Laurels

Tribe of Steel
percussionists excite Pittsburgh football fans (doc, 7 mins)

Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
Pittsburgh, PA
Official Selection

DigiFest Temecula
Temecula, California
2025 People’s Choice

Medusa Online
Film Festival
2025 Best Short Documentary

Bestlov Online
Film Festival
2025 Best Documentary
2025 Best Student Film

The Nova Fest
Alexandria, Virginia
2025 Honorable Mention

Consonance Music & Dance Film Festival
Tblisi, Georgia
2025 Official Selection

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens, Greece
2025 Honorable Mention

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2025 Official Selection

The Dollhouse
Emily George’s vintage clothing boutique (doc, 5 min)

Toronto Lift-Off Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario
2025 Official Selection

Cyprus Fashion Film Festival
Limassol, Cyprus
2025 Official Selection

New York Film & Cinematography Awards
New York, New York
2025 Official Selection

Tokyo International Cinema Awards
Tokyo, Japan
2025 Official Selection

Doc Only Film Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark
2025 Official Selection

CineParis Film Festival
Paris, France
December 2024 • Best Fashion Film

Credentials
applicants face off in a final job interview (narrative, 9 min)

American Golden Picture Int’l Film Festival
Jacksonville, Florida
2025 Official Selection

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens, Greece
April 2025 Honorable Mention

Grinder
slightly more than roommates (narrative, 1 min)

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2025 Official Selection

Mastering the Grain
Max Malanosky’s woodworking journey (doc, 4 mins)

Filmhaus Festival
Berlin, Germany
2025 Semi-Finalist

C-47 Film Festival
Las Vegas, Nevada
2025 Official Selection

Angeles Documentaries
Los Angeles, California
2025 Best Director, Xander Brzezinski

The Film Collective Short Film Festival
Bensalem, Pennsylvania
2025 Official Selection

Play Short International Film Awards
Lisbon, Portugal
2025 Main Competition Nominee

Anatolia International Film Festival
Istanbul, Turkey
2025 Quarter-Finalist

8 & HalFilm Awards
Rome, Italy
January 2025 • Best Arthouse Doc Short
January 2025 • Best Original Idea
January 2025 • Best Producer, Zoe Barron
January 2025 • Best Cinematography, Jacob Sukhenko & Cleo Kildoo

American Golden Picture Int’l Film Festival
Jacksonville, Florida
2024 Best Student Short Film

Urban Hunter
photograph

DigiFest Temecula
Temecula, California
2025 Official Selection, Photography
Xander Brzezinski

Radial Horse
photograph

DigiFest Temecula
Temecula, California
2025 Official Selection, Photography
Xander Brzezinski

Alexas from Texas
surveillance versus privacy (narrative, 7 mins)

Independent Cinema Showcase
Los Angeles, California
2025 Official Seleciton

Mainstreet Short Film Festival
Carthage, Texas
2025 Semi-Finalist

The Power of Permanence
Jesse Brace’s commemorative tattoos (doc, 6 min)

Zepstone Int’l Film & Music Festival
Salt Lake City, Utah
2025 Quarter-Finalist

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2025 Official Selection

Great Nation
photo of a New York flag

16th Annual Taste Photo Awards
San Francisco, California
2025 Finalist – Xander Brzezinski

Soleless
consequences of an untied shoe (narrative, 1 min)

Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival
Athens, Greece
2025 Honorable Mention

Short Films Matter
2025 Featured Short
★★★ Review

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2024 Official Selection

Blades of Brilliance
barber Josiah Stuart’s precision beard line (doc, 5 min)

Fashion Film Festival Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
2024 Official Selection

Serbest International Film Festival
Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
2024 Quarter Finalist

REWind International Film Festival
Manchester, United Kingdom
2024 Semi-Finalist

8 & HalFilm Awards
Rome, Italy
2024 Best Documentary Short
2024 Best American Indie Filmmaker

Red Fox International Film Festival
Tbilisi, Georgia
2024 Official Selection

Switzerland Film Fest &
Screenplay Competition
Zürich, Switzerland
2024 Best Documentary

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

Navy International Film Festival
Perai, Malaysia
2023 Best Editor – Anthony Ferraro
2023 Best Director – Jared Bupp

Chocolatierie: The Flavor of the Town
Sandy Steinheiser’s ideal salted caramel (doc, 4 min)

Royal Cocoa Film Festival
Osun, Nigeria
2024 Official Selection

Food Film Fest
Bergamo, Italy
2024 Official Selection

21 11 17 International Film Festival
Madagadipet, India
2024 Best Documentary
2024 Best Producer – Lizzy Joseph
2024 Best Director – Jacob Feiock
2024 Best Editor – Brett Borland
2024 Best Cinematography – Brett Borland & Connor Cahill

The Lift-Off First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2024 Official Selection

Explorer
photograph

Urban Mediamakers Film Festival
Atlanta, Georgia
2024 Best Photography

Student World Awards
Los Angeles, California
2024 Best Photography – KT Reihner

Eyes of the Hunter
photograph of a watchful lion

Near Nazareth Festival
Afula, Israel
2024 Photography Finalist

Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2024 First Place, Nature & Landscape
Photography – KT Reihner

Watercolors
commercial still life photograph

Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2024 First Place, Commercial Photography –
KT Reihner

