

Chicago International Film Festival

Gold Hugo

Another Brother

Tami Gold

CINE Golden Eagle Award 

Another Brother

Tami Gold

New York Festivals International Competition

Gold World Medal

Another Brother

Tami Gold

The Athens International Film & Video Festival

1st Place

Anything You Want  to Be

Liane Brandon 

New York Women in Film and Television

Women’s Film Preservation Fund Awards Grant

2008

A Place Like This

Yvonne Kenney

A Walk to Beautiful 

Mary Olive Smith 

Docúpolis, International Documentary Festival of Barcelona

Human Rights Award 

2007

A Walk to Beautiful 

Mary Olive Smith 

Denver International Film Festival - People's Choice Award 

Documentary 

2007

A Walk to Beautiful 

Mary Olive Smith 

International Documentary Association - IDA Award 

Documentary 

2007

A Walk to Beautiful 

Mary Olive Smith 

San Francisco International Film Festival - Audience Award 

Best Documentary Feature 

2007

A Walk to Beautiful 

Mary Olive Smith 

St. Louis International Film Festival 

Audience Choice Award - Documentary; Interfaith Award

2007

A Walk to Beautiful 

Mary Olive Smith 

AFI/Silverdocs Film Festival

Witness Award Nominee

2007

Baby Express 

Shaya Mercer *

CineWomen NY 

CiNY Award - Honorable Mention 

2003

Beyond the Bars: No Extended Embraces

Julia O'Farrow *

Cityvisions Showcase

Joseph P.Vasquez Award Best Story Concept / Documentary

Beyond the Bars: No Extended Embraces

Julia O'Farrow *

African American Women In Cinema

Best Documentary Award

Blue Vinyl 

Judith Helfand

Daniel B. Gold  

Bermuda International Film Festival - Documentary Prize 

2002

Blue Vinyl 

Judith Helfand

Daniel B. Gold  

High Falls Film Festival - Audience Award 

Best Documentary

2002

Blue Vinyl 

Judith Helfand  

Santa Cruz Film Festival - Audience Award 

Best Documentary

2002

Blue Vinyl 

Daniel B. Gold  

Sundance Film Festival 

Cinematography Award 

2002

Blue Vinyl 

Judith Helfand

Daniel B. Gold  

Sundance Film Festival 

Grand Jury Prize (nominee) 

2002

Bruce

Ruth Sergel

Alice’s Three Minute Film Festival

Best Drama

Bruce

Ruth Sergel

Picture This… Film Festival

Honorable Mention 

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Moviefone Audience Choice Award

Winner

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Warner Bros. Pictures 

Production Fund Award

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Mill Valley Film Festival

BAFTA Award for Best Short

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Caucus for TV Producers, Writers and Directors Award

Winner

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Chicago International Children's Film Festival

Children's Jury Prize

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

American Independent Film Festival (France)

Best Short Film

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

BAM Kidfest 

Best Live-Action Short Film (the "BAMmie Award")

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Stony Brook 2004

Audience Choice Award

2004

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Zoinks Toys Family Film Festival 

Best Short Film (tied with Confection)

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Ojai Film Festival

Finishing Funds Award 

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Lunafest 

Winner

2003

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

SMPTE Student Film Festival

Winner

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Tribeca Film Festival 

Best of Shorts Program (online)

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Williamstown Film Festival

Best of Shorts Program

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Lunafest Anniversary Tour

Best of 

2005

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Athens International Film Festival

Honorable Mention 

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

St. Louis International Film Festival

Honorable Mention 

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

USA Film Festival

Finalist

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Carrousel de Rimouski (Canada)

Finalist

Colorforms

Eva Saks *

Fitz Award for Best Short (Australia) 

Nominee

Confection

Eva Saks *

Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Fund Award

Confection

Eva Saks *

Caucus for TV Producers, Writers and Directors Award

Confection

Eva Saks *

Stony Brook Film Festival

Audience Choice Award

Confection

Eva Saks *

Zoinks Toys Family Film Festival

Best Short Film(tied with Colorforms)

Confection

Eva Saks *

Dublin Film Fleadh

Best Young Actress - Blaire Restaneo

Confection

Eva Saks *

Long IslandInternational Film Expo

Best 35mm Short Film

Confection

Eva Saks *

Ojai Film Festival

Finishing Funds Award

Confection

Eva Saks *

SMPTE Student Film Festival

Winner

Confection

Eva Saks *

Worldfest Houston

Silver Remi Award

Confection

Eva Saks *

Carrousel de Rimouski (Canada)

Honorable Mention 

Confection

Eva Saks *

Expresion en Corto (Mexico)

Honorable Mention 

Covered Girls 

Amy Wendel,

Janet McIntyre 

Nashville Film Festival 

Best Documentary Short (tied with I Used to Be a Filmmaker, by Jay Rosenblatt)

2003

Crying & Wanking

Alys Hawkins

Tricky Women (Vienna, Austria) 

Synchro Film Award

2003

Crying & Wanking

Alys Hawkins

Unicaja Eurovideo (Malaga, Spain)

