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Melissa Skirboll

Awards

Melissa Skirboll

48 wins & 59 nominations

Long Island International Film Expo

  • 2023 2nd Place Script Writing Competition
    • Best Screenplay
    • Something Borrowed

Fort Myers Beach Film Festival

  • Overdue (2022)
    2022 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Short Screenplay
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Garden State Film Festival

  • Overdue (2022)
    2022 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

San Antonio Film Festival

  • Her Turn
    2025 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Her Turn
    Shared with: Rachel Black Spaulding · Pete Dorton
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Winner Festival Award
    • Director's Choice - Short Film
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson · Tracy Boak

New York Women in Film & Television

  • Her Turn
    2024 Winner Online Shorts Award
    • Best Director - Drama
    • Her Turn

Manhattan Film Festival

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner MFF Award
    • Best Family Drama
    • Blood is Thicker
  • 2025 Winner MFF Award
    • Best Pilot Script
    • 7 Years After
  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Winner MFF Award
    • Best Romantic Dramedy
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Greetings from Sarajevo (2021)
    2021 Winner MFF Award
    • Best Psychological Thriller Short
    • Greetings from Sarajevo
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2019 Winner MFF Award
    • Best Dramedy
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, US

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Nominee FWIFS Award
    • Filmmaker of the Year
    • Blood is Thicker
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Nominee FWIFS Award
    • Best US Short Film
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson · Tracy Boak
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Nominee FWIFS Award
    • Best Drama Short
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson · Tracy Boak
  • Greetings from Sarajevo (2021)
    2023 Winner Genre Award
    • Noir
    • Greetings from Sarajevo
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Greetings from Sarajevo (2021)
    2023 Nominee Genre Award
    • Every Woman
    • Greetings from Sarajevo
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Milledgeville-Eatonton Film Festival, US

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2022 Nominee Best Screenplay
    • Short Screenplay
    • Blood is Thicker

Pasadena International Film Festival, US

  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Director
    • Best Director (Short)
    • Overdue

Hang Onto Your Shorts Film Festival, NJ

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Nominee Best Comedy
    • Best Comedy Short Film
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Nominee Best Director - Comedy
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey

Golden Door International Film Festival of Jersey City

  • $13
    2026 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • $13
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson · Tracy Boak
  • $13
    2026 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Actress In a Short
    • $13
  • Her Turn
    2025 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Her Turn
    Shared with: Rachel Black Spaulding
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Actress in a Short
    • Blood is Thicker
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Blood is Thicker

Chain NYC Film Festival

  • $13
    2026 Winner NYC Chain Film Festival Award
    • Best Writing in a Short Film
    • $13
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Austin Revolution Film Festival

  • $13
    2026 Winner Best Actor/Director
    • Best Actor/Director
    • $13
  • $13
    2026 Nominee Best US Drama Short
    • Best US Drama Short
    • $13
    Shared with: Tracy Boak · Penny B. Jackson
  • $13
    2026 Nominee Best Actress in a Short Film
    • Best Actress in a Short Film
    • $13
  • Melissa Skirboll
    2026 Nominee Female Filmmaker of the Year
    • Female Filmmaker of the Year
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Nominee Michelle Mower Female Filmmaker of the Year
    • Female Filmmaker of the Year
    • Blood is Thicker

Brightside Tavern Film Festival

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Film - Medium Short
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Tracy Boak · Penny B. Jackson
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Director-Medium Short
    • Blood is Thicker
  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Winner Excellence Award
    • Best Film - Medium Short
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Director
    • Overdue
  • Greetings from Sarajevo (2021)
    2022 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Short Medium
    • Greetings from Sarajevo
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

NYC Indie Film Awards

  • Melissa Skirboll, Jason Alan Carvell, Maria Cristina Slye, and Justin G. Nelson in Show & Tell Tango (2018)
    2017 Winner Silver Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Show & Tell Tango
  • Melissa Skirboll, Jason Alan Carvell, Maria Cristina Slye, and Justin G. Nelson in Show & Tell Tango (2018)
    2017 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Actor
    • Show & Tell Tango
    Award of Merit

