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Ben Proudfoot

Awards

Ben Proudfoot

21 wins & 16 nominations

Academy Awards, USA

  • The Last Repair Shop (2023)
    2024 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary Short Film
    • The Last Repair Shop
    Shared with: Kris Bowers
  • The Queen of Basketball (2021)
    2022 Winner Oscar
    • Best Documentary Short Subject
    • The Queen of Basketball
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
    2021 Nominee Oscar
    • Best Documentary Short Subject
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Shared with: Kris Bowers

Atlantic Film Festival

  • The Ox (2013)
    2014 Winner Atlantic Canadian Award - Honorable Mention
    • Best Film
    • The Ox
  • The Ox (2013)
    2014 Winner Atlantic Short - Honorable Mention
    • Best Short
    • The Ox

Cleveland International Film Festival

  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
    2021 Winner Best Black Cinema Short
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Shared with: Kris Bowers

International Documentary Association

  • The Lost Astronaut (2019)
    2021 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Short
    • The Lost Astronaut
    Shared with: Abby Davis · Gabe Godoi
  • 2021 Nominee IDA Award
    • Best Short Form Series
    • Almost Famous
    Shared with: Abby Davis · Gabe Godoi · Jeremy Lambert · Adam Ellick

Nashville Film Festival

  • The Queen of Basketball (2021)
    2021 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Queen of Basketball

News & Documentary Emmy Awards

  • Mink! (2022)
    2023 Nominee Emmy
    • Outstanding Short Documentary
    • Mink!
    Shared with: Naomi Osaka · Philip Byron · Christine Kecher · Kathleen Kingsbury · Yvonne Ashley Kouadjo · Chavonne LeNoir · Stuart Duguid · Rachel Greenwald · Adam Ellick

Palm Springs International ShortFest

  • The Queen of Basketball (2021)
    2021 Winner Best Documentary Short
    • The Queen of Basketball

Phoenix Film Festival

  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Winner Copper Wing Award
    • Best Documentary
    • Rwanda & Juliet

San Francisco International Film Festival

  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
    2021 Nominee Golden Gate Award
    • Best Family Film
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Shared with: Kris Bowers
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
    2021 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Best Family Film
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Shared with: Kris Bowers

Raindance Film Festival

  • Rust (2015)
    2015 Winner Webfest Award
    • Best Director
    • Rust
  • Rust (2015)
    2015 Nominee Webfest Award
    • Best International Webseries
    • Rust

Black Reel Awards

  • The Last Repair Shop (2023)
    2024 Nominee Black Reel
    • Outstanding Short Film
    • The Last Repair Shop
    Shared with: Kris Bowers

Sports Emmy Awards

  • The Turnaround (2024)
    2025 Winner Emmy
    • Outstanding Short Documentary
    • The Turnaround
    Shared with: Kyle Thrash

ReelHeART International Film Festival

  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Nominee Honorable Mention
    • Honorable Mention
    • Rwanda & Juliet
    • Symbiofaerietaxiplasm oder die Feen von Hadres
    Shared with: Georg Vogt · Christian Karst

Red Rock Film Festival

  • Kunstglaser (2017)
    2017 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Short
    • Kunstglaser
  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Rwanda & Juliet
  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Winner Audience Award
    • Documentary Feature
    • Rwanda & Juliet

Naperville Independent Film Festival

  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Nominee NIFF
    • Best Documentary
    • Rwanda & Juliet

Port Townsend Film Festival

  • The Lost Astronaut (2019)
    2020 Winner Audience Award
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Lost Astronaut

Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival

  • The Final Copy of Ilon Specht (2024)
    2024 Winner Best Documentary
    • Best Documentary Short
    • The Final Copy of Ilon Specht

Nevada International Film Festival, US

  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2015 Winner Special Jury Award
    • Best Documentary Feature
    • Rwanda & Juliet

Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema

  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Nominee IIFC Award
    • Best Feature
    • Rwanda & Juliet
  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Nominee IIFC Award
    • Indie Spirit Award
    • Rwanda & Juliet
  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Nominee IIFC Award
    • Best Director - Documentary
    • Rwanda & Juliet

Sport Movies & Tv - Milano International FICTS Fest

  • The Queen of Basketball (2021)
    2023 Winner Mention d'Honneur
    • Documentary Team Sport
    • The Queen of Basketball

Parrsboro Film Festival

  • Rwanda & Juliet (2016)
    2016 Winner Audience Award
    • Favourite Feature Film
    • Rwanda & Juliet

AFI Docs Festival

  • The Lost Astronaut (2019)
    2020 Nominee Grand Jury Prize
    • Short Documentary
    • The Lost Astronaut

Indy Shorts International Film Festival

  • Ben Proudfoot
    2023 Winner Pioneering Spirit Award
  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
    2021 Winner Jenni Berebitsky Legacy Award
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Shared with: Kris Bowers

Walla Walla Movie Crush

  • That's My Jazz (2019)
    2019 Nominee Best Documentary Short
    • That's My Jazz

Nòt Film Fest

  • That's My Jazz (2019)
    2019 Nominee Moonwalker Award
    • Best Superdoc Short
    • That's My Jazz

Cordillera International Film Festival

  • A Concerto Is a Conversation (2020)
    2021 Winner Special Jury Award
    • John Singleton Impact Award
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation
    Shared with: Kris Bowers

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