Awards
- Longleaf Film Festival
- Best Student-Made Film
- Best Narrative, Student Category
- ITSA Film Festival – Best Horror (K-12 Student)
- Interlochen Future of Cinema Film Festival – Best of the Festival
- The Columbus International Film + Video Festival – 1st Place, High School Certificate Award
- Calgary International Film Festival – Youth By Youth Cinema – Best Narrative Short
- Highway 61 Film Festival – 1st Place Student Short
- CineYouth – Best Thriller
- ASK Film Festival – Best Editing
- NFFTY – Best Emerging Female Filmmaker Award, and a Prodigy Camp Scholarship
Nominations
- Thurrock International Film Festival – Nominated for “Best Under 18” award
Official Selections
2015
- Voyager Student Film Festival – (Durham, NC) May 2
- Longleaf Film Festival – (Raleigh, NC) May 1-2
- TiltShift Festival – (Salt Lake City, UT) Apr 25
- Green Mountain Film Festival – (Montpelier, VT) Mar 20-29
- Providence Children’s Film Festival – (Providence, Rhode Islande) Feb 12-22
2014
- Hamilton Film Festival (Hamilton, Ontario) November 3-9
- AAHSFF (New York City) October 23-27
- YoungCuts (Montreal) October 22-24
- Heartland Film Festival (Indianapolis, IN) October 16-25
- Woodstock Film Festival (Woodstock) October 15-19
- Urban Mediamakers Film Festival (Atlanta, GA) October 12-18
- St. Cloud Film Fest (St. Cloud, MN) October 4-7
- Fling! Film Festival (Tain, Scotland) October 4-5
- Highway 61 Film Festival (Pine City, MN) October 3-5
- GIFF (Hagatna, Guam) September 23-28
- Calgary International Film Festival, Youth by Youth Cinema program, September 21
- Thurrock International Film Festival– Thurrock, England, September 2014
- Josiah Media Festival– San Antonio, Texas, July 10-12 2014
- TIFF Next Wave Jump Cuts– Toronto ON, May 20 2014
- 21 Minus– Chicago IL, May 17 2014
- CineYouth – Chicago IL, May 8-10 2014
- The Lovett School, High School Film Fest– Atlanta GA, May 3 2014
- ASK Film Festival (Prishtina, Kosovo) April 29-30
- NFFTY (National Film Festival for Talented Youth)– Seattle WA, April 24-27 2014
Trailer
“At age six, Jan was miraculously revived after her body was retrieved from the frozen river that consumed her parents. Now, after a lifetime of experiencing visions of others’ pain and suffering, thirteen year old Jan hopes to intervene on fate and prevent a murder.”
Whereas conventional trailers use footage exclusively from the film, the trailer for GIFTS is a prologue — introducing the main character Jan and her struggle. The trailer provides a glimpse into Jan’s life, and includes footage not present in the film.
Complete Film
More about the short film “GIFTS”
- For more information about this short film, see the GIFTS section of the website.