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Awards

FILM AWARDS - COMPLETE LIST

2025
- 8th Golden State Film Festival - Best International Documentary Feature Film (America's Woman); winner.
- Festival Napoleon sur les Champs-Elysees - Best Political Film (America's Woman); 
winner.
- Authentic Global Film Awards - Certificate of Merit - Documentary Feature (America's Woman); winner.

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2024
- Accolade Global Film Competition, Award of Merit - Direction (America's Woman); winner.
- Athens International Arthouse Film Festival, Honorable Mention - Documentary (America's Woman); winner.
- Black Cat International Film Festival, Cinema for Humanity Special Mention - Documentary (America's Woman); winner.
- Cinematic European Film Festival, Special Award - Documentary (America's Woman); winner.
- Golden Lion International Film Festival, Best Director (Long Form) / Best Documentary Feature (America's Woman); winner - 2 awards.
- Impact Docs Awards, Awards of Merit Special Mention - Documentary Feature / Original Score (America's Woman); ​winner - 2 awards.

- Mei International Film Festival, Best Documentary Feature / Best Director / Best Producer / Best Narrators / Best Director of Photography / Best Editor & Colorist / Best Original Feature Film Score (America's Woman); winner - 8 awards.
- Piano B Film Festival, Honorable Mention - Documentary (America's Woman); winner.
- Tracks Movie Awards, Best Movie Score (America's Woman); winner.
- Global Music Awards, Bronze Medal - Original Score/Soundtrack (America's Woman); winner.
- Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, Cinematic Alchemist Award - Film work over past three years; 
winner.
- Golden Lion Annual Awards, Documentary Feature / Direction (America's Woman); nominee.
- International Motion Picture Awards, Best Documentary Feature (America's Woman); nominee.
- Milwaukee Independent Film Awards, Best Documentary Film (America's Woman); nominee.
- 9th Near Nazareth Film Festival, Feature Documentary (America's Woman); finalist.
- Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards, Documentary Feature (America's Woman); finalist.


2023
- 4th Pigeon D'Or Awards, Director (Ukraine's Soul); honorary awardee.
- 3rd Pigeon D'Or Awards, Original Film Score (Mikha'El); ​honorary awardee.
- Festival del Cinema di Cefalu, Special Jury Prize (Ukraine's Soul); nominee.

2022
- Busan New Wave Short Film Festival, Best Documentary (Ukraine's Soul); winner.
- Ealing Film Festival, Best Documentary (Ukraine's Soul); winner.
- Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, Best Documentary / Best Director (Ukraine's Soul); winner - 2 awards.
- Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, Outstanding Achievement Award - Original Soundtrack (Ukraine's Soul); winner.
- Megaflix Film Awards, Platinum Award - Best Poster (Ukraine's Soul); winner. 
- Onyko Films Awards, Best Soundtrack (Ukraine's Soul); winner.
- Athens International Arthouse Film Festival, Special Mention - Documentary (Ukraine's Soul); winner.

- International Sound and Film Music Festival, Best Original Score (Ukraine's Soul); nominee.
- Korea International Short Film Festival, Best Documentary (Ukraine's Soul); nominee.

2021
- Brittany International Film Festival, European Best Documentary Award (Mikha'El); winner.
- L'Age D'Or International Arthouse Film Festival, Best Director (Mikha'El); winner.
- L'Age D'Or International Arthouse Film Festival, Outstanding Achievement Awards - Best Documentary / Best Film Score (Mikha'El); winner - 2 awards. 
- Great Message International Film Festival, Best Documentary Director (Mikha'El); winner. 
- New York Movie Awards, Honorable Mention - Feature Documentary (Mikha'El); winner.
- Sanctuary International Film Festival, Honorable Mention - Feature Documentary (Mikha'El), winner.
- Global Music Awards, Bronze Medal - Original Score/Soundtrack (Mikha'El), winner.
- Impact DOCS Awards, Award of Recognition - Original Score (Mikha'El); winner.
- Tracks Music Awards, Best Score (Mikha'El); winner. 

- International Sound and Film Music Festival, Best Original Score (Mikha'El); nominee.
- Paris Art and Movie Awards, Best Composer (Mikha'El), nominee.
- Pigeon D'Or Awards, Best Director (Mikha'El); nominee.

