Awards & Recognition
• Nominee of the 2010 Academy Awards® under Best Live Action Short Film
• Student Academy Award ®, Gold Medal for Best Short Narrative
• Crystal Heart Award, Heartland Film Festival
• Best of Fest, Palm Springs International Shorts Fest
• Triumph of the Spirit Award, Angelus Student Film Festival
• Grand Jury Prize + Best Short Film, USA Film Festival
• Grand Jury Prize, International Short Film Festival of Drama, Greece
• Best Director Award + Best Short Film, HATCH Fest, Montana
• Audience Award, Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles
• Best Short Film, Indian Film Festival of Houston
• Audience Award, South Asian International Film Festival
• Best Short Film, Olympia Film Festival
• Best Directing + Best Editing, Southern California Business Film Festival
• Director’s Choice Award- Sedona Film Festival
Festivals
April 2009: Nashville Film Festival
April 2009: Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (Audience Award)
May 2009: USA Film Festival (Grand Jury Prize + Best Short Film)
June 2009: 36th Annual Student Academy Awards® (Gold Medal – best short narrative)
June 2009: Palm Springs International Shorts Fest (Best of Fest)
August 2009: Rhode Island International Film Festival
September 2009: Temecula Valley International Film Festival
September 2009: Angelus Student Film Fest (Triumph of the Spirit Award)
September 2009: Boston Film Festival
September 2009: Int’l Festival of Shorts; Drama, Greece (Grand Jury Prize)
September 2009: Indian Film Festival of Houston, Texas (Best Short)
September 2009: Sidewalk Moving Pictures Festival, Alabama
September 2009: Napa Sonoma Wine Country Festival
September 2009: HatchFest, Montana (Best Director + Most Outstanding Film)
September 2009: Raindance, London
October 2009: Florida South Asian Film Festival
October 2009: BendFilm Festival
October 2009: Middle East Int’l Film Festival
October 2009: Heartland Film Festival, Indiana (Crystal Heart Award)
October 2009: South Asian International Film Festival
November 2009: Virginia Film Festival
December 2009: Olympia Film Festival, Greece (Best Short Film)
February 2010: Sedona Film Festival (Directors Choice Award)
February 2010: Southern California Business Film Festival (Best Directing + Best Editing)
February 2010: Cinequest Film Festival
March 2010: Omaha Film Festival
March 2010: San Francisco Asian American film Festival
March 2010: Windsong Pictures Film Festival
April 2010: Sonoma Valley Film Festival
April 2010: Ashland Independent Film Festival
April 2010: HATCH Ashville
April 2010: Human Rights Film Festival of Donostia
April 2010: Medina del Campo Shorts Films Festival
April 2010: Tallahassee Film Festival
April 2010: Vail Film Festival
April 2010: Aspen Shortsfest
April 2010: Riverside International Film Festival
April 2010: BeFilm Underground Film Festival
April 2010: Newport Beach Film Festival
July 2010: Expresion En Corto International Film Festival
