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Afia Nathaniel

Awards

Afia Nathaniel

22 wins & 15 nominations

Créteil International Women's Film Festival

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2015 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature Film (Meilleur Long Metràge Fiction)
    • Dukhtar

Foyle Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2024 Nominee Light in Motion Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

Gotham Awards

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2013 Nominee Spotlight on Women Filmmakers 'Live the Dream' Grant
    • Dukhtar
    Project: "Dukhthar"

Woodstock Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2024 Nominee Mark Braunstein Award
    • Best Short Narrative
    • Don't be late, Myra

Columbia University Film Festival

  • Tillotama Shome and Ayad Akhtar in Long After (2006)
    2005 Winner Development Award
    • Best Short
    • Long After
  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2005 Winner Ezra Litwak Award for Distinction in Screenwriting
    • Dukhtar

Big Apple Film Festival and Screenplay Competition

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

VC FilmFest - Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival

  • Nasha Pestonji in Nadah (2003)
    2003 Nominee Golden Reel Award
    • Nadah

Cinema for Peace Awards

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2015 Nominee Cinema for Peace Award
    • Cinema for Peace Award for Justice
    • Dukhtar

SoHo International Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Best World Showcase Short Film
    • Best Short
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

Sonoma International Film Festival

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2015 Winner Jury Award
    • Best World Feature
    • Dukhtar
    Shared with: Muhammad Khalid Ali

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2015 Nominee Emerging Filmmaker
    • Best World Feature
    • Dukhtar

Martha's Vineyard International Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

ScreenCraft

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2023 Nominee Screencraft Film Fund
    • Film Fund Grant Program
    • Don't be late, Myra

California Women's Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Foreign Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

Lux Style Awards

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2015 Nominee Lux Style Award
    • Best Film Director
    • Dukhtar

TheWIFTS Foundation International Visionary Awards

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2014 Winner The Jury Award
    • Dukhtar

South Asian International Film Festival

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Director
    • Dukhtar
  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Feature
    • Dukhtar
    Shared with: Muhammad Khalid Ali
  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2014 Winner Best Director
    • Dukhtar

Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival

  • Dukhtar (2014)
    2015 Winner Festival Award
    • Social Justice in Cinema
    • Dukhtar

Asian World Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Snow Leopard Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

DaVinci Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Leo Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

Bergen International Film Festival of NJ

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

Aladerri International Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Aladerri Award
    • Best Narrative Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

Australia Independent Film Festival (AIFF)

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Best International Short Film
    • Best International Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Best Director
    • Best Director
    • Don't be late, Myra
  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

Micheaux Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Outstanding International Short
    • Outstanding International Short
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

UK Asian Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Flame Award
    • Best Long Short
    • Don't be late, Myra

Saskatchewan International Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed
  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Best Director
    • Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

New Generations Independent Indian Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Jury Prize
    • New Generations Short Film Wallah Award
    • Don't be late, Myra

Montreal International Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Short Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra
    Shared with: Nouman Waheed

DC Independent Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

WOW Wales One World Film Festival

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Winner Audience Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

Women in Media – Women’s International Film Festival (WIM-N)

  • Innayah Umer in Don't be late, Myra (2024)
    2025 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Film
    • Don't be late, Myra

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