AWARDS & RECOGNITION

FILMS

Vienna Jewish Film Festival, October 2020 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Bronx World Film “ESPANA HOY” Spanish Film Cycle 2020 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Bucharest Jewish Film Festival, October 2019 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
AES Short Film Competition at the Columbus Jewish Film Festival, 2019 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- 4th Place Winner
Waltham Film Factory Shorts Fest, December 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Austin Jewish Film Festival, October 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Gastro Film Fest, July 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Hothouse Theatre’s Nottingham Film Festival, July 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Semi-Finalist
12 Months Film Festival, March 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Semi Finalist: Best Screenplay
Jaipur Film World, 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
San Mauro Film Festival, 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO
- Semi Finalist
Cap Spartel Film Festival, April 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
MystiCon Independent Film Festival, February 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
I Filmmaker International Film Festival, February 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
New York Sephardic Jewish Film Festival, 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
The Archaeology Channel International Film Festival Video Bar, May 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
International Christian Film Festival, March 2018 – “THE LONESOME TRAIL – TRAILER”
- Best Trailer (Arnon Z. Shorr, Editor)
Festival for Drama & Family – “THE LONESOME TRAIL – TRAILER”
- Semi-Finalist: Best Trailer (Arnon Z. Shorr, Editor)
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, March 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Nominee: Best Short Film
- Nominee: Best Director (Short Film)
- Nominee: Best Screenplay (Short Film)
- Nominee: Best Editing (Short Film) (As River Stone Post)
- Nominee: Best Ensemble Cast (Short Film)
- Nominee: Juan Ruiz Anchia Award for Best Cinematogrpahy (Short Film) (Mendel Katz)
- Nominee: Marshall Hawkins Award for Best Original Score (Short Film) (Hauk Heimdallsman)
Atlanta Jewish Film Festival, February 2018 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Festival Corto Corrente, November 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Winner: Best Cinematography (Mendel Katz)
AFC Global Film Festival, November 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Los Angeles de San Rafael Film Festival, December 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
The Indie Vision Project’s Screenwriting & Directing Competition, December 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Outlaw Film Festival, November 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Rahway Reels: A Short Film Festival, September 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Crown Heights Film Festival, October 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Vancouver Golden Panda International Film Festival, December 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Corti di Mare Festival di Cinema, September 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Corti in Corto Film Festival, September 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Roselle Park Loves Shorts! Film Festival, September 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Nominee: Best Film
Nida Short Film Festival, August 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
G Awards International Short Film Festival, November 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Nominee: Best Short Film
- Nominee: Best Actor (Stephen DeCordova)
Tetova International Film Festival ODA, October 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Sephardi Film Festival of Los Angeles, November 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
International New York Film Festival, November 2017 – “THE LONESOME TRAIL – TRAILER’
- Best Feature Film Trailer (Arnon Z. Shorr, Editor)
Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, October, 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Queen City Cinephiles, August 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Tioga Film Festival, August 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Helper Utah Film Festival, August 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Lanett City Film Festival, August 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
The Boca Raton Jewish Film Festival, March 2018 - “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
The Los Angeles Sephardic Film Festival, November 2017 - “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
The Global Impact Film Festival, August 2017 - “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Action on Film International Film Festival, August 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Oceanside International Film Festival, August 2017 - “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
The 5 Dollar 15 Minute Film Festival, July 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Winner: 3rd Place Overall
DAE Studio Film Festival, July 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
Caribbean Film Festival & Market, 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Semi-Finalist
Haunted Memories Exhibit & Film Series, June 2017 – “END OF THE STORY”
Near Nazareth Festival, May 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Winner: “Best Historical Film”
Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival, May 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
IndieFEST Film Awards, April 2017 – “THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”
- Winner: “Award of Excellence”
F.A.M.E.’US International Film Festival, Summer 2016 – “GLIMPSE”
- Winner: “FAME’US Bronze Award”
The Monthly Film Festival, March 2016 – “END OF THE STORY”
Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, 2016 – “MAN OF ACTION!”
- Winner: “Indie Spirit Award”
- Winner: “Mary Austin Excellence in Producing – Short” (Karri Miles)
- Nominee: Best Actor – Short (Matt Raimo)
Back in the Box Film Competition, 2015 – “GLIMPSE”
- Winner: “Best Feature Film”
Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, 2015 – “GLIMPSE”
- Nominee: “Best Feature Film”
Laughlin International Film Festival, 2015 – “GLIMPSE”
- Winner: “Best Experimental Film”
Action on Film International Film Festival, 2015 – “MAN OF ACTION!”
- Winner: “Best Action Sequence – Martial Arts Short”
- Nominee: “Breakout Action Star of the Year” (Matt Raimo)
- Honorable Mention: “Best Action Sequence – Short”
Burbank International Film Festival, 2015 – “END OF THE STORY”
- Nominee: Best Horror/Thriller Short Film
Beverly Hills Shorts Festival, 2015 – “END OF THE STORY”
Rappahannock Film Festival, 2008 – “WIDOW’S MEAL”
Rappahannock Film Festival, 2009 – “BLOOD AND STONE: A LEGEND OF THE GOLEM”
Rosebud Film Festival, 2008 – “WIDOW’S MEAL”
The Madison Jewish Film Festival, 2008 – “WIDOW’S MEAL”
The Jewish Film Challenge, 2008 – “WIDOW’S MEAL”
- Winner: Audience Award
- Winner: Grand Prize
OurStage.com Video Contest, various years
- Multiple Contest Finalists
- #1 Short Film, Feb. 2008
Frontier Airlines Cloud 9 Film Festival, 2009 – “That Old Silent Film”
- Finalist
SunDeis Student Film Festival, 2004-2006 – various films
- 28 Nominations
- 4 Wins (including Best Short Film and Best Actor in a Comedic Role, “That Old Silent Film”)

