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Maninder Chana

Awards

Maninder Chana

41 wins & 45 nominations

Muscat International Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Director
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Writer
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Thriller Short Film
    • Ikala

Chicago Horror Film Festival

  • The Drive-by Ventriloquist (2006)
    2018 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Screenplay
    • The Drive-by Ventriloquist

Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase, US

  • Scratch (2015)
    2017 Winner FWIFS Award
    • Best International Feature Overall
    • Scratch
  • Scratch (2015)
    2017 Nominee FWIFS Award
    • Every Woman
    • Scratch

The International Horror Hotel

  • 2018 2nd Place Script Award
    • Best Unproduced Horror Comedy Screenplay
    • Lazy Vampire
  • 2018 Nominee Script Award
    • Best Unproduced Screenplay
    • Pray

Highway 61 Film Festival, Minnesota

  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Action/Horror Feature
    • Scratch
    Shared with: Michael Dragnea

Indie Fest USA International Film Festival

  • Little Terrors (2014)
    2016 Winner Award of Excellence Special Mention
    • Feature Film
    • Little Terrors

Sydney Indie Film Festival

  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Action Film
    • Scratch
    Shared with: Michael Dragnea
  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Director
    • Scratch
  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Film
    • Scratch
    Shared with: Michael Dragnea

IndieFEST Film Awards

  • Little Terrors (2014)
    2016 Winner Humanitarian Award
    • Outstanding Achievement
    • Little Terrors

Los Angeles Cinefest

  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Nominee Los Angeles Cinefest Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Scratch
    Finalist

UK Screen One International Film Festival

  • Scratch (2015)
    2017 Winner UK Screen One International Film Festival Award
    • Best Genre Feature
    • Scratch

Top Indie Film Awards

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Winter Award
    • Best Short
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Winter Award
    • Best Writing
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Winter Award
    • Best Director
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Winter Award
    • Best Editing
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Winter Award
    • Best Original Idea
    • Ikala

The Monthly Film Festival (TMFF)

  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 3rd Place June Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • Scratch

GenreBlast Film Festival

  • Maninder Chana
    2019 Winner GenreBlast Film Festival Award
    • Nuclear Pen Award
  • Maninder Chana
    2018 Winner GenreBlast Film Festival Award
    • Nuclear Pen Award
    Shared with: Sophia Cacciola · Michael J. Epstein · Greg Sisco · Rachel Wooley · Ron Riekki · Brian W. Smith · Ryan LaPlante
  • 2017 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Comedy Feature Script
    • Lazy Vampire
  • Maninder Chana
    2017 Winner Festival Award
    • The Nuclear Pen Award
  • 2017 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Screenplay (Feature Film)
    • Lazy Vampire

Near Nazareth Film Festival

  • 2018 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Screenplay
    • Moroccan Blonde

Barcelona Planet Film Festival

  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Director
    • Scratch
  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Narrative Feature Film
    • Scratch

Bad Theater Fest / Bad Film Fest

  • Brown Guys Do (2013)
    2016 Winner The Norman Lear Award
    • Brown Guys Do
    Shared with: Sean Sinclair-Day

Canada Shorts Film Festival

  • Brown Guys Do (2013)
    2017 Winner Award of Commendation
    • Best Comedy
    • Brown Guys Do
    Winner for Episode entitled: Pirates

I Filmmaker International Film Festival

  • Little Terrors (2014)
    2018 Winner Gold Award
    • Best Thriller/Horror Feature Film
    • Little Terrors
  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Production
    • Scratch
    Shared with: Michael Dragnea
  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Feature Film "The Beast"
    • Scratch
  • Scratch (2015)
    2016 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Horror/Sci-Fi Feature Film
    • Scratch
    Shared with: Michael Dragnea

Canadian Diversity Film Festival

  • Silent But Deadly (2019)
    2020 Winner CDFF Award
    • Best Comedy Short
    • Silent But Deadly

MedFF

  • 2018 Winner MedFF
    • Best Feature Screenplay
    • Moroccan Blonde

Independent Horror Movie Awards

  • Silent But Deadly (2019)
    2019 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Editing
    • Silent But Deadly
  • Silent But Deadly (2019)
    2019 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Humor
    • Silent But Deadly
    Shared with: Tom Sanchez Prunier
  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Winner August Award
    • Best Atmosphere
    • Simple Simon
  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee August Award
    • Best Director
    • Simple Simon
  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee August Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Simple Simon

Genre Celebration Festival

  • Silent But Deadly (2019)
    2019 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Comedy Short
    • Silent But Deadly
  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Horror Short
    • Simple Simon

NOLA Horror Film Fest

  • 2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Screenplay
    • Pray

Yes! Let's Make A Movie Film Festival

  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee Laurel Award
    • Best Film (Short)
    • Simple Simon
    Honorable Mention

Indie Suspense Horror Sci-Fi Film Festival

  • 2018 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Short Script
    • Where the Rubber Meets the Road

Five Continents International Film Festival

  • 2017 Nominee Best Screenplay Short Film
    • Clive
    Shared with: Richard S. Todd

Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival

  • 2018 Winner Screenplay Competition
    • Best Screenplay
    • Mandhali

AltFF Alternative Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Short Film
    • Best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller North America
    • Ikala
    Solitary (English Title Translation)

Virgin Spring Cinefest

  • Ikala (2022)
    2022 Winner Jury Prize
    • Film on Religion
    • Ikala

Southern States Indie Film Fest

  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee Best Supporting Actor
    • Simple Simon
  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Director, Foreign Language Short
    • Simple Simon
  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2018 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Foreign Language Short
    • Simple Simon

SSU Indie Film Festival

  • Simple Simon (2018)
    2019 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Horror/Sci-fi Non-Student
    • Simple Simon

Hollywood North Film Awards

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Canadian Short
    • Canadian Short Film
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Director of a Canadian Short
    • Canadian Short Film
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Original Score
    • Canadian Short Film
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Nominee Best Screenplay
    • Canadian Short Film
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Screenplay
    • Canadian Short Film
    • Ikala

World Film Carnival, Singapore

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Short Film
    • Film on Religion
    • Ikala

Reale Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2022 Winner December Award
    • Best War Film
    • Ikala

Iconic Images Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 2nd Place Iconic Images Film Festival Award
    • Best Editing
    • Ikala
    Solitary (English Title Translation)

Nawada International Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Ikala
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Nawada International Film Festival
    • Best Inspirational Film
    • Ikala

Black Swan International Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2022 Winner Best of Category Award
    • Short Film
    • Ikala

Monza Film Fest

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Short Film
    • Ikala

International Motion Picture Awards

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner January Award
    • Best Film (Under 40 min)
    • Ikala
    Solitary (English Title Translation)

Art Blocks International Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner January Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Ikala

Golden Lion International Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Critic's Choice Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • Ikala

Athvikvaruni International Film Festival

  • 2023 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Best Feature Script Screenplay
    • Mandhali
  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Honorable Mention Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • Ikala

Knight of the Reel Awards

  • Ikala (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Ikala
    Solitary (English Title Translation)

Indo French International Film Festival

  • Ikala (2022)
    2022 Winner December Award
    • Best Thriller Short
    • Ikala

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