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Awards and Nominations

Ties

2025

  • The Artists Hand Art Film Exhibit at The Indiana Theater, May 2025: Selected Film (Screened) 

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Orpheus

Made in the Spring of 2023, this piece was made during Madeleine Jones' time in graduate school, collaborating with Director of Photography, Anirudh Ganapathy. 

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In 2024, it recieved: â€‹

  • Something Wicked Film Festival, Official Nomination

  • Independent Shorts Awards, Silver Award for Best Female Student Director 

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Beyond Us

2025

  • Cambridge Short Film Festival: Nominee for Best Student Director, May 2025 

  • The Artists Hand Art Film Exhibit at The Indiana Theater, May 2025: Selected Film (Screened) 

  • Lois Weber Film Fest 2025: Honorable Mention

2024

  • Independent Shorts Awards September: Honorable Mention for Best Woman Short and Best Female Student Director, Nominated for Best Acting Duo

  • IndieXFilm Fest September: Semifinalist

  • Toronto International Women Film Fest 2024: Selected Nominee

  • Los Angeles Short Film Award: Honorable Mention Director Student Film

  • LA Film and Documentary Award: Official Selection

  • Cannes World Film Remember the Future June: Best Student Film

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Appalachian Forests

Made as an experimental piece within 24 hours, this piece was showcased in the Northern Appalachian Folk Festival Curated Exhibit in 2024 at the Fox Clark Art Gallery alongside other local artists work. 

(Screened) 

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