MADDY FREEMAN
AWARDS
He Made His Bed
2024
Driving Her Away
2022
Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[SEMI-FINALIST]
[FINALIST]
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Cranford Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Golden Door International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Nassau Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[WINNER: PRINCETON TIGER AWARD]
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New York Lift-Off Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Bergen International Film Festival of NJ
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Northeast Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
2023
Brightside Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[NOMINEE: BEST FILM - COLLEGE]
[NOMINEE: BEST DIRECTOR - COLLEGE]
[NOMINEE: BEST SCRIPT/STORY - COLLEGE]
[NOMINEE: BEST ACTRESS - COLLEGE (SÒNIA VICTORIA WERNER)]
[NOMINEE: BEST ENSEMBLE - COLLEGE]
[WINNER: BEST FILM - COLLEGE]
[WINNER: BEST SCRIPT/STORY - COLLEGE]
NYU First Run Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Chelsea Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]​
2025
Dumbo Film Festival
[SEMI-FINALIST]
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New Jersey Fourth Wall Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
​
Grove Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[NOMINEE: BEST ACTOR (KIAN BARRY)]
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Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
​
Cranford Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
Appetite
2020
Monmouth Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
​
Grove Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[UNDERGRAD COLLEGE STUDENT HONORABLE MENTION]
2021
jellyFEST Film Festival - Season 5
[FINALIST]
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Garden State Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Count Basie Center Teen + College Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Golden Door International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
​
Nassau Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Lonely Wolf: London International Film Festival
[SEMI-FINALIST: BEST MICRO-SHORT FILM]
[NOMINEE: OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL DEBUT BY A YOUNG FILMMAKER]
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RED Movie Awards
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[FINALIST]
[WINNER: HONORABLE MENTION - BEST MICROFILM]
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FILMHAUS Berlin Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[NOMINEE: BEST ORIGINAL CONCEPT]
[NOMINEE: BEST STUDENT SHORT]
[NOMINEE: BEST LOW-BUDGET SHORT]
[NOMINEE: BEST COMEDY/MUSICAL SHORT]
[NOMINEE: BEST NEWCOMER DIRECTOR]
2022
CLIMAX Film Festival
[NOMINEE: BEST COMEDY]
[NOMINEE: BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER]
[SEMI-FINALIST: BEST STUDENT FILM]
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SENSEI Tokyo Film Festival
[NOMINEE: BEST STUDENT FILM]
[NOMINEE: BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER]
[NOMINEE: BEST COMEDY]
[NOMINEE: BEST EDITING]
[NOMINEE: EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD]
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MAGMA Film Awards
[SEMI-FINALIST: BEST STUDENT FILM]
[NOMINEE: BEST COMEDY]
[SEMI-FINALIST: EMERGING FILMMAKER AWARD]
[NOMINEE: BEST YOUNG FILMMAKER]
2023
Because I Love Him
2020
Count Basie Center Teen + College Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Jersey Shore Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
('Elite Level' submission due to early acceptance; nominated for an award)
[NOMINEE: BEST JERSEY SHORT SHORT]
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One-Reeler Short Film Competition
[WINNER: HONORABLE MENTION]
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Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
2021
jellyFEST Film Festival - Season 5
[SEMI-FINALIST]
​
Harvard College Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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New York Lift-Off Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
Turn Off
2019
Tisch 48 Hour Film Festival
[FINALIST]
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NYU CAB 22 First Year Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Harvard College Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Los Angeles CineFest
[SEMI-FINALIST]
Sydney World Fest
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
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Cinesis Independent FilmFest
[NOMINEE: BEST STUDENT FILM (3rd Place)]
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Planet Cinema
[NOMINEE: BEST STUDENT FILM]
[NOMINEE: BEST YOUNG DIRECTOR]
Interview
2019
Depth of Field International Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
[WINNER: EXCEPTIONAL MERIT]
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Los Angeles CineFest
[SEMI-FINALIST]
2020
Garden State Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
2021
jellyFEST Film Festival - Season 5
[SEMI-FINALIST]
​
FlickFair Film Festival
[OFFICIAL SELECTION]
The Decision
2018
Millburn Film Festival
[WINNING FILM]
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Los Angeles CineFest
[SEMI-FINALIST]
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Krueger-Rhodes Awards
[WINNER: BEST DIRECTING]
[WINNER: OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY]
[WINNER: OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN EDITING]
[WINNER: BEST ORIGINAL DRAMA]
[WINNER: BEST ACTOR (JASON WEI)]
[WINNER: BEST ACTRESS (SOPHIE RICHMAN)]
Millburn High School Key Club NJ DCON Submission
2018
NJ DCON Video Competition
[WINNER: FIRST PLACE]
