Ellie Foumbi Biography

Awards

• 2017BAFTA/LA Student Film Award-Best Short Film: winner
• 2022ABFF Jury Award-Best Screenplay, Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2022John Singleton Award-Best First Feature: winner
• 2022ABFF Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2022ABFF Jury Award-Best Director, Narrative Feature: nominated
• 2022Best International Feature-International Narrative Competition: nominated
• 2022SOON!-Best First Feature: nominated
• 2022New York Women in Film & Television Award-Excellence in Narrative Filmmaking: winner
• 2022Ka'u Ka Hoku Filmmaker Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2022Grand Prize-Narrative Feature: winner
• 2022Jury Prize-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2022Audience Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2022Audience Award-U.S. Cinema Indie: winner
• 2022Mind the Gap Award-: winner
• 2022Jury Award-Best Narrative Feature: winner
• 2022German Independence Award - Special Mention-Best Film: winner
• 2022German Independence Award - Audience Award-Best Film: nominated
• 2022Best Black Lens Film-BEST BLACK LENS: winner
• 2022Best Narrative Feature-: winner
• 2022Female Filmmaker Spotlight Award-: winner
• 2022Excellence in the Art of Filmmaking Award-Special Jury Mention: winner
• 2022Best Screenplay-: winner
• 2022EYE on TIFF Debut Feature Competition-Best Feature Film: nominated
• 2022Audience Award-Narrative: winner
• 2023Feature Film Competition-Best Director: winner
• 2023AMAA-Best Diaspora Narrative Feature: winner
• 2023Jury Prize-Best Feature: winner
• 2023Etalon D'or-Fiction Feature Film Competition: nominated
• 2023Independent Spirit Award-Best Feature: nominated
• 2023Harlem International Film Festival Award-Best film: nominated
• 2023Mira Nair Award for Rising Female Filmmaker-Rising Female Filmmaker: nominated
• 2023New Voices/New Visions Grand Jury Prize-: nominated
• 2023New Voices/New Visions Special Jury Mention-: winner
• 2023Copper Wing Award-Best Picture - World Cinema: winner
• 2023George Sidney Independent Film Competition Winner-Best Feature: winner
• 2023DC Filmmaker Award-Best Female Feature Director: winner
• 2023Best Feature-Best Feature Film: winner
• 2024Black Reel-Outstanding International Film: nominated