From 2020 to mid-2023, I got more than seven Awards (and twelve nominations) in the UK. Though, not easy at all. Since then (2024) Awards in the U.S. have risen to 13! And 1 Finalist and a Couple of Semi-Finalist Recognitions!! (15 Nominations)!
FOUR AWARDS IN A ROW at the MIAMI FILM CRITIC AWARD, plus a recent Nomination as Semi-Finalist At SAN JOSE INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL, California!!! Here's the IMDB
Thank you Miami, Thank you Florida!! ¡¡GRACIAS AMÉRICA!!,Thank you AMERICA!! Specially Moved and Touched!! ¡¡Muchas Gracias!!
As told firstly, Unexpected "Amanda's" New Award from the U.S for Best Screenwriting too! Thanks REDWOOD FILM FESTIVAL Mountain View, California!!
The jurors (I don't know), might have gone for the weight of AMANDA' storytelling this time around .I enjoy a lot directing actors as an actor, too: I Try to boost and enhance their works. I even get more excited than them if I watch and sense them especially enjoying playing their roles!!
2023 and 2024 has been a time for me of non-stop Awards throughout the United States - twelve in all at the end!
Double Award at THE FILMSHORT CREATIVE AWARD NASHVILLE!! BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR (BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR)
AND NASHVILLE'S BEST FILMSHORT CREATIVE AWARD FOR THE BEST LGBTQ FILM!!!
After and Award-Win in Hollywood , and East Coast (also nominations, and another Award-Winning for "Best First Time Director" at INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS, New York), this Double Prize have arrived from the outback and the so-called "City of Music"!! Wow! So the film has therefore been screened, watched, nominated and awarded countrywide!
MORENO FUENTES and "AMANDA (SheHeItAlien)" has won Three main Prizes in a row at THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK AWARDS 2023 FIRST EDITION, sponsored by the FRIDA FILM FESTIVAL . Bearing Sir Alfred Hitchcock's name is a huge personal responsibility for the future but an extraordinary honour as well!
Have been one of the Festival's Top Winners in such different categories: BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM, BEST FANTASY FILM and BEST LGBTQ+ FILM.
MORENO FUENTES' "AMANDA" Had also Won at The INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS NEY YORK-22 for BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR!! // ¡¡MORENO FUENTES, se ha alzado con el PREMIO AL MEJOR DIRECTOR-REVELACIÓN por "AMANDA"!! En los INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS NEW YORK-22.
Very excited for this accolade in the States!!
Shouldn't forget to mention The Big HOLLYWOOD AWARD, TOO!! And all those for the Best Director:
In February 2024, I'm still not sure if I've received a total of 13 or 14th Awards together for the Best Director or for the Best Debut Director! What I do remember being sure of is that when I finished the film, I said to myself: "It's going to be difficult for this to win anything" (Lol) :-) You never know: Is out of your hands!
4 AWARD WINNER IN A ROW AT MIAMI FILM CRITIC AWARD. FLORIDA, The U.S. November 2023.
BEST SCREENWRITER AWARD WINNER AT REDWOOD FILM FESTIVAL 2023, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA, The U.S. Sept/Oct 2023.
DOUBLE WINNER FOR BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR AWARD and BEST LGBTQ FILM AWARD at FILMSHORT CREATIVE AWARD, NASHVILLE, TENN The U.S. September 2023
BEST SCI-FI and BEST THRILLER at ORSON WELLES IN PARIS AWARDS. FRIDA FILM FESTIVAL. SEPTEMBRER 2023.
TRIPLE WINNER AT THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK AWARDS FIRST EDITION 2023: BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM, BEST FANTASY FILM AND BEST LGBTQ+ FILM. June 2023. Paris, France.
WINNER AT SPECIAL EVENT IN CANNES Sponsored by EIGHT and a HALF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. May 2023, France.
WINNER AT INTERNATIONAL GOLD AWARDS NEW YORK-22 FOR BEST FIRST TIME DIRECTOR. NY, United States.
SPECIAL JURY HONORABLE MENTION. HOLLYWOOD GOLD AWARDS-22 Los Angeles. US
BEST INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ SHORT FILM AWARD EIGHT AND A HALF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. JANUARY 2022. ROME, ITALY.
BEST DIRECTOR IN EXPERIMENTAL LONDON DIRECTOR AWARD LDA-22. FEBRUARY/MARCH 2022. SHOREDITCH LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM.
BEST DIRECTOR LUIS BUNUEL MEMORIAL AWARDS 2021 (LBMA22) JANUARY 2022
BEST INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ SHORT FILM LUIS BUNUEL MEMORIAL AWARDS (LBMA22) JANUARY 2022.
SPECIAL JURY PRICE FOR BEST DIRECTOR IN EXPERIMENTAL. EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL UNITED KINGDOM. LONDON, THE UNITED KINGDOM EFFUK2021. DECEMBER 2021
BEST DIRECTOR AWARD and BEST INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ FILM AWARD at L'AGE D'OR INTERNATIONAL ARTHOUSE FILM FESTIVAL (LIAFF-21).
WINNER FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL POST-MODERN FILM and OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT AWARD at CALCUTTA INTERNATIONAL CULT FILM FESTIVAL, CICFF-21. India
WINNER GOLDEN LEAF INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OCTOBER 2021.
4-AWARD WINNER AT TAGORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (TIFF-21), India (BEST DIRECTOR, BEST SHORT SCRIPT, BEST ACTOR, BEST LGBTQ FILM).
OFFICIAL SELECTION BEST SHORT FILM AWARD' LONDON OCTOBER 2021. The UNITED KINGDOM.
WINNER FOR BEST DIRECTOR SPECIAL JURY AWARD RAY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FEBRUARY 2021. TAMIL NADU, INDIA.
WINNER FOR BEST LGBTQ AWARD MOVIE 2021. WORLD FILM CARNIVAL FESTIVAL SINGAPORE.
WINNER' SPECIAL JURY AWARD PRIZE. GONA FILM AWARDS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. 1st March 2021 INDIA.
WINNER AT URUVATTI INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL 2021 FOR BEST LGBTQ MOVIE, INDIA.
WINNER FOR BEST LGBTQ SHORT FILM 2021 AT PORT BLAIR INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (PBIFF-21), INDIA.
WINNER AT NORTH EUROPE FUSION INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, LONDON EDITION 2020' BEST INTERNATIONAL LGBTQ SHORT MOVIE AWARD. LONDON FEBRUARY 2020. THE UNITED KINGDOM.
WINNER DRUK HIMALAYAS lNTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL-19 AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD, BHUTAN.
WINNER DELHI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (DIFF-19) SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, INDIA.
WINNER MUMBAI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL EXCELLENCE AWARD, INDIA (MIFF-19).
WINNER NOIDA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (NIFF-20) SPECIAL JURY PRIZE, INDIA.
WINNER CHAMBAL INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL. SPECIAL JURY PRIZE (CIFF-2020).INDIA.
OMOVIES-19 Official Selection. Naples. Italy/ Queens Underground International Festival New York-19. Official Selection. The United States// Semi-Finalist International Shortfilm in a Foreign Language, Los Angeles CineFest-21. The United States// 2 Nominations for South Europe Fusion International Film Festival. Valencia, Spain October 2020.// 2 Nominations for Uruvatti International Film Festival 2021 // 2 Nominations for Port Blair International Film Festival/ 1 Nomination for International Gona Films Award 2021.// 1 Nomination for Golden Harvest FilmFestival-21 Tokyo, Japan.