Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Short Film
CountryUnited States
Presented byThe Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awardBlack Reel Awards of 2010
Most recent winner Canvas (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Websiteblackreelawards.com

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

Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.

2010s

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

2020s

Year Film Director Ref
2020
Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry [11]
America Garrett Bradley
It's Not About Jimmy Keene Caleb Jaffe
Suicide by Sunlight Nikyatu Jusu
Zahra and the Oil Man Yucef Mayes
2021
Canvas Frank E. Abney III [12]
Brother Ya'Ke Smith
The Cypher Letia Solomon
Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad Camrus Johnson
The Pandemic Chronicles Ya'Ke Smith
2022
Coffee Jordan Pitt [13]
54 Years Late Michele Wise Wright
The Door of Return Kokutekeleza Musebeni & Anna Zhukovets
Junior Jehnovah Carlisle
The Snakes Michelle Beck
2023
North Star P.J. Palmer [14]
Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison Cinque Northern
Elegy: My Two Months in Harlem Andre Lambertson
Fannie Christine Swanson
New Moon Jeremie Balais, Raúl Domingo and Jeffig Le Bars
2024
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson [15]
The Last Repair Shop Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers
ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton A.K. Sandhu
Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney Nazenet Habtezghi
The Dads Luchina Fisher
2025
Chocolate with Sprinkles Huriyyah Muhammad [16]
Mosiah Jirard
On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris
Self Searit Kahsay Huluf
Will I See You Again? Michael Perez-Lindsey

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

References

  1. ^ 2010 Black Reel Awards
  2. ^ 2011 Black Reel Awards
  3. ^ 2012 Black Reel Awards
  4. ^ "Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  6. ^ 2015 Black Reel Awards
  7. ^ 2016 Black Reel Awards
  8. ^ 2017 Black Reel Awards
  9. ^ 2018 Black Reel Awards
  10. ^ 2019 Black Reel Awards
  11. ^ 2020 Black Reel Awards
  12. ^ "2021 Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
  13. ^ "'The Harder They Fall' Sets Record with 20 Nominations from the Black Reel Awards". Black Girl Nerds. BGN Staff. 16 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  14. ^ Complex, Valerie (December 15, 2022). "Black Reel Awards Nominations Announced For 23rd Annual Ceremony; 'The Woman King' And 'Black Panther: Wakanda Forever' Lead With 14 Nominations". Deadline.
  15. ^ Carey, Matthew (October 19, 2023). "'The 1619 Project,' 'Nothing Lasts Forever' Lead Charge As Cinema Eye Honors Announces First Round Of Documentary Nominations [Full List]". Deadline. Retrieved December 22, 2023.
  16. ^ Jackson, Angelique (2024-10-19). "'Nickel Boys' Leads Black Reel Awards Nominees". Variety.
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