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Awards

Seemab Gul

22 wins & 68 nominations

Berlin Interfilm Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Live Action
    • International Competition
    • Sandstorm

Berlin International Film Festival

  • Ghost School (2025)
    2026 Nominee Crystal Bear
    • Generation Kplus - Best Film
    • Ghost School

British Independent Film Awards

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee British Independent Film Award
    • Best British Short
    • Sandstorm
    Shared with: Abid Aziz Merchant

Denver Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Fribourg International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Film Award
    • International Short Film Competition
    • Sandstorm

Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival

  • How I Like It (2021)
    2021 Nominee Short Joy
    • Best Short Documentary
    • How I Like It
    Shared with: Nida Mehboob

AFI Fest

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2021 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Live Action Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Odense International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Film - International
    • Best International Short
    • Sandstorm

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • Ghost School (2025)
    2026 Nominee Golden Gate Award
    • New Directors Competition
    • Ghost School

Seattle International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Short Film Award
    • Live Action
    • Sandstorm
  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Short Film Award
    • Narrative
    • Sandstorm

Sundance Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Short Film Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm
  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Short Film Jury Award
    • International Fiction
    • Sandstorm

Toronto International Film Festival

  • Ghost School (2025)
    2025 Nominee Discovery Award
    • Best Film
    • Ghost School

Uppsala International Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2021 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Sandstorm

Venice Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2021 Nominee Venice Horizons Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Huesca Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Short Film Contest Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Friese Award
    • Best short film
    • Sandstorm

Split International Festival of New Film

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Short Film Grand Prix
    • Best Film
    • Sandstorm

Regensburg Short Film Week

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Best International Short Film
    • International Competition
    • Sandstorm

Calgary International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Live Action Short Film
    • Best Narrative Short
    • Sandstorm

Landshut Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee International Competition
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

San Francisco International Festival of Short Films

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Jury Award
    • Sandstorm

Jaipur International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Best Short Fiction Film
    • Competetion on Short Fiction Films
    • Sandstorm

Dharamsala Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best short film award
    • Sandstorm

Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

HollyShorts Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Best Narrative
    • Best Short Narrative
    • Sandstorm

Festival du nouveau cinéma

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2021 Nominee Loup Argenté
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Kaohsiung Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Grand Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

International Unseen Film Festival 'Film Sozialak'

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Unseen Films-Film Sozialak Award
    • Official Competition
    • Sandstorm

Women's Independent Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Winner Best Film
    • Short Film
    • Sandstorm

BOGOSHORTS Bogota Short film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Santa Lucia - International Competition
    • Best Narrative Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Sulmonacinema Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best International Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Aesthetica Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Drama
    • Sandstorm

Kinofilm Manchester International Short Film Festival

  • One Day in Whitechapel (2015)
    2016 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • One Day in Whitechapel

Anonimul International Independent Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best International Short Film
    • International Competition
    • Sandstorm

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Shorts
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles

  • Ghost School (2025)
    2026 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Best Film
    • Ghost School
  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Film Award
    • Best Film
    • Sandstorm

Vaughan Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Film
    • Sandstorm
  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Festival Prize
    • Best Director
    • Sandstorm

Sedicicorto International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner International Fiction
    • Premio Caterina Sforza Award
    • Sandstorm

Coronado Island Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Festival Prize
    • Special Jury Prize International Short Film
    • Sandstorm
  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Female Filmmaker Award
    • Francis Marion Award
    • Sandstorm

Figari Film Fest

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

20 MinMax International Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

McMinnville Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Grand Jury Prize
    • Sandstorm

Ischia Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Festival Prize
    • Special Mention
    • Sandstorm

Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival

  • Zahida (2018)
    2019 Nominee RAI & Marsh Short Film Prize
    • Most outstanding short film on social, cultural and biological anthropology or archaeology
    • Zahida

Setting Sun Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best International Short
    • Sandstorm

Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Best International FIlm
    • Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2021 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best International Short
    • Sandstorm

Cortogenia

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Audience Award
    • Best International Short
    • Sandstorm

Filmets - Badalona Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film - International
    • Sandstorm

Festival International Signes de Nuit

  • Zahida (2018)
    2019 Nominee International Competition Short Film
    • Documentary
    • Zahida

Prague Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee International Competition
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Austin Asian American Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Edinburgh Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Film Award
    • Best Film Award
    • Sandstorm

Minikino

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Best Short Fiction
    • Best Short Fiction
    • Sandstorm

IBIZACINEFEST

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Best International Short
    • Best Short Film Award
    • Sandstorm

Lucania Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Competition Award
    • Best International Film
    • Sandstorm

International Short Film Festival of Bueu (FICBUEU)

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee International Competition
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Karama Human Rights Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Karama Feather Award
    • Best International Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Tasveer South Asian Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Tasveer Audience Choice Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm
  • Zahida (2018)
    2018 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Zahida

Still Voices Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Fiction Short Film
    • Best Fiction Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Saint-Petersburg International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Director
    • Sandstorm

London Film Week

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Short Film
    • Sandstorm

One Country One Film Apchat-Issoire International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Fiction
    • Fiction Short
    • Sandstorm

Yellowstone International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Best International Live Action Short
    • Best International Live Action Short
    • Sandstorm

Aaretal Short Film Days

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Sandstorm

International Children's Rights Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2021 Nominee Children's Rights From Adult View
    • International Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Female Filmmakers Festival Berlin

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Editing
    • Sandstorm
    Shared with: Raluca Petre

Festival Cinema Africano Asia e America Latina

  • Ghost School (2025)
    2026 Winner Special Award
    • Best Film
    • Ghost School
  • Ghost School (2025)
    2026 Winner Special Award
    • Windows of the World
    • Ghost School

Barcelona International Short Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best International Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Bolton International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Grand Prize
    • Best Live Action Short
    • Sandstorm

IFF - International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee IFF FIlm Award
    • Best Short Film (Fiction)
    • Sandstorm

UK Asian Film Festival

  • Ghost School (2025)
    2026 Winner Flame Award
    • Best Director
    • Ghost School

Filmfest Sundsvall

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Kortfilm International Award
    • Sandstorm

Donosskino film festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best International Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Ennesimo Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Premio Ufficiale
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

DFW South Asian Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Fiction Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Georgetown University Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Porto Femme

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Winner Best Film
    • International
    • Sandstorm
    Women's Struggles and Rights Special Award 2023

Kin International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Fiction Film Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sandstorm

Murmat Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Best Short Film
    • Freedom
    • Sandstorm

Nuit du Court Metrage

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2022 Winner Youth Jury Award
    • Best International Short
    • Sandstorm

The Corner Seats International Film Festival

  • Sandstorm (2021)
    2023 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best International Short
    • Sandstorm

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