“TRENTON: TO THE MOON & BACK” (2023)DOC NYC – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2023
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2023
DocEdge Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2023
Hollyshorts Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2023
SCAD Savannah Film Festival – Official Selection 2023
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival – Official Selection 2023
Māsima Film Festival – Salt Lake Film Society – Official Selection 2024
Native Lens Film Festival – Official Selection 2023
Human Rights Film Festival – United Nations Development Program – Official Selection 2023
"Sorry You Have To See This" (2023)1.4 Awards – Silver – Personal Project 2024
NOWNESS Asia – Premiere Pick 2023
Filmsupply Films – Premiere Pick 2023
Directors Notes – British Independent Film Award®-Qualifying – Premiere Pick 2023
Rhode Island International Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Semifinalist 2023
Beyond The Short – Premiere Pick 2023
Film Shortage – Best Picks of the Month 2023
Cinema Mon Amour – Premiere Pick 2023
"CHICKEN" (2022)Tribeca Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2022
Hollyshorts Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2023
Cleveland International Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2023
Chicago International Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – CineYouth Official Selection 2023
National Film Festival for Talented Youth – Jury Award – Best Narrative Film 2023
National Film Festival for Talented Youth – Programmer’s Pick 2023
Seattle Black Film Festival – Best Narrative Short 2023
Cannes Young Director Award – Shortlist 2022
Youth Cinema Network Award – Finalist 2023
DC Shorts International Film Festival – Official Selection 2023
Washington West Film Festival – Official Selection 2022
Yale Student Film Festival – Centerpiece Film 2023
Scout Film Festival – Best Drama Award 2022
Scout Film Festival – Best Overall Film Award 2022
District Dreamers Film Festival – Official Selection 2024
Short Encounters Film Festival – Best Student Short Film 2023
Omeleto – Premiere Pick 2023
Beyond The Short – Premiere Pick 2023
Filmsupply Films – Premiere Pick 2023
United Airlines – Tribeca Channel In-Flight Programming
"The Other Side" (2020)Webby Award® – Winner – International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences 2021
Pan African Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2021
Urbanworld Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2020
Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2020
Rhode Island International Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2020
Hollyshorts Film Festival – Academy Award®-Qualifying – Official Selection 2020
Greenwich International Film Festival – Best Short Award 2020
Asian American International Film Festival – One to Watch Award 2020
Scout Film Festival – Best Screenplay Award 2021
Scout Film Festival – Best Performance Male Award 2021
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival – Best Narrative Short 2021
Washington West Film Festival – Official Selection 2021
Cannes Film Festival – Court Métrage Short Film Corner 2020
National Film Festival For Talented Youth (NFFTY) – Official Selection 2020
DCShorts International Film Festival – Official Selection 2020
SCAD Savannah Film Festival – Official Selection 2020
FOCUS Film Festival – Official Selection 2021
Film Shortage – Best Picks of the Month 2020
Booooooom.tv – Premiere Pick 2020
Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts – A Brave New World Exhibit 2020
The Gotham (formerly IFP Z) – Short Film Showcase 2020
Omeleto – Premiere Pick 2020
Filmsupply Films – Premiere Pick 2021
“WHITE MIRROR” (2019)Lift-Off Film Festival – Official Selection 2019
Vimeo – On-Demand Premiere
“DAYSTAR” (2017)New York University Tisch School of Arts – Accepted 2018
University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts – Accepted 2018
University of California Berkeley – Accepted 2018
University of Virginia – Accepted 2018
University of British Columbia – Accepted 2018
Bobst Film Festival – Official Selection 2018
"Everything we could have wanted" (2017)Manchester United Shorts Competition – Winner 2017
Manchester United TV – International Broadcast 2017
Festival de Cine de Fútbol – Finalist 2017
All-American High School Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
Paramount Pictures Players – AMC Times Square Screening 2017
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – Silver Key Award 2018
Golden Lion Awards High School Film Festival – Best Cinematography 2017
Golden Lion Awards High School Film Festival – Golden Lion for Best Long Narrative 2017
"When waters rise" (2016)Worldview Film Festival – Best Young Filmmaker Award 2017
Worldview Film Festival – Best Original Music Score Award 2017
International Christian Film Festival – Audience Choice Award 2017
All-American High School Film Festival – Best Cinematography Nomination 2017