SCREENPLAYS

WeScreenplay Diverse Voices Lab, 2023 - "TOLEDANO"
- Quarterfinalist
WeScreenplay TV Contest, 2023 - "TOLEDANO"
- Quarterfinalist
Vail Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, 2022 - "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Finalist
Outstanding Screenplays, 2022 – “THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI”
- Semifinalist
Inroads Fellowship, 2022 - "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Semifinalist
TSL Free Screenplay Contest, 2022 – “THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI”
- Semi-Finalist
ISA Fast Track Fellowship, 2022 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- 2nd Rounder
ISA Fast Track Fellowship, 2022 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- 2nd Rounder
Final Draft Big Break, 2022 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Quarterfinalist
Table Read my Screenplay Genre Competition, 2022 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Semi-finalist
ISA Virtual Pitch Challenge, Fall 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Finalist
The TITAN Awards, 2021 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Quarterfinalist
The TITAN Awards, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Semi-finalist
The Launch Pad Feature Competition, 2021 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Top-50
Vail Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Quarterfinalist
PAGE Awards, 2021 –"OUT OF THE SKY"
- Finalist
Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Quarterfinalist
Nashville Film Festival Screenplay Competition, 2021 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Semi-Finalist
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Competition, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Quarterfinalist
Filmantic - Inroads Fellowship, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Quarterfinalist
Screencraft Screenplay Fellowship, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Quarterfinalist
BlueCat Screenwriting Competition, 2021 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Semi-Finalist
Table Read my Screenplay, Genre Screenplay Competition, 2021 – “THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI”
- Top-100 (Semi-Finalist), Action/Adventure
Table Read my Screenplay, Genre Screenplay Competition, 2021 – “MAN OUT OF TIME”
- Top-10 (Finalist), Horror/Sci-Fi
SWN Screenwriting Competition (The Goldman Award), Winter 2021 – "OUT OF THE SKY"
- Quarterfinalist
The Industry Next Screenwriting Initiative, 2020 – "THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI"
- Grand Prize Winner
The Industry Next Festival 2020 – “THE GOLEM OF COTOPAXI”
- Semi-Finalist
The Launch Pad Feature Competition, 2020 – “HANNA FOSTER AND THE GUARDIANS OF EDEN”
- Second-Rounder
Table Read my Screenplay, Genre Screenplay Competition, September 2020 – “MAN OUT OF TIME”
- Top-100, Horror/Sci-Fi
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 2020 – “MAN OUT OF TIME”
- Semi-Finalist
Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices 2020 – “HANNA FOSTER AND THE GUARDIANS OF EDEN”
- Semi-Finalist
ScreenCraft Fellowship 2020 – “MAN OUT OF TIME”
- Quarterfinalist
Table Read my Screenplay: Austin, September 2019 – “MAN OUT OF TIME”
- Semi-Finalist
PAGE Awards 2019 – “MAN OUT OF TIME”
- Semi-Finalist
Faith in Film International Screenwriting Competition, Winter 2018 – “WAYFARERS”
- Semi-finalist
Nashville Film Festival Screenwriting Competition, 2018 – “HANNA FOSTER AND THE GUARDIANS OF EDEN”
- Semi Finalist, Action/Adventure Feature Screenplay
Fantasy/SciFi Film & Writing Festival, December 2017 – “WAYFARERS”
- Winner: Best Logline of 2017
- Winner: One of the Best to Read 2017
Woods Hole Film Festival: Work-In-Progress Screenplay Competition, 2013 – “WAYFARERS”
- Runner-Up: SciFi Feature Screenplay
Woods Hole Film Festival: Work-In-Progress Screenplay Competition, 2010 – “IN THE IMAGE OF MAN”
- Runner-Up: SciFi/Horror Feature Screenplay

BOOKS

PJ Our Way Author Incentive Award – 2020 – “JOSE AND THE PIRATE CAPTAIN TOLEDANO”

Awards: CV