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AWARDS
FILM AWARDS
2026
- 10th Orion International Film Festival | Experimental Film (Whispers From the Core): finalist.

2025
- 8th Golden State Film Festival | Best International Documentary Feature Film (America's Woman): winner.
- 68th Rochester International Film Festival | Experimental Short (Whispers From the Core): finalist.

- Authentic Global Film Awards | Certificate of Merit - Documentary Feature (America's Woman): winner.
- Athens International Art Film Festival | Honorable Mention - Experimental Film (Whispers From the Core): winner.
- East Village New York Film Festival | Honorable Mention - Experimental Film (Whispers From the Core): winner.

- Festival Napoleon sur les Champs-Elysees | Best Political Film (America's Woman): winner.
- Folkestone Film Festival | Experimental Film (Whispers From the Core): nominated.
- Mei International Film Festival | Best International Experimental Short (Whispers From the Core): winner.
- Piano B Film Festival | Honorable Mention - Documentary (
America's Woman): winner.

- Realtime International Film Festival | Honorable Mention - Documentary (America's Woman): winner.
- The IndieFest Film Awards | Award of Merit Special Mention - Original Score / Award of Recognition - Experimental Film (Whispers From the Core): winner - 2 awards.
- West Lothian Film Festival | Honorable Mention - Documentary (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/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 Doc Feature/Best Director/Best Producer/Best Narrators/Best Director of Photography/Best Editing/Best Original Film Score (America's Woman): winner - 8 awards.
- Tracks Movie Awards | Best Movie Score/Soundtrack (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 the past three years: 
winner.
- Golden Lion Annual Awards | Best Documentary Feature/Best Direction (America's Woman): nominated.
- International Motion Picture Awards | Best Documentary Feature (America's Woman): nominated.
- Milwaukee Independent Film Awards | Best Documentary Film (America's Woman): nominated.
- 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): nominated.

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 Short/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): nominated.
- Korea International Short Film Festival | Best Documentary (Ukraine's Soul): nominated.


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 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 Original Score (Mikha'El): winner. 

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

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 respectively.
- Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes | Best New Media - Short Documentary (Red Glory): winner.

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

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, nominated respectively.
- Queen Palm International Film Festival | Best Editing (Red Glory): nominated.
- Top Indie Film Awards | Best Original Concept (Pillars of Creation): nominated.
- Top Indie Film Awards | Best Doc Short (Aurora, Divine Beauty, Earth's Beauty, Kesil, L'Amour de Dieu, Pillars of Creation, Red Glory): nominated.
- Top Indie Film Awards | Best Editing (Earth's Beauty, Kesil, Red Glory): nominated.
- Top Indie Film Awards | Best Director/Best FX (Aurora, Lux et Tenebrae): nominated.
- Independent Shorts Awards | Best Female Director (Divine Beauty): nominated.

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 Feature Film Score (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 (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): nominated (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 Original 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): nominated (w/Peter Cavallo).
- Paris Art and Movie Awards | Best Composer (Mikha'El): nominated (w/Peter Cavallo).

2018
- Top Indie Film Awards | Best Music (Lux et Tenebrae): nominated.
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