2021-2023
"Brick Walls" - Honors & Awards
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Featured as an Official Amazon Prime Film
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Finalist in the Robinson International Film Festival
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Best Drama Film in the Hawaii International Film Awards
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Best Student Male Director & Best Short Film in the Reels International Film Festival
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Best Trailer, Best Action, & Best Short in the Vegas Movie Awards
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Official Selection in the Retrospective of Jupiter
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Official Selection in the London Movie Awards
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Semi-Finalist: Best Indie Short Film in the Indie X Film Fest
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Semi-Finalist in the Hamburg Indie Film Festival
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Official Nominee in the Austin Indie Film Festival
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Honorable Mention in the New York Movie Awards
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Gold Award: Best Action in the Hollywood Gold Awards
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Honorable Mention in the Blackbird Film Festival
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Semi-Finalist in the Vancouver Movie Awards
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Silver Award: Best Indie Short Film in the International Film Awards
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Silver Award: Best Indie Short Film in the Florence Film Awards
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Official Selection in the Think Shorts/Short Films Matter
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Official Selection in the Santa Clarita Film Festival
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Silver Award: Best Cast & Best Student Film in the Independent Shorts Awards
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Best Indie Short Film in the Hollywood On The Tiber Film Awards
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Official Selection in the Sweet Democracy Film Awards
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Best Young Director in the Stanley Film Awards
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Best Short Fiction Film in the Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
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Official Selection in the Mesa International Film Festival
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Official Selection in the Atlantic City Cinefest Downbeach Film Festival
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Best Indie Narrative Short / Best Student Film in the 8 & Halfilm Awards
2019-2020
A music video production that I edited was featured in Hip Hop Weekly, an American hip hop news and entertainment magazine founded in 2006. With an insane team of creatives, we created a video for Philadelphia recording artist RudeBoyKels. The video serves as a relatable anthem for those battling with mental health and touches on subjects such as suicide, anxiety, depression and addiction. RudeBoyKels sends an impactful message and touches on a topic many struggle with daily.
I had the pleasure of being interviewed on a podcast called Punisher: Body Count for my feature-length fan film: "Brandon Forgione is the creator of the 8-episode fan series The Punisher: Uprising. I told the hosts what inspired me to create the show, the trials and tribulations of creating an indie fan series, and how I made a shoestring budget project into something a step above the typical passion project.
2018-2019
"BWBOBO" - Awards / Selections
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Official Selection for the Sands Film Festival
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Official Selection for the Flickfair Film Festival
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Best Student Film for the Direct Monthly Online Film Festival
"Vows" - Awards / Selections
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Official Selection for the Phoenix International Film Festival
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Official Selection for the National Association for Campus Activities
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Official Selection for the Community Underground Film Festival
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Best Sound from the Reel Productions Film Festival
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Audience Choice Award for the Kidz Hub Regional Film Festival
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Bucks Fever FilmFest Finalist
2016-2018
"What Meets the eye" - Award
In March of 2016, this short film won first place in the local's section of the PA Computer Fair. Then, it took 2nd place in the finals of the PA State Computer Fair along with a generous award of $100.
"Choose" - Selections
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Official Selection for the Miami 4 Social Change Youth Film Festival
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Official Selection for the Local Leaders in Film Festival
2015-2016
"Promoting Positivity" - Award
Taken from LYFT Coalition NEWS:
"This spring LYFT put out a challenge to students to make a video that promotes a prevention message using a positive spin. A panel of judges from the community viewed all the videos and chose two. One was an video about the LYFT coalition itself and was submitted by Shanzeh Kahn; the other winner was a joint effort from Brandon Forgione and Charlie Santella who created a video about being welcoming and friendly to others. The winning videos will be played at the Oxford Valley Cinemas, during the previews before the movies and on The Pennsbury Channel Congratulations to these winners!"
"A Guardian Angel" - Award
In March of 2015, this short film won first place in the local's section of the PA Computer Fair in Digital Movie, held at the Bucks County Technical High School.