Children of Light

Awards

28th DGA Student Film Awards - Grand Awards Winner

50th Student Academy Awards - Finalist

2022 Katharina Otto-Bernstein Production Grant - Winner

2023 BAFTA Student Awards Shortlist: Live Action - Finalist

2023 Focus Features Award for Social and Cultural Impact - Winner

2023 National Board of Review Student Grant - Winner

2023 Arthur J. Harris Prize - Winner

2023 Norman Strauss Prize - Winner

2023 Tirana International Film Festival - Best Student Fiction Film - Winner

2023 Columbia University Film Festival - Jury Selects Films - Winner

2024 Cine Gear Expo The Film Series - Audience Award - Winner

2024 Fargo Film Festival - Best Cinematography - Winner

2024 47th Asian American International Film Festival - Excellence in Short Filmmaking Narrative - Winner

2024 Salute Your Shorts Film Fest - The Premista Cinematography Award - Winner

2024 BronzeLens Film Festival - Best Student Short - Nominated

2024 New Faces New Voices Festival - Best Short Film - Winner

2024 Discover Film Festival - Best Period Drama - Winner

2024 Cannes Indie Shorts Awards - Best Male Director - Winner

Festival Official Selections

2025 Thomas Edison Film Festival

2024 Diversity and Inclusion Film Festival at Lincoln Center

2024 Venezia Shorts Italy

2024 El Ojo Cojo International Film Fest

2024 26th Tel Aviv International Student Film Festival

2024 Hollywood Shortfest

2024 Bengaluru International Short Film Festival

2024 50th Filmets Badalona Film Festival

2024 New York Asian Film Festival

2024 Carmarthen Bay Film Festival

2024 Medina Film Festival

2024 Almagro International Film Festival

2023 Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival - Semi-Finalist

2023 Energa Camerimage

2023 New Hampshire Film Festival

2023 Cambridge Film Festival

2023 Izmir International Short Film Festival

2023 Urbanworld Film Festival

2022 ASCAP(American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Supports