AWARDS

CHASING LOVE

• Screenplay QuarterFinalist: HollyShorts Film Festival 2019 *Academy Qualifying

• Best First Time Screenwriter (Short), Los Angeles Film Awards 2018 

• Nominated: Best Short Script, Top Indie Film Awards 2018

ATTACHMENT

• Best Dark Comedy, Festigious International Film Festival, 2017

• Best Message, Top Indie Film Awards, 2017

• Best Actress In An Indie Film, Top Shorts Online Film Festival, 2017

• Honorable Mention: Indie Film, New York Film Awards, 2017

SPEAKING & PANELS

• Filmmaking Panel: What I did for Love: The Trials of an Indie Filmmaker 2017 

• Guest Lecturer for Hollins History and Social Movements, Hollins University 2015

PRESS

• Medium: “CHALLAH FOR CAROLINE: Baking and Filmmaking Unite A Mother And Daughter Under Quarantine” by Chris Hadley  

• Hollins University Film Department: Film Students - Where Are They Now? 

• Unbound Zine: Check this Out!

• DHT Issue #7: Chasing Love - A film by Diana Foronda

• Broadwayworld.com: Photo Flash: LUX Hosts Successful Filmmaker Panel in NYC

• Hollins University - Beyond the Classroom: Jamaica Cultural Immersion Program

• Jodie Neufield's Blog: Throwback Thursday: José at Astor Place Hair  

FESTIVALS & SCREENINGS

• HollyShorts Film Festival 2019 SCREENPLAY QUARTERFINALIST *Academy Qualifying

• Los Angeles Film Awards 2018 WINNER Best First Time Screenwriter (Short)

• Top Indie Film Awards 2018 *Nominated for Best Short Script 

• International Women's Film Festival 2018

• The IndieFEST Film Awards 2018

• International New York Film Festival 2018 *Semi-Finalist

• Festigious International Film Festival 2017 WINNER Best Dark Comedy 

• Top Indie Film Awards 2017 WINNER Best Message

• Top Shorts Online Film Festival WINNER Best Actress In An Indie Film

• New York Film Awards 2017  HONORABLE MENTION: Indie Film

• Los Angeles CineFest 2017 *Semi-Finalist

• Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival 2017

• Barcelona Planet Film Festival 2017 *Nominated for Best Woman Filmmaker and Best Narrative Short Film 

• Oniros Film Awards 2017 *Finalist for Best Comedy

• Top Indie Film Awards 2017 *Nominated for Best Director, Best Original Idea, and Best Humor

• Screen Swap: Hollins and Roanoke College 175th Anniversary 2017

• Silver Screen for Short Films 2017

• Lady's First International Film Festival 2017 | Cork, Ireland 

• First Exposure Student Film Festival 2013

• Long Island Media Arts Show 2013