Direct Monthly Online Film Festival

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Winner January Award
    • Best Film
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Melissa Skirboll, Jason Alan Carvell, Maria Cristina Slye, and Justin G. Nelson in Show & Tell Tango (2018)
    2019 Winner February Award
    • Best Screenwriter
    • Show & Tell Tango

Southern Shorts Awards

  • $13
    2026 Nominee Best Actress
    • Best Actress
    • $13
  • $13
    2026 Nominee Best Editor
    • Best Editor
    • $13
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Winner Award of Merit
    • Best Drama
    • Blood is Thicker
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Actress
    • Blood is Thicker
  • Overdue (2022)
    2022 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Comedy
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Oregon Short Film Festival

  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Relationship Drama
    • Best Relationship Drama
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Overdue (2022)
    2021 Winner Best Relationship Drama
    • Screenplay Award
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Reel East Texas Film Festival

  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Nominee Reel East Texas Film Festival Reel Award
    • Best Comedy Short
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Västeras Film Festival

  • Melissa Skirboll
    2019 Winner Festival Award
    • Filmmaker of the Year

Philadelphia Independent Film Awards

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2021 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Tri-State Film
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Melissa Skirboll, Jason Alan Carvell, Maria Cristina Slye, and Justin G. Nelson in Show & Tell Tango (2018)
    2018 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Tri-State Film
    • Show & Tell Tango

Wildsound Feedback Writing and Film Festival

  • $13
    2026 Winner Best Performance Award
    • Best Performances
    • $13
    Shared with: Meghan Martin
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Performances
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Jeanine Bartel
  • Overdue (2022)
    2024 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Direction
    • Overdue

Revolution Me Film Festival

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Experimental Film
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Director Experimental Film
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey

Festival Internacional de Cine Ciudad Madero

  • Overdue (2022)
    2024 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best International Short FIlm
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Changing Face International Film Festival

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Winner February Award
    • Best Comedy Short
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2020 Nominee Annual Award
    • Best Short Comedy
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Erie International Film Festival

  • The Spy Who Scratched Me (2018)
    2019 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Comedy
    • The Spy Who Scratched Me

EHTVF

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2019 Nominee EHTVF Award
    • Best TV Pilot: Drama
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

New Jersey Web Festival

  • Her Turn
    2025 Nominee Outstanding Short Film
    • Outstanding Short Film
    • Her Turn
    Shared with: Pete Dorton · Rachel Black Spaulding
  • Her Turn
    2025 Nominee Best Director in a Drama
    • Best Director in a Drama
    • Her Turn

Clifton Film Celebration

  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Thought Provocateur
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

NYCTV Festival

  • Greetings from Sarajevo (2021)
    2021 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Greetings from Sarajevo
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Greetings from Sarajevo (2021)
    2021 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Director
    • Greetings from Sarajevo
  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2019 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Dramedy
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Jeanine Bartel, James Pravasilis, Jennifer Plotzke, Skyler Gallun, Zoe Wilson, Denis Ooi, and Demetrius Blocker in My Dinner With Schwartzey (2019)
    2019 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Director
    • My Dinner With Schwartzey

Nevada Women's Film Festival

  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Nominee Femmy Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

Feedback Female Film Festival (FFFF)

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Performances
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Jeanine Bartel

Momòhill Film Fair

  • $13
    2026 Winner MOFF Award
    • Best Dialogue
    • $13
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2024 Winner MOFF Award
    • Best Screenplay Short
    • Blood is Thicker
  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Winner MOFF Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Overdue
  • Overdue (2022)
    2023 Winner MOFF Award
    • Audience Choice
    • Overdue
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson

TELEVISION FEEDBACK Screenplay & Web Series Festival

  • 2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best TV Script - Pilot
    • 7 Years After

Her Vision International Film Festival

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner Best Short Film
    • Best Short Thriller
    • Blood is Thicker
    Shared with: Penny B. Jackson · Tracy Boak
  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner Best Actress
    • Best Actress in a Short Film
    • Blood is Thicker

Panther City Film Festival

  • $13
    2026 Nominee Panther City Award
    • Best Drama Short
    • $13
    Shared with: Tracy Boak · Penny B. Jackson

Mei International Film Festival

  • Melissa Skirboll and Jeanine Bartel in Blood is Thicker (2024)
    2025 Winner July-September Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Blood is Thicker

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