Second Prize - Experimental/Videocreation

2003

Date

Eva Saks *

Caucus for Television Producers, Writers & Directors Award

Date

Eva Saks *

Ojai Film Festival

Finishing Funds Award

Date

Eva Saks *

Black Maria Film Festival

Director's Citation

Date

Eva Saks *

SMPTE Student Film Festival

Honorable Mention

Date

Eva Saks *

One Reel/Bumbershoot 10th Anniversary Festival

Best of

Dear Talula

Lori Benson

Ashland International Film Festival

Best Documentary Short 

2007

Death of a Saleswoman

Donna Wheeler

Bare Bones International Film Festival

Bonehead Award - Best Direction of a Feature Film 

2005

Death of a Saleswoman

Donna Wheeler

Gem City Film Festival

Festival Prize Best Feature Film 

2007

Denis A. Charles: An Interrupted Conversation 

Véronique Doumbé *

CineWomen NY 

Outstanding Documentary 

2002

Derail

Catalina Santamaría

Kodak Cinematography Award

1998

Derail

Catalina Santamaría

The New Heaven Film Festival

The First Place Audience Award

1998

Dreams of Jagodina

Nora Malone

Kodak Student Filmmaker Award, nominee

Dreams of Jagodina

Nora Malone

Columbus International Film Festival

Best Overall Student Production

Dreams of Jagodina

Nora Malone

Denver Underground Film Festival

Best Adapted Screenplay

Evening 

Natasa Prosenc 

Brooklyn Film Festival / CineWomen NY 

CiNY Special Jury Award

2000

Everybody's Pregnant

Debra Solomon

Aspen Shortsfest

Special Recognition Animation 

1998

Everybody's Pregnant

Debra Solomon

Santa Barbara International Film Festival

Best Animated Short Award

1999

Everybody's Pregnant

Debra Solomon

Shorts International Film Festival

Best Short Film Animation 

1998

Everybody's Pregnant

Debra Solomon

World Animation Celebration

Special Jury Award

1998

Everyday

Pei-Lin Kuo *

CineWomen NY 

Someone To Watch Award (tied with Susan Hamovitch, Without Apology)

2005

Eye Creature

Relah Ekstein

Gary Friedlander

Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE)

The Golden Reel Award for Sound Editing

1992

Falling Back to Earth: Tomatillo 

Pamela Turner 

Brooklyn Film Festival / CineWomen NY 

CiNY Award Outstanding Animation 

2000

Family Reunion(Gódir gestir)

Isold Uggadóttir * 

Rhode Island International Film Festival

Alternative Spirit Award

2007

Family Reunion(Gódir gestir)

Isold Uggadóttir * 

Minningarsjóður Margrétar Björgólfsdóttur

Grant

2006

Family Reunion(Gódir gestir)

Isold Uggadóttir * 

Frameline Film & Video Completion Fund 

Grant

2005

Family Values

Eva Saks *

Student Academy Award

Family Values

Eva Saks *

St. Louis International Film Festival

Best Documentary Short

Family Values

Eva Saks *

Magnolia Film Festival

Best Documentary Short

Family Values

Eva Saks *

Copenhagen GL Film Festival

Grand Jury Prize Short Film

Family Values

Eva Saks *

PlanetOut at Outfest

Grand Prize 

Family Values

Eva Saks *

New York State Council on the Arts Grant

Family Values

Eva Saks *

WYBE Public TV Finishing Funds Award

Family Values

Eva Saks *

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 

Honorable Mention

Ferry Tales 

Katja Esson *

Academy Award 

Best Documentary, Short Subject (nominee) 

2004

Ferry Tales 

Katja Esson * 

Woodstock Film Festival - Honorable Mention 

Best Short Documentary Film 

2003

Ferry Tales 

Katja Esson * 

CineWomen NY 

CiNY Woman to Watch Out For! 

2003

Firefighter

Vanessa Ruane

Long IslandInternational Film Expo 

Festival Prize Best Story 

2005

Firefighter

Vanessa Ruane

DC Shorts

Best Director

Firefighter

Vanessa Ruane

Big Bear Film Festival

Best Digital Film

Flying: Confessions Of A Free Woman

Jennifer Fox *

CineWomen NY

Tour de Force Award

2008

Forbidden Wedding / Casamento Proibido 

Flavia Fontes *

CineWomen NY 

Someone To Watch 

2004

Forbidden Wedding / Casamento Proibido 

Flavia Fontes *

Brasa Film Festival

Award Of Excellence 

Forbidden Wedding / Casamento Proibido 

Flavia Fontes *

Philadelphia International Film Festival 

Honorable Mention

Forbidden Wedding / Casamento Proibido 

Flavia Fontes *

Projections International Film Festival

Audience Award For Best Documentary

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade, *

CineWomen NY 

Best Documentary 

2008

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade, * 

Vanessa Roth, Producer 

Academy Award 

Oscar - Best Documentary Short Subject 

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Boston Independent Film Festival