2020
- Tsiolkovsky Space Film Festival, Gold Prize - Best Short Documentaries (Red Glory, Pillars of Creation, Materre, Aurora); winner. 
- Long Story Shorts International Film Festival, Best Experimental Film (Creation); winner. 
- Global Shorts Awards Cannes, Best Travel Film (Red Glory); winner.

2019
- Festival International de Courts-Metrage d'Auteurs et Narratif, Prix Hommage / Best Narrative Short (Creation); winner - 2 awards. 
- European International Film Festival, Best Documentary / Best Editing (Red Glory, Creation); winners.
- Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, Best New Media - Short Documentary (Red Glory); winner.

- Rome Prisma Independent Film Awards, Best Documentary Short (Red Glory, Creation); winner, nominee.
- Genre Celebration Film Festival, Best VFX (Creation); nominee. 
- #LabMeCrazy Science Film Festival, Best Internet Film (Red Glory); nominee.
- Strasburg International Film Festival, Best New Visions (Red Glory); nominee.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Original Concept / Best Editing (Creation); nominee.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Documentary Short (Materre); nominee.

2018
- China International Contest of Popular Science Works, 1st Prize / 2nd Prize (Materre, Aurora); winners respectively.
- Great Message International Film Festival, Best Multimedia Film (Pillars of Creation); winner.

- Independent Shorts Awards, Bronze Award - Best Editing (Red Glory); winner.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Documentary Short / Best Music (Lux et Tenebrae); winner, nominee.
- Queen Palm International Film Festival, Best Editing (Red Glory); nominee.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Original Concept (Pillars of Creation); nominee.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Documentary Short (Aurora, Divine Beauty, Earth's Beauty, Kesil, L'Amour de Dieu, Pillars of Creation, Red Glory); nominees.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Editing (Earth's Beauty, Kesil, Red Glory); nominees.
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Director / Best FX (Aurora, Lux et Tenebrae); nominees.
- Independent Shorts Awards, Best Female Director (Divine Beauty); nominee.

MUSIC AWARDS

2024
- Impact Docs Awards, Award of Merit Special Mention - Original Score (America's Woman); ​winner (w/David Ternyik).

- Mei International Film Festival, Best Original Score (Feature Film) (America's Woman); winner (w/David Ternyik).
- Global Music Awards, Bronze Medal - Original Score/Soundtrack (America's Woman); winner (w/David Ternyik).


2023
- 3rd Pigeon D'Or Awards, Original Film Score (Mikha'El); ​honorary awardee.
- Tracks Music Awards, Best Music of the Month (Seeking the Mesosphere); ​winner.
- The Artists Forum Music Competition, World Music - Composition (Seeking the Mesosphere); finalist.

2022
- Global Music Awards, Silver Medal - Composition (Poème), winner.
- Luis Bunuel Memorial Awards, Outstanding Achievement Award - Best Soundtrack (Ukraine's Soul); winner (w/
Mykhailo Verbytsky​).
- Onyko Films Awards, Best Soundtrack (Ukraine's Soul); winner (w/Mykhailo Verbytsky).
- International Sound and Film Music Festival, Best Original Score (Ukraine's Soul); nominee (w/Mykhailo Verbytsky).

2021
- L'Age D'Or International Arthouse Film Festival, Outstanding Achievement Award - Best Film Score (Mikha'El); winner (w/Peter Cavallo).
- Global Music Awards, Bronze Medal - Original Score (Mikha'El), winner (w/Peter Cavallo).
- Impact DOCS Awards, Award of Recognition - Original Score (Mikha'El); winner (w/Peter Cavallo).
- Tracks Music Awards, Best Music (Deep Winter); winner. 
- Tracks Music Awards, Best Score (Mikha'El); winner (w/Peter Cavallo).
- 10th People's Film Festival, Honorable Mention - Composition (Explorations); winner.

- International Sound and Film Music Festival, Best Original Score (Mikha'El); nominee (w/Peter Cavallo).
- Paris Art and Movie Awards, Best Composer (Mikha'El), nominee (w/Peter Cavallo).

2018
- Top Indie Film Awards, Best Music (Lux et Tenebrae); nominee.
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