Motion picture award for short film
This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film . This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony. Notable winners and nominees includes Spike Lee , Gabourey Sidibe , Matthew A. Cherry & Ryan Coogler .
Winners and nominees [ edit ] Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold .
Year Film Director Ref 2010 (Mis)leading Man Morocco Omari [1] Life on Earth Jeffrey Keith The Roe Effect Kiel Adrian Scott 2011 Katrina's Son Ya'Ke Smith [2] Stag & Doe Daniel Patterson Cred Sherman Payne 2012 Wake Bree Newsome [3] The Abyss Boys Jan-Hendrik Beetge Fig Ryan Coogler The Tombs Jerry Lamothe Wolf Call Rob Underhill 2013 The Bluest Note Maruqes Green [4] Crossover Tina Mabry Last/First Kiss Andrea Ashton Record/Play Jesse Atlas White Space Maya Washington 2014 Black Girl in Paris Kiandra Parks [5] A Different Tree Steven Caple Jr. African Cowboy Rodney Charles Sweet Honey Chile Talibah Newman They Die by the Dawn Jeymes Samuel 2015 #AmeriCan Nate Parker [6] Muted Rachel Goldberg The Voodoo Steven Alexander 2016 Addiction Danny Dzhurayev [7] David's Reviere Neil Creque Williams Sacred Heart Sol Aponte and Jennia Fredrique 2017 $15 Kicks Jenn Shaw [8] #Whereisbeauty Angela McCrae 2 Fists Up Spike Lee 86-32 Randy Wilkins Black Card Pete Chatmon 2018 Oscar Micheaux JD Walker [9] 90 Days Jennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams Amelia's Closet Halima Lucas GEMA Kendrick Price See You Yesterday Stefon Bristol 2019 The Tale of Four Gabourey Sidibe [10] Funk Force Desmond Levi Jackson Hair Wolf Mariama Diallo Jump Kofi Siriboe WTFIMH: What the Fuck is Mental Health Kofi Siriboe
Multiple nominations and wins [ edit ] Multiple nominations [ edit ] References [ edit ]
(Mis)leading Man (2010) Katrina's Son (2011) Wake (2012) The Bluest Note (2013) Black Girl in Paris (2014) #AmeriCan (2015) Addiction (2016) $15 Kicks (2017) Oscar Micheaux (2018) The Tale of Four (2019) Hair Love (2020) Canvas (2021) Coffee (2022) North Star (2023)
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