A list of accolades for my original short films.
“Pressed” (2023)
- 2022/2023 WINNER - "Best Drama North America" - (ALTFF) Alternative Film Festival; "Best Message" and "Best Writing" - Top Indie Film Awards; "Award of Excellence: Acting" (Johanna Putnam), "Award of Excellence: Cinematography" (Martin R. McGowan), "Award of Excellence: Sound Design" (Daniel Merlin Miller), "Award of Merit: Acting" (Adam Wahlberg), "Award of Merit: Directing", "Award of Merit: Producing", "Award of Merit: Editing", "Award of Merit: Music" (Austin Harak), Award of Merit: Production Design", and "Award of Merit: Screenwriting" - Southern Shorts Awards; “Silver Remi Award” - WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival; “Princeton Tiger Award (Audience Award)” - Nassau Film Festival.
- 2022/2023 NOMINATIONS - "Best Drama" - Cannes Shorts; "Best Actress" (Johanna Putnam) - (ALTFF) Alternative Film Festival; "Best Cinematography" (Martin R. McGowan) and "Best Sound" (Daniel Merlin Miller) - Top Indie Film Awards; “Best Short” and “Best Director” (Michelle Elise Harding and Scott Knowlton) - Long Island International Film Expo; “Best Director” (Michelle Elise Harding and Scott Knowlton) - Northeast Film Festival; “Best Short Short” and “Best Cinematography” (Martin R. McGowan) - New York Long Island Film Festival; "Best Short Film" - Long Key International Film Awards.
- 2023 HONORABLE MENTION - Blackbird Film Festival.
“Keep the Music Going” (2021)
- 2021/2022 WINNER - "The Hope Award" - LTUE Film Festival; "Best International Short Film" - Rameshwaram International Film Festival; "Best Actress" (Holly Curran) and "Best Writing" (Steven Hayet) - Top Indie Film Awards.
- 2021/2022 NOMINATIONS - "Special Jury Award" - Korea International Short Film Festival; "Best Director" (Luci Samp), "Best Editing" (Michelle Elise Harding), and "Best Original Idea" (Steven Hayet) - Top Indie Film Awards.
“The Farmhand” (2019)
- 2019 WINNER – “TOP 10 of the Week (7th Rank) of 17th & 18th Week of 2019”, “TOP 10 of the Week (3rd Rank) of 19th Week of 2019”, “TOP 10 of the Week (1st Rank) of 20th Week of 2019” and “TOP 10 of the Week (3rd Rank) of 21st Week of 2019” – Direct Monthly Online Film Festival; “Best Actor (Russell Shealy)” – Top Indie Film Awards; "Spotlight Silver Award" – Spotlight Short Film Awards; “Best Romantic-Drama Short Film”, “Best Cinematography”, and “Best Supporting Actor (Spenser Gerard)” – The Indie Gathering International Film Festival; "Best Drama Film (First Place)" – Down East Flick Fest; "Best Local Feature Film" – Westfield International Film Festival.
- 2019 FINALIST – Top Indie Film Awards
- 2019 NOMINATIONS – "Best Feature Film" - The Monthly Film Festival; “Best Writing”, “Best Cinematography”, “Best Music” – Top Indie Film Awards; "Best Drama Feature" and "Best Actress (Carrie Anne Hunt)" – (ALTFF) Alternative Film Festival; "Best Drama", "Best Cinematography", "Best Concept", "Best Ensemble", "Best Actress (Carrie Anne Hunt)" – Brightside Tavern Film Festival; "Best Supporting Actress (Carrie Anne Hunt)" – The Indie Gathering International Film Festival; "Best Narrative Feature", "Best Actress (Carrie Anne Hunt)", “Best Cinematography”, "Best Screenplay", "Best Female Filmmaker (Michelle Elise Harding)", "Best Editing", "Best Original Score" – Westfield International Film Festival.
“Among the Stars” (2017)
- 2018 WINNER – Gold Spotlight Award – Spotlight Film Awards.
- 2018 FINALIST – (ALTFF) Alternative Film Festival, Near Nazareth Festival.
- 2018 NOMINATIONS – "Best Narrative Short Film", "Best Trailer", and "Best Woman Filmmaker (Michelle Elise Harding)"- Barcelona Planet Film Festival; "Best Sci-Fi/Supernatural Short Film" - (ALTFF) Alternative Film Festival; “Best Medium Short” – Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival; “No Budget Spirit Award” and “Best Original Idea” - Top Indie Film Awards; “Best Trailer” – Carolina Film Festival.
- 2018 AWARDS OF MERIT – "Cinematography," "Editing,” and "Music" - Southern Shorts Awards.
“Spark” (2017)
- 2017 WINNER – Audience Choice Award - Night of Film with Carolina Film Network, Direct Monthly Online Film Festival, Carolina Film Network Quarterly Meeting; Silver Spotlight Award – Spotlight Film Awards.
- 2017 AWARDS OF MERIT – “Lead Actress,” “Lead Actor,” “Directing,” “Sound Design,” “Film Editing,” “Original Score,” and “Sound Design” – Southern Shorts Awards.
- 2017 FINALIST - Los Angeles CineFest, Carolina Film Network Film Festival.
- 2017 HONORABLE MENTIONS - Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, Rahway International Film Festival, South Carolina Underground Film Festival.
- 2017 NOMINATIONS – “Best NJ Drama” - Hang on to Your Shorts Film Festival; “Best Cinematography” and “Best NJ Short Film” - Brightside Tavern Film Festival; “Best Cinematography” - Largo Film Awards; “Best Actor” and “Best Message” – Top Indie Film Awards; “Best Film: Strength,” “Best Cinematography,” “Best Actor,” and “Best Actress” - New Jersey Recovery Film Festival; “Best Narrative Short Film” – Barcelona Planet Film Festival.