Wallace Monument
photograph of a Scotland landmark

Sundarban International Film Festival
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2024 Best Travel Photography – KT Reihner

The Damsel Trope
housewife versus comic supervillain (narrative, 6 min)

Goa Short Film Festival
Maharashtra, India
2024 Official Selection

Pune Short Film Festival
Pune, India
2024 Official Selection

Her Vision International Film Festival
New York, New York
2024 Finalist

GELOS Comedy Film Festival
Moscow, Russia
2024 Finalist

Aphrodite Film Festival
New York, New York
2024 Official Selection

Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario
2024 Official Selection

Flame & Form
ceramicist Lauren Dietrich’s whimsical mushrooms (doc, 5 min)

FrameFushion International Film Festival
Luxembourg
2024 Semi-Finalist

Folkestone Documentary Film Festival
Kent, England
2024 Honorable Mention

First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2024 Official Selection

Glory Days
a trio of poker players talks baseball greats (narrative, 10 min)

REWind International Film Festival
Manchester, England
2024 Semi-Finalist

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

Lucid
surviving the nightmare of grief (narrative, 5 min)

Ravenwood Film Festival
Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
2023 Official Selection

Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023 Nominee, Best Short Film

M.A.L.L.
somebody’s censoring space warriors (narrative, 4 min)

First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023 Nominee, Best Short Film
2023 Nominee, Best Short – Editing

Serbest International Film Festival
Kishinev, Republic of Moldova
2023 Quarter Finalist, Student Films

The Waffle House Index
hashbrowns of the zombie apocalypse (narrative, 10 min)

Student Los Angeles Film Awards
Los Angeles, California
2023 Semi-Finalist

Pittsburgh Moving Picture Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023 Winner, Best Student Director, Comedy –
Levi Lewis
2023 Nominee, Best Short Film
2023 Nominee, Best Short – Editing

Northern Appalachian Film Collective
Rock ‘n’ Reel Summer Festival Series
DuBois, Pennsylvania
2023 Official Selection

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

Twisting Memories
Richard Ramirez turns wire into trees (doc, 4 min)

Real-to-Reel International
Film Festival
Shelby, North Carolina
2023 Official Selection

Student World Impact Film Festival
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023 Quarter-Finalist, Best Short Film

Drunk History
Maggie’s errand of mercy for her tipsy ex (narrative, 5 min)

London Lift-Off Film Festival
London, England
2023 Official Selection

Star City Film Festival
Waukon, Iowa
2023 Honorable Mention

Student World Impact Film Festival
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023 Semi-Finalist, Best Short Film

Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan
2023 Official Selection

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

Alla Prima
Delaney Maitland’s wet-on-wet abstractions (doc, 5 min)

Erie International Film Festival
Erie, Pennsylvania
2023 Finalist, Best Short Documentary

Student World Impact Film Festival
Waldwick, New Jersey
2023 Finalist

Couch Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2023 Best Documentary

Kollywood International Film Festival
Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
2023 Best Women’s Film

Boden International Film Festival
Boden, Sweden
2023 Finalist

First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2023 Official Selection

The Pump-King
Anthony Pater sculpts gourds (doc, 4 min)

Calcutta International Cult Film Festival
West Bengal, India
2023 Best Editing – Levi Lewis
Outstanding Achievement, Directing –
Ethan Johnson
Outstanding Achievement, International Short Film
Outstanding Achievement, Documentary Film

Erie Horror Fest
Erie, Pennsylvania
2023 Official Selection

Allentown Film Festival
Allentown, Pennsylvania
2023 Official Selection

End of the Road Film Festival
Ely, Minnesota
2023 Official Selection

Oniros Film Awards
New York, New York
2022 Best Film Under Five Minutes
2022 Grand Jury Award – Honorable Mention

Crafting in COVID
artists in lockdown turn to Etsy (doc)

Northern Appalachian Film Collective
DuBois, Pennsylvania
2021 Official Selection

Good Curling
a profile of the French Creek Curling Club (doc)

WCTE Student Film Festival
Cookeville, Tennessee
2021 3rd place, non-fiction

My Hero International Festival
Laguna Beach, California
2021 2nd place

From the Mouth of Babes
children reflect on George Floyd’s death (doc)

London Director Awards
London, England
2020 Official Selection

I Hate Crimes
offensive graffiti inspires revenge (narrative, 8 min)

Faith and Spirituality Short Film Festival
Missoula, Montana
2020 Official Selection

Detecting Deception
Joseph Ray details the polygraph process (doc, 6 mins)

The Lift-Off Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2020 Official Selection

Edinboro University Film Festival
Edinboro, Pennsylvania
2019 Best Live Action

Roll Out
Erie Roller Girls and the skates they love (doc, 3 min)

First-Time Filmmaker Sessions
Pinewood Studios, England
2020 Official Selection

Los Angeles CineFest
Los Angeles, California
2020 Official Selection

Ordnung
true story of an Amish killing (narrative, 9 min)

Reading Film Fest
Reading, Pennsylvania
2019 Official Selection

Independent Aphrodite Film Awards
New York, New York
2019 Semi-Finalist, Best Fiction Short Film

Seventeen
two men end a relationship (narrative, 7 min)

Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2019 Official Selection