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Awards

Daniel Asadi Faezi

12 wins & 37 nominations

Ann Arbor Film Festival

  • Observation Of Hawks In The Sky (2019)
    2019 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Experimental Film
    • Observation Of Hawks In The Sky

Berlin Interfilm Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Green Film Competition
    • Green Film Award
    • Where We Used to Swim

Berlin International Film Festival

  • In Retrospect (2025)
    2025 Nominee Golden Berlin Bear
    • Best Short Film
    • In Retrospect
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko
  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Crystal Bear
    • Generation Kplus - Best Short Film
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko
  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Winner Grand Prix of the Generation Kplus International Jury
    • Best Short Film
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Gold Hugo
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Leipzig DOK Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Golden Dove
    • Best German Short Documentary
    • Where We Used to Swim

Munich International Documentary Festival (DOK.fest)

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Student Award
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Nashville Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Odense International Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Best Documentary - International
    • Best Short Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Tampere Film Festival

  • Arefi, the Shepherd (2013)
    2013 Nominee Best Documentary
    • International Competition
    • Arefi, the Shepherd

Huesca Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2024 Nominee Golden Danzante
    • Documentary Short Film Contest
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Hamburg International Short Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Jury Award (German Competition)
    • German Competition
    • Where We Used to Swim
  • Approaching Truckdrivers (2017)
    2018 Nominee Jury Award (German Competition)
    • German Competition
    • Approaching Truckdrivers

Bombay International Film Festival

  • Arefi, the Shepherd (2013)
    2013 Winner Celebrate Age Special Mention
    • Arefi, the Shepherd
    For its uplifting look at the journey of an ordinary shepherd, his life, his endearing moments with himself and his relationship with a brutal desert, a landscape, which is alien to most of us.
  • Arefi, the Shepherd (2013)
    2013 Nominee Celebrate Age Best Film
    • Arefi, the Shepherd

Regensburg Short Film Week

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Winner Sustainability Award
    • German Competition
    • Where We Used to Swim

Visions du Réel International Film Festival Nyon

  • Aralkum (2022)
    2022 Winner Jury Prize
    • International Shortfilm Competition
    • Aralkum
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko
  • The Absence of Apricots (2018)
    2018 Nominee Compétition Internationale Moyens Métrages
    • Best Film
    • The Absence of Apricots

Landshut Short Film Festival

  • Arefi, the Shepherd (2013)
    2014 Nominee Jury Award
    • Documentary Film
    • Arefi, the Shepherd

Potsdam Sehsüchte

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Best Short Film
    • Best Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Leiden International Short Film Experience

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Jury Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Docudays UA International Documentary Human Rights Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Winner DOCU/SHORT
    • Best Short Film
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

International Izmir Short Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee International Panorama
    • Best Short Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Villeurbanne Short Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Grand Prix
    • International Competition
    • Where We Used to Swim

Social Impact Media Awards, US

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2024 Nominee Social Impact Media Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

  • In Retrospect (2025)
    2025 Nominee International Docs Competition
    • Short Dox Award
    • In Retrospect
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko
  • Aralkum (2022)
    2022 Nominee International Docs Competition
    • Short Dox Award
    • Aralkum
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Go Short International Short Film Festival Nijmegen

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Encouragement Award
    • Best Student Short Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Montclair Film Festival (MFF)

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Documentary Shorts Competition
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Sedicicorto International Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Experia Award
    • Best Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Poitiers Film Festival

  • The Absence of Apricots (2018)
    2018 Nominee Student Jury Prize
    • Best Film
    • The Absence of Apricots

Trento Film Festival

  • The Absence of Apricots (2018)
    2019 Nominee Jury Prize
    • International Competition
    • The Absence of Apricots

Lviv International Short Film Festival Wiz-Art

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Audience Award
    • Ukrainian National Competition
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Lessinia Film Festival

  • The Absence of Apricots (2018)
    2020 Nominee Premio Lessinia D'Oro Award for Best Film
    • Best Film
    • The Absence of Apricots
  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Imagine Science Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Nominee Audience Choice Award
    • Best Film
    • Where We Used to Swim

Riga International Film festival 2ANNAS

  • The Absence of Apricots (2018)
    2018 Winner International Competition
    • Best Medium Length Film
    • The Absence of Apricots

ZagrebDox

  • Aralkum (2022)
    2023 Nominee Big Stamp
    • International Competition
    • Aralkum
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Innsbruck Nature Film Festival

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2020 Winner Jury Special Mention
    • Best Shortfilm
    • Where We Used to Swim

Kyiv International Short Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Winner Grand-Prix
    • Ukrainian National Competition
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

KFFK

  • Where We Used to Swim (2019)
    2019 Nominee Audience Award
    • German Competition
    • Where We Used to Swim

FiSH - das Filmfestival

  • Arefi, the Shepherd (2013)
    2014 Winner Audience Award
    • Arefi, the Shepherd
  • Koora (2014)
    2013 Winner Film des Jahres
    • Koora

Vilnius International Short Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2024 Winner Best International Short
    • International Competition
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Escales Documentaires

  • The Absence of Apricots (2018)
    2019 Nominee Prix des Jeunes
    • Short Film
    • The Absence of Apricots

Doc Alliance Award

  • Aralkum (2022)
    2022 Nominee Doc Alliance Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Aralkum
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

OKO International Ethnographic Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • National Competition: Ukrainiam Short Films
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

Mykolaichuk OPEN Audience Film Festival

  • Waking Up in Silence (2023)
    2023 Nominee Festival Audience Prize
    • National Short Film Competition
    • Waking Up in Silence
    Shared with: Mila Zhluktenko

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