Awards and Official Selections

2026

  • Global Music Award - Chilies
  • Toronto Women Film Festival - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Indie Short Fest - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Columbus International Film + Animation Festival - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Filmmaker Sessions Volume 3 - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Cardiff International Film Festival - Flamingo in the Garden
  • The ASIFA-East Animation Festival - Flamingo in the Garden
  • 48th Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival - Flamingo in the Garden

2025

  • New York Short Animation Festival - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Golden Rooster Youth Short Film Season - Flamingo in the Garden
  • Feinaki Beijing Animation Week - Flamingo in the Garden
  • NFFTY - Official Selection
  • Hollywood Shortsfest - Honorable Mention
  • Chain NYC Film Festival - Official Selection
  • Shockfest Film Festival - Official Selection

2024

  • HollyShorts Best Sci Fi Film - Paeonia
  • Boston Asian Film Festival Official Selection - Dive Into the Blue
  • American Pavilion at Cannes Official Selection - A Roadside Banquet
  • New York Foundation of the Arts Queens Arts Fund Panelist - Siyi Chen

2023

  • First Youth Film Festival Main Competition - A Roadside Banquet
  • New York Asian Film Festival Official Selection - A Roadside Banquet
  • Independent Film Awards June Winner - Dive Into the Blue
  • Telly Award Winner - Kristine Is Not Well
  • Cleverland International Film Festival Official Selection - A Roadside Banquet
  • Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Official Selection - A Roadside Banquet
  • Sarasota Film Festival Official Selection - A Roadside Banquet

2022

  • International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam - Kristine Is Not Well
  • Tokyo International Short Film Festival Winner - Tulpa
  • London Music Video Festival Official Selection - 2 Moon
  • Tokyo International Short Film Festival Honorable Mention - Restart
  • Tokyo Lift-off Film Festival Official Selection - Restart
  • Global Game Jam Best Arts - Come On into My Secret Base in the Woods with Ink Answers Le Freak!

2021

  • GSA British Academy of Film and Television Arts Student Awards Nominated - Hot Pot For One
  • Dreamer’s Short Film Festival Best Student Film - The Night
  • Indie Live Expo Awards Local Cultural Representation Award Nominated - Hot Pot For One
  • Game Devs of Color Expo Official Selection - Hot Pot For One
  • Intercollege Animation Festival Official Selection - School War

Fellowships / Funds / Residencies

  • 2022 NYC Women Funds for Media, Music and Theater recipient - Siyi Chen
  • 2021 Onebeat Residency Fellow - Siyi Chen

Panels / Jury / Professional Recognition

  • 2024 New York Foundation of the Arts Queens Arts Fund Panelist - Siyi Chen
Toronto Women Film Festival winner laurel ASIFA-East Animation Festival official selection 2026 Columbus International Film Animation Festival official selection Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival official selection Short Film Breaks official selection 2026 Indie Short Fest official selection Filmmaker Sessions laurels Hollywood Best Indie Film Awards best American short film Monza Film Fest best film Animfest laurel 2026 Venezia Shorts Italy semi finalist Night of Shorts honorable mention NFFTY official selection Best 2D Animation Fall 2025 Feinaki Beijing Animation Week Golden Rooster Youth Short Film Season Indie Short Fest 2025 Hollywood Shortsfest honorable mention 2025 Chain NYC Film Festival official selection Shockfest Film Festival official selection New York Shorts International Film Festival Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival Brisbane International Film Festival Festival of Recorded Independent International Film Oakville Festivals of Film and Art Oakville 2024