Film Festivals / Awards

Grant Sheehan: Light, Ghosts & Dreams (2023)

• • Official Selection, New Zealand International Film Festival 2023
  • Winner – Best Documentary Film, Swedish Academy of Motion Picture Awards 2024
  • Diamond Award – Best Documentary Feature, 18th Annual SoCal Film Awards 2024
  • Gold Award – Documentary Feature, Spotlight Documentary Film Awards 2024
  • Best Feature Documentary, Art Film Awards, 2024 – Summer edition
  • Honourable Mention – Documentary Feature, Independent Film Awards, 2024 – Summer edition
  • Nominee – Best Documentary Feature, Digital Griffix Film Awards 2024
  • Nominee – Best Film Score & Sound Design, ARFF Berlin International Awards 2024
  • Honourable Mention – Best Film Score & Sound Design, WSXA Barcelona International Awards 2024
  • Nominee – Best Documentary Feature, Rome Prisma Film Awards 2023
  • Awards of Excellence – Documentary Feature and Direction, The IndieFEST Film Awards 2023
  • Awards of Excellence – Documentary Feature and Spotlight: Women Filmmakers, Accolade Global Film Competition 2023

MO TE IWI: Carving for the People (2019)

• Official Selection, New Zealand International Film Festival 2019
• Official Selection, Hawai’i International Film Festival 2019
• Official Selection, Māoriland Film Festival 2020
• Silver Award – Excellence in Filmmaking, Spotlight Film Awards 2019
• Best Documentary, Cinema WorldFest Awards 2020
• Award of Excellence – Original Score, Original Song, Color Treatment, & Sound Design, Cinema WorldFest Awards 2020
• Award of Merit – Editing & Cinematography, Cinema WorldFest Awards 2020
• Award of Merit – Documentary Feature, The IndieFEST Film Awards 2019
• Award of Merit – Native American / Aboriginal Peoples, Accolade Global Film Competition 2019

TEAM TIBET – Home away from Home (2017)

• Nominated for ‘Best Director’ and ‘Best Producer’, 2nd Pigeon D’Or Awards Nominee, Luis Buñuel Memorial Awards 
• Official Selection, New Zealand International Film Festival (2017)
• Best Documentary Film Award, L’Age d’Or International Arthouse Film Festival 2020
• Nominee, Best Documentary Film, first 2020 Golden Dragon Awards, Druk International Film Festival, Bhutan
• Outstanding Achievement Award – Documentary Film, Druk International Film Festival 2019
• Special Jury Award, North American Film Awards 2018
• Bronze Palm Award – Documentary Feature – Mexico International Film Festival 2018
• Award of Excellence, The Impact DOC Awards USA, 2018
• Official Finalist Award, 2018 Honolulu Film Awards
• Official Finalist Award, Yosemite International Film Festival 2018
• Award of Distinction – 2017 Humanitarian Film Award, The IndieFEST Film Awards
• Award of Excellence – Documentary Feature – Accolade Global Film Competition 2017
• Award of Excellence, The IndieFEST Film Awards 2017

Return of the Free China Junk (2015)

• Official Selection, New Zealand International Film Festival 2015
• Best Documentary Feature, Mexico International Festival 2016
• Official Selection, International New York Film Festival 2016 / Certificate of Merit – Best Documentary
• Official Selection, TrueDoc Documentary Film Festival 2016
• Gold Award – Special Cinematography Award – ‘Capturing History in the Making’, Global Independent Film Awards 2016
• Bronze Medal Award – Best Documentary Screenplay, Global Independent Film Awards 2016
• Bronze Medal Award – Best Original Score, Global Independent Film Awards 2016

The Free China Junk (2010)

• Official Selection, New Zealand International Film Festival 2010
• Official Selection, Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival 2010
• Official Selection, Doc Miami International Film Festival 2011
• Official Selection, BLUE Ocean Film Festival 2012
• Best First-Film Award, Yosemite International Film Festival 2012
• Rising Star in Filmmaking Award, Canada International Film Festival 2012