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Genevieve Sulway

Awards

Genevieve Sulway

72 wins & 12 nominations

Jacksonville Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2024 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • I am Kanaka

Impact Docs Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Award of Merit
    • Documentary Short
    • I am Kanaka
  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2020 Nominee Award of Excellence
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Awareness Film Festival, CA

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Special Jury Prize
    • Front Line Award
    • I am Kanaka
  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Shorts Films - Narrative or Documentary
    • When Worlds Collide

IndieFEST Film Awards

  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2020 Nominee Award of Merit
    • Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Depth of Field International Film Festival Competition

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Excellence
    • Documentary Inspirational
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Excellence
    • Direction
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Excellence
    • Editing
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Excellence
    • Content/Message Delivery
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Excellence
    • Viewer Impact: Inspirational
    • I am Kanaka

Global Nonviolent Film Festival

  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2020 Nominee Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Canada Shorts Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Award of Distinction
    • International Shorts
    • I am Kanaka

Global Shorts, Los Angeles

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2024 Winner Award of Merit
    • September
    • I am Kanaka

Documentaries Without Borders International Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Excellence Award
    • Documentary, Human Spirit
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Excellence Award
    • Viewer Impact: Motivational/Inspirational
    • I am Kanaka

Universe Multicultural Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2024 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Short
    • I am Kanaka

Genre Celebration Festival

  • The Mother the Son the Rat and the Gun (2021)
    2021 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Drama Feature
    • The Mother the Son the Rat and the Gun
    Shared with: Philip Staal · Celina Øier · Arnar Benjamín Kristjánsson

Independent Shorts Awards

  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2024 Winner Bronze Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • When Worlds Collide
  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2024 Winner Bronze Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • When Worlds Collide
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Bronze Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Bronze Award
    • Best Female Director
    • I am Kanaka

Care Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Grand Jury Award
    • Best Indigenous Production
    • I am Kanaka

BangkokThai International Film Festival

  • The Mother the Son the Rat and the Gun (2021)
    2021 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Fiction Feature Film
    • The Mother the Son the Rat and the Gun
    Shared with: Philip Staal · Celina Øier · Arnar Benjamín Kristjánsson

London International Short Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Grand Jury Prize
    • Best International Short Documentary
    • I am Kanaka

Edinburgh Independent Film Awards

  • The Mother the Son the Rat and the Gun (2021)
    2021 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Feature Film
    • The Mother the Son the Rat and the Gun
    Shared with: Philip Staal · Celina Øier · Arnar Benjamín Kristjánsson

World Film Carnival, Singapore

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner May Award
    • Documentary
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner May Award
    • Educational Film
    • I am Kanaka

New York International Film Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner October Monthly Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner October Monthly Award
    • Best Ethnographic Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner October Monthly Award
    • Best Inspirational Film
    • I am Kanaka

Halicarnassus Film Festival

  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner July Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • When Worlds Collide

Chicago Indie Film Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner June Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • I am Kanaka
  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2021 Nominee Chicago Indie Film Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

New York Independent Cinema Awards

  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2022 Nominee New York Cinema Award
    • Best US Short Documentary
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Toronto International Women Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Human Rights
    • Best Human Rights Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2021 Nominee Best Short Documentary
    • Short Documentary
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Better Cities Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Human Story
    • I am Kanaka

Luleå International Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Nominee August Award
    • Best Short Documentary
    • I am Kanaka

The Sound And Vision International Film & Technology Festival

  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2020 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Documetary
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Dubai Independent Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Best Peace Short
    • I am Kanaka
  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2021 Nominee Best Documentary Short
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Hong Kong Indie Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Nominee November Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • I am Kanaka

Austin International Art Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner July Award
    • Best Social Justice Short Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner July Award
    • Best Producer
    • When Worlds Collide

LGBTQ Unbordered Film Festival

  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2020 Winner Gold Award
    • Best Documentary
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Crossroads International Short Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Documentary Award
    • The Best Documentary Film
    • I am Kanaka

Toronto Film and Script Awards

  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2021 Nominee Best Documentary Short
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

New York International Women Festival

  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Documentary Short
    • When Worlds Collide
  • The Last Queen! (2020)
    2021 Nominee Festival Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Last Queen!
    Shared with: Kaye Tuckerman · Jeri Nicolas · Ben McHugh

Izmit International Short Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2024 Winner Best Documentary Short Film
    • Best Documentary Short Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2022 Winner Jury Award
    • Best Documentary
    • I am Kanaka

Korea International Short Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner August Award
    • Best Documentary
    • I am Kanaka

Barcelona Indie Awards

  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best European Film
    • When Worlds Collide

Filmzen International Competition

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Film Director
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Best Editing
    • I am Kanaka
    Shared with: Tina Imahara · Steven Robinson
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Best Emotional Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Best Family/Children's Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Message
    • I am Kanaka

Phuket International Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Debut Filmmaker
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best Educational Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Family/Children's Film
    • I am Kanaka

Dubai International Cine Carnival Film Festival

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Women's Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Editing
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Sound Design
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Cinematography
    • I am Kanaka

Detroit Independent Film Festival

  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner Jury Prize
    • Best First Time Filmmaker
    • When Worlds Collide

Paris Cine Fiesta

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner December Award
    • Best Producer
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner December Award
    • Family/Children's Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner December Award
    • Debut Filmmaker
    • When Worlds Collide
  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner December Award
    • Documentary Film
    • When Worlds Collide

Berlin Motion Picture Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2024 Winner Outstanding Achievement Award
    • Women's Film
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2024 Winner Festival Award
    • Debut Filmmaker
    • I am Kanaka
  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Director
    • I am Kanaka

Hawaii International Film Awards

  • When Worlds Collide (2022)
    2023 Winner August Award
    • Best Director Debut
    • When Worlds Collide

Chicago Filmmakers Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Festival Award
    • Best Sound Design
    • I am Kanaka

Swedish Academy of Motion Picture Awards

  • I am Kanaka (2022)
    2023 Winner Honorable Mention
    • Educational Film
    • I am Kanaka

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