Flint Youth Film Festival

For the 2019 Flint Youth Film Festival in Flint, Michigan, I received three separate awards for my short documentary, “Warm Hearts.”

  • College Nonfiction Best Story

  • College Nonfiction Runner-Up

  • Heart Award

    • The Heart Award goes to a film that helps identify and recognize issues affecting a certain community.


Liberal Art Networks for Development

L.A.N.D. (Liberal Arts Network for Development) was hosted in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2020. I was awarded honorable mention for my short documentary, “Warm Hearts.”

  • 2020 Student Film Competition

    • Nonfiction/Documentary, Fourth Place


1904 Deaf Film Festival

1904 Deaf Film Festival: Deaf Visual Arts Festival is based in St. Louis, Missouri. Due to coronavirus pandemic, the film festival became virtual during May 25th to May 31st, 2020. They announced that “Warm Hearts” was officially selected for the virtual screening.

  • Short Documentary

    • Third place, finalist.


The Jane Austen International Film Festival is based in Bath, England (United Kingdom). Due to Coronavirus pandemic, it was on hold and postponed. The Film Festival is on September 16th, 2020 with limited seating. “Warm Hearts” was officially selected for screening.

  • Short Documentary

    • Best Informative Documentary

The Jane Austen International Film Festival


Deaf Rochester Film Festival is based in Rochester, New York. It’s a film festival for all Deaf films. DRFF focus on the creativity and arts that were created by Deaf and Hard of Hearing filmmakers. Due to Coronavirus pandemic, they moved to virtual film festival during October 11th to 18th. “Warm Hearts” was officially selected for the virtual screening.

  • Short Documentary

    • Selection

Deaf Rochester Film Festival