Awards

American Society of Cinematographers, USA

ASC Award [Winner] (2022)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography in Documentary Film
Faya Dayi (2021)

Anchorage International Film Festival

Best Documentary [Nominee] (2017)

Best Documentary (Short)
Joint Winners
Unwelcome (2017)
He Who Dances on Wood (2016)

Athens International Film Festival

Golden Athena [Winner] (2021)

Best Documentary
Faya Dayi (2021)

Bilbao International Festival of Documentary and Short Films

ZINEBI First Film Award [Winner] (2021)

Special Mention
Faya Dayi (2021)

Black Reel Awards

Black Reel [Nominee] (2022)

Outstanding Foreign Film
Ethiopia
Faya Dayi (2021)

Camden International Film Festival

Emerging Cinematic Vision Award [Nominee] (2021)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Camerimage

Golden Frog [Nominee] (2021)

Documentary Films Competition
Faya Dayi (2021)

Carthage Film Festival

Tanit d'Or [Nominee] (2021)

Documentary Feature Film
Faya Dayi (2021)

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US

Cinema Eye Honors Award [Nominee] (2022)

Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Faya Dayi (2021)

Cinema Eye Honors Award [Nominee] (2022)

Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film
Faya Dayi (2021)

Cinema Eye Honors Award [Nominee] (2022)

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
Faya Dayi (2021)

Cinema Eye Honors Award [Nominee] (2022)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
Faya Dayi (2021)

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Award [Nominee] (2021)

Best First Documentary Feature
Faya Dayi (2021)

Critics' Choice Documentary Award [Nominee] (2021)

Best Cinematography
Faya Dayi (2021)

Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival

International Docs Competition [Nominee] (2021)

International Dox Award
Faya Dayi (2021)

Encounters South African International Documentary Festival

Audience Award [Nominee] (2021)

Best Documentary
Faya Dayi (2021)

Film Independent Spirit Awards

Truer Than Fiction Award [Winner] (2022)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Full Frame Documentary Film Festival

Reva and David Logan Grand Jury Award [Winner] (2021)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Charles E. Guggenheim Emerging Artist Award [Winner] (2021)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Center for Documentary Studies Filmmaker Award [Winner] (2021)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Ghent International Film Festival

Grand Prix [Nominee] (2021)

Best Film
Faya Dayi (2021)

Gotham Awards

Gotham Independent Film Award [Nominee] (2021)

Best Documentary
Faya Dayi (2021)

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival

Audience Award [Winner] (2021)

Markers
Faya Dayi (2021)

International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala, India

Jury Prize [Nominee] (2021)

International Long Documentary
Faya Dayi (2021)

International Documentary Association

IDA Award [Nominee] (2022)

Best Feature
Faya Dayi (2021)

IDA Award [Nominee] (2022)

Best Director
Faya Dayi (2021)

IDA Award [Nominee] (2022)

Best Cinematography
Faya Dayi (2021)

La Roche-sur-Yon International Film Festival

Grand Prix du Jury [Nominee] (2021)

Compétition internationale
Faya Dayi (2021)

London Film Festival

Grierson Award [Nominee] (2021)

Documentary Film
Faya Dayi (2021)

Nyon Visions du Réel

FIPRESCI Prize [Winner] (2021)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Grand Prix [Winner] (2021)

International Feature Film Competition
Faya Dayi (2021)

Seattle International Film Festival

Documentary Competition Award [Nominee] (2021)

Faya Dayi (2021)

Sundance Film Festival

Grand Jury Prize [Nominee] (2021)

World Cinema - Documentary
Faya Dayi (2021)

Short Film Grand Jury Prize [Nominee] (2017)

Hairat (2017)