AWARDS & NOMINATIONS 2025 - WINNER - Rising Star - Stellar Film Festival 2025 - WINNER - Best Actor - Peninsula Film Festival 2024 - WINNER - Best Actress (National) - Canberra Short Film Festival 2023, 2024 - FINALIST - Alliance Francaise Berthe Mouchette Poetry Competition 2018 - WINNER - First Prize for original song "Pop the Popcorn!"(age 6) - Australian Children's Music Foundation National Songwriting Competition JURY STATEMENTS - The Meaningless Daydreams of Augie & Celeste (Pernell Marsden 2024) MIFF Shorts Awards 2024 ‘The performances delivered by the young cast are impressive, and the short film manages to deliver a powerful message about the expectations placed on girls and young women in Australian society today while also offering some hope for change.’ Fantastic Fest Shorts Awards 2024 'For wonderfully expressing how intense childhood fantasies and friendships can feel so real they can make you question your reality. Fantastic performances, deftly filmed, and artfully edited.' Sydney Film Festival - WINNER - Rouben Mamoulian Award for Best Director Melbourne International Film Festival - WINNER - Erwin Rado Best Australian Short Fantastic Fest - WINNER - Best Fantastic Short Uppsala Short Film Festival - NOMINEE - Grand Prix Slamdance - NOMINEE - Grand Jury Prize Stellar Film Festival - WINNER - Best Film Peninsula Film Festival - WINNER - Second Prize Wench Film Festival India - WINNER - Best Short Film Melbourne Women in Film Festival - WINNER - Best Victorian Short RealGood Film Festival - WINNER - Best Short Film