Awarded, officially selected & screened at 40+ International Film Festivals, including Academy Award ® Qualifying Film Festival

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Notable Outstanding Awards and Nominations at Prestigious Film Festivals (2023-2024)

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(1) YoungArts Winner with Distinction, Film / Animation (USA, 2024) 

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(2) Gold Medal in Design, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA, 2023)

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(3) Silver Medal in Film, Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA, 2023)

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(4) Best High School Film Winner, Yale Student Film Festival (USA, 2023)

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(5) Wavemaker Award Grand Jury Prize Winner, Seattle International Film Festival (USA, 2023) 

: Top film festivals in North America (Academy Award ® Qualifying): For the best film by youth 18 and under & one of

the most prestigious awards for student filmmakers in North America

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(6) Best New Talent Award Special Mention, BFI Future Film Festival (UK/ London, 2024)

UK’s largest film festival for young emerging filmmakers (16-25) presented by British Film Institute: One of the Top 4 nominees

with a Special Mention at the highlight of the festival. 

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(7) Best Short Film Winner for Teens (Cash Prize €2,000), LUCAS Internationales Festival für Junge Filmfans

(Germany/ Frankfurt, 2023): Germany’s oldest festival for young audiences is organized by DFF - Deutsches

Filminstitut & Filmmuseum. 

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(8) Best Student Film Winner, Cinequest Film Festival (USA, 2023)

: Voted Best Film Festival by USA Today Readers (Academy Award ® Qualifying): Won the award among all College

and High School films.  

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(9) The Royal Film Commission Recognition, PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival (United Nations, 2024) 

: Organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations & the International Organization for Migration 

: Received recognition for contributing to youth-produced videos that address the issues of celebrating diversity

and social inclusion.

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(10) Emerging Talent Award Nominee, All American High School Film Festival (USA, 2023) 

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(11) Best of Indie Youth Award Winner, INDIE YOUTH Shorts Festival by Arizona International Film Fest (2023) 

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(12) Best Film Winner (Cash prize €800), YOUKI International Youth Media Festival (Austria/ Wels, 2023) 

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(13) Best High School Award Winner, Carnegie Mellon International Film Festival (2024)

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(14) National Audience Award Winner, Indie Memphis Youth Film Fest (USA, 2023) 

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(15) Experimental Award Winner, Philadelphia Youth Film Festival (USA, 2023) 

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(16) Jury’s Stellar Award Winner, New Jersey Young Filmmakers Festival (USA, 2023) 

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(17) Juror’s Choice Award Winner, Centre Film Festival (USA, 2023)

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(18) Best Student Film Winner, The Cultural Animation Film Festival (USA, 2023) 

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(19) Special Jury Award Winner, Montclair Film’s Emerging Filmmaker Competition (USA, 2023) 

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(20) 2nd Place Winner, Screen Test Students (USA, 2023)

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(21) Emerging Young Filmmaker Honorable Mention, Tallgrass Film Festival (USA, 2023)

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(22) Semi-Finalist, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival (USA, 2023) (Academy Award ® Qualifying)  

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(23) Semi-Finalist (Best Animation, under 18), New York Animation Film Awards (USA, 2023)

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(24) Semi-Finalist, Boden International Film Festival (Sweden/ Boden, 2023)

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(25) Official selection:

LA Shorts International Film Festival (Academy Award ® Qualifying),

National Film Festival for Talented Youth (Academy Award ® Qualifying),

CineYouth (by Chicago International) Film Festival (Academy Award ® Qualifying), Etc.

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2025 Art & Writing Awards

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(1) Gold Key in Portfolio Category (Art), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA, 2025) 

     Title: A series of short films and artwork that explore the intricate psychology of adolescents

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• Film 1: ROOM (2023)

• Film 2: The Making of ROOM (2023)

• Book Design: A Stop Motion Animation Production Design Report (2023)

• Film 3: Real World (2024)

• Film 4: The Chronicle of the Tenafly Theatre (2024)

• Film 5: Gotta Run (2023)

• Film 6: We Take This to Our Grave (2024)

 

(2) Gold Key in Writing (Personal Essay & Memoir), Scholastic Art and Writing Awards (USA, 2025) 

      Title: Human After All