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Sam Mirpoorian

Awards

Sam Mirpoorian

43 wins & 22 nominations

Austin Film Festival

  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Winner Documentary Film Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • Safe Place
  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Winner Audience Award
    • Audience Choice Award
    • Safe Place

Thomas Edison Film Festival

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2021 Winner Director's Choice
    • Documentary
    • Sonnie

Chicago International Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Chicago Award
    • Best Film
    • Saving Superman
    Honorable Mention
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Best Documentary
    • Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures

Heartland Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Best Documentary Feature
    • Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures
  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Indiana Spotlight Award
    • Indiana Spotlight Award
    • Greener Pastures
  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2017 Winner Grand Prize
    • Indiana Spotlight Competition
    • Little Warriors
  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2017 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Little Warriors

Newport Beach Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Nominee Grand Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Short Film Award
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim

Telluride Mountainfilm Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Grand Prize
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures

deadCenter Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Nominee Best Short Documentary
    • Best Short Documentary
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim

Woods Hole Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Best Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures

Fargo Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2024 Winner Best Documentary Feature
    • Grand Jury Award
    • Greener Pastures
  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2024 Winner Prairie Spirit Award
    • Greener Pastures

Indianapolis International Film Festival

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Winner Hoosier Lens Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Sonnie
  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Little Warriors
  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2017 Nominee Vonnegut Common Decency Award
    • Best Short Film
    • Little Warriors
  • Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness (2015)
    2016 Winner Hoosier Lens Award
    • Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness
    Shared with: Don Sawyer
  • Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness (2015)
    2016 Nominee Audience Award
    • Feature Documentary
    • Under the Bridge: The Criminalization of Homelessness
    Shared with: Don Sawyer

Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Gold Eddy Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures

Charlotte Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Documentary Short Film
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim
  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Safe Place

Wisconsin Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Golden Badger
    • Grand Jury Award Mention
    • Greener Pastures

Edmonton International Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Nominee Documentary Short Film Award
    • Best Documentary Short Film
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim

DOC NYC

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Nominee Shorts Competition
    • Best Short Documentary
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim

Port Townsend Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Best Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures

Napa Valley Film Festival

  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2017 Nominee Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Little Warriors

Green Bay Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2024 Winner Jury Award
    • Wisconsin's Own
    • Greener Pastures
  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2024 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Wisconsin's Own
    • Greener Pastures

Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Best of Fest Encores
    • Best of Fest
    • Greener Pastures

River Bend Film Festival, US

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim
  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2018 Winner Blue Fish
    • Best Documentary
    • Little Warriors

Indiana Film Journalists Association, US

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Hoosier Award
    • Greener Pastures

Nevada City Film Festival, US

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Nominee Best Documentary Short
    • Best Non-Fiction Film
    • Sonnie
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Nominee Audience Award
    • Sonnie

The Television Academy Honors

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2025 Winner Television Academy Honors
    • The Television Academy Honors - Documentary
    • Greener Pastures

Telly Awards

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2021 Winner Silver Telly
    • Non-Broadcast - General - Student
    • Sonnie

Chattanooga Film Festival

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Nominee Festival Prize
    • Best Student Short Film
    • Sonnie

Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Winner Kodak Cinematography Award
    • Excellence in Filmmaking Award
    • Sonnie

DOC LA

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner DOC LA Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim

NORTHWESTFEST International Documentary & Media Arts Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Nominee Jury Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures

Global Impact Film Festival

  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2017 Winner Best Student Documentary Film
    • Little Warriors

National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences - Lower Great Lakes Chapter

  • Sonnie (2021)
    2021 Winner Emmy
    • Sports Documentary
    • Sonnie
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2021 Winner Emmy
    • Photographer: Long Form Content - Long Than 10 Minutes
    • Sonnie
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2021 Winner Emmy
    • Director - Post Produced
    • Sonnie
  • Little Warriors (2017)
    2018 Nominee Emmy
    • Long Form
    • Little Warriors

Oregon Documentary Film Festival

  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Editing
    • Best Editing
    • Safe Place
  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Nominee Best Picture
    • Best Short
    • Safe Place

Indy Shorts Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Indiana Spotlight Competition
    • Grand Jury Award
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Nominee Indiana Spotlight Competition
    • Sonnie
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Winner Audience Choice Award
    • Indiana Spotlight Competition
    • Sonnie
    Audience Choice Award
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Nominee Best Student Film
    • Indiana Spotlight
    • Sonnie

Hobnobben Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Documentary
    • Documentary Feature
    • Greener Pastures
  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Indiana Reels Award
    • Best Indiana Film
    • Safe Place
  • Sonnie (2021)
    2020 Winner Best Indiana Reels Award
    • Best Indiana Film
    • Sonnie

Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner First Prize
    • Green Planet Award
    • Greener Pastures
  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner First Prize
    • Green Planet Award
    • Greener Pastures

PopCon International Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Feature Documentary
    • Best Feature Documentary
    • Greener Pastures

Indy Film Fest

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Best Hoosiers Lens Documentary Short
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim
  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Best Feature Documentary
    • Audience Choice Award
    • Greener Pastures

Midwest Film Festival

  • Greener Pastures (2023)
    2023 Winner Empowerment Award
    • Empowerment Award
    • Greener Pastures

Bloomington International Film Festival

  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Grand BIFF Award
    • Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim
  • Saving Superman (2024)
    2024 Winner Grand BIFF Award
    • Grand Jury Award Winner for Biggest Message
    • Saving Superman
    Shared with: Adam Oppenheim
  • Safe Place (2023)
    2023 Winner Grand BIFF Award
    • Best Hoosier Documentary
    • Safe Place

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