Audience Award - Short Film 

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

International Documentary Association

IDA Award  - Short Documentary, nominee 

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

L.A. Outfest

Audience Award - Documentary Short  

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

New York Lesbian and Gay Film Festival 

Best Documentary Short 

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 

Audience Award - Favorite Documentary

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Palm Springs International Short Film Festival 

Festival Prize - Best Documentary

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Seattle International Film Festival 

Short Film Competition - Special Jury Award 

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Sundance Film Festival 

Short Filmmaking - Special Jury Prize 

2007

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Spokane GLBT Film Festival

John Deen Award

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

LGBT Film Festival

Audience Award

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

LGBT Film Festival

Best Short Documentary Film 

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Film Society

Social Justice Award

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Connecticut G&L Film Festival

Audience Award

Freeheld 

Cynthia Wade * 

Long IslandG&L Film Festival

Audience Award

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

Hamburg Film Festival

Critics Award - Best Film

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

Nantucket Film Festival

Writer / Director Award

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

Provincetown International Film Festival

Audience Award

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

San Sebastián International Film Festival

Silver Seashell Best Actress
Melissa Leo (tied with Tsilla Chelton for Pandoranin kutusu)
 

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

San Sebastián International Film Festival

TVE Otra Mirada Award

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

San Sebastián International Film Festival

Golden Seashell, Nominee

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

Seattle International Film Festival

Women in Cinema Lena Sharpe Award

2008

Frozen River 

Courtney Hunt 

Sundance Film Festival 

Grand Jury Prize Dramatic 

2008

Getting Off

Julie Lynch

ARPA International Film Festival 

Audience Award

Hair Piece: A Film for Nappy-Headed People

Ayoka Chenzira

National Black Programming Consortium

First Place, Cultural Affairs 

Instructions Not Included  (Bli Daf Hora’ot)

Keren Atzmon
Ronnie Manor, Producers Producers

Long IslandInternational Film Expo

Festival Prize - Best Foreign Film

2001

Inventing a Girl: A Journey in Home-Schooling

Fernanda Rossi *

Riverrun International Film Festival

Women's Eye Award

2001

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary

Nicole Franklin *

Brooklyn Film Festival / CineWomen NY 

CiNY Award - Outstanding Filmmaking 

2000

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

Brooklyn Film Festival

Best African-American Documentary

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

Hollywood Black Film Festival Jury Award

Best Documentary Film

2001

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

Atlanta’s Night of the Black Independents

Best Documentary

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

Gordon Parks Award Finalist for Directing a Feature

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame Filmworks

Honorable Mention

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

The Jerome Foundation

Grant Recipient

I Was Made to Love Her: the Double Dutch Documentary 

Nicole Franklin *

Women’s Film Finishing Fund

Grant Recipient

Jeanne & Hauviette

Elizabeth Foley *

Kiss It Up to God

Caran Hartsfield

Cannes Film Festival

Cinefondation Award (Tied with Kinu’ach, Amit Sakomski, writer/director)

2000

Kiss It Up to God

Caran Hartsfield

Urbanworld Film Festival

Best Short Film (Tied with Are You Cinderella?, Charles Hall, writer/director)

2000

Ladies of the Land

Megan Thompson

Gracie Allen Award

Outstanding Student Documentary

Ladies of the Land

Megan Thompson

Student Academy Award

Love Story

Signe Baumane *

Montevideo International Film Festival

First award - animated films

1999

Love Story

Signe Baumane *

Long IslandFilm Festival

Best Animated Short 

1999

Love Story

Signe Baumane *

Worldfest-Houston International Film Festival

Bronze Award 

1999

Lower East SideStories

Liselle Mei

Finishing Fund Grant

2005

Lower East SideStories

Liselle Mei

IFP Market

Short Film Award, Finalist

2004

Lucy's Dream 

Relah Ekstein 

Brooklyn Film Festival / CineWomen NY 

CiNY Award Grand Jury Prize 

2000

Lucy's Dream 

Relah Ekstein 

Athens International

 2nd Place Experimental

2000

Mad About Harry 

Ashley Mendoza 

Brooklyn Film Festival / CineWomen NY 

CiNY Award - Grand Jury Prize 

2000

Make A Wish 

Cherien  Dabis 

Aspen Shortsfest - BAFTA/LA Award for Excellence - Honorable Mention; Special Recognition 

2007

Make A Wish 

Cherien  Dabis 

Cairo International Film Festival for Children - Ministry of Culture's Awards for Arabian Feature & Short Films 

Short Film 

2007

Make A Wish 

Cherien  Dabis 

Cairo International Film Festival for Children - Bronze Cairo 

Best Short Film 

2007

Make A Wish 

Cherien  Dabis 

Chicago International Children's Film Festival - Adult's Jury Award - Certificate of Merit 

Live Action Short Film or Video 

2007

Make A Wish 

Cherien  Dabis 

Chicago International Children's Film Festival 

Peace Prize 

2007

Make A Wish 

Cherien  Dabis 

Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Press Award 

International Competition 

2007