All-American High School Film Festival – Best Visual Effects Nomination 2017
Next Generation of Filmmakers Film Festival – Best Editing Nomination 2017
Next Generation of Filmmakers Film Festival – Best Cinematography Nomination 2017
Next Generation of Filmmakers Film Festival – Best Sound Editing Nomination 2017
Next Generation of Filmmakers Film Festival – Best Actress Nomination 2017
Los Angeles CineFest – Semifinalist 2017
Berlin Student Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
International Children’s Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
Scout Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
MoveMe Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
Voices From the Waters Traveling Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
Short to the Point – Official Selection 2017
Harvest Youth Conference – “Foundations” Series
"herman wainggai: a hidden genocide" (2016)Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – American Visions Award 2018
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – Gold Key Award 2018
Golden Lion Awards High School Film Festival – Golden Lion for Best Long Documentary 2017
Scout Film Festival – Best Sound Design Award 2017
Scout Film Festival – Best Documentary Nomination 2017
Garifuna International Indigenous Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
Student Peace Awards – Recipient 2017
US House of Representatives – Congressional Record by Virginia Senator Tim Kaine 2017
George Mason School of Conflict Analysis and Resolution – Featured Film 2017
Indonesia Head of State Administration Studies Program – Featured Film 2017
University of Hawaii – Featured Film 2017
Over-The-Rhine International Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
"my tiger and I" (2015)George C. Marshall Film Festival – Best Editing Award 2016
Cresskill High School Film Festival – Finalist, Certificate of Achievement 2016
DC Independent Film Festival – Official Selection 2016
Ozark Short Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Brighton Youth Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Tallenge Film Festival – Nomination 2015
"Kurrency Ekschange" (2015)University of Pikeville Film and Media Arts Festival – Best Narrative Award 2016
Cresskill High School Film Festival – Best Comedy Award 2016
MiCe International Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Progeny Virginia Tech Short Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Ozark Shorts Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Artfools International Cinematography Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
CMS Lucknow International Children’s Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Brighton Youth Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Student Art Festival – Official Selection 2015
George C. Marshall Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
"My pit's the pit" (2014)University of Pikeville Film and Media Arts Festival – Best High School Documentary Award 2015
Bethesda Documentary Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Reel Genius International Film Festival – Official Selection 2014
Student Art Festival – Official Selection 2014
Ozark Shorts Film Festival – Official Selection 2014
Scout Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
Mosaic World Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Beacon Independent Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Brighton Youth Film Festival – Official Selection 2014
"Roads go ever on" (2014)Tolkien Brazil – Showcase Film 2015
“Oblivious” (2014)Video Fairfax Awards – First Place 2014
Cresskill High School Film Festival – Finalist, Certificate of Achievement 2016
Washington West International Film Festival – Official Selection 2014
Artfools International Cinematography Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Reel Genius International Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Shastaland Children’s Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
CMS Lucknow International Children's Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Student Art Festival – Official Selection 2015
Ozark Shorts Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
Brighton Youth Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
All-American High School Film Festival – Official Selection 2017
“Double Time” (2014)White House Student Film Festival – Official Selection Awarded by President Barack Obama 2014
Conan – The White House Student Film Festival Feature 2014
Chocolate City Film Festival – 3rd Place Award 2015
Artfools International Cinematography Film Festival – Official Selection 2015
CMS Lucknow International Children’s Festival – Official Selection 2014
Student Art Festival – Official Selection 2014
Ozark Shorts Film Festival – Official Selection 2014
Brighton Youth Film Festival – Official Selection 2014
International Peace and Film Festival Orlando – Official Selection 2014
All-American High School Film Festival – Official Selection 2017