25 New Faces of Independent Film
September 2026
I am included in Filmmaker magazine's 28th edition the 25 New Faces of Independent Film list, an annual curated cross-section of outstanding independent film creatives from around the world.
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Guggenheim Fellowship
April 2026
I am shooketh (and also a Guggenheim Fellow in Film/Video for 2026). This massive honor comes with generous support for my upcoming film project MUCKRAKERS, co-directed with the incredible Nicola Waugh.
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Winner of Best Documentary, Atlanta Experimental Film Fest
April 2026
Climate Control won Best Documentary Film at the Atlanta Experimental Film Festival.
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GRRL HAUS Interview & Best Documentary Nominee
April 2026
Climate Control will screen at the historic Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, MA as a part of the Best of Shorts program which features standout films from the past year. The film is also nominated for Best Documentary, and I was featured in their Filmmaker Spotlight.
Full interview
March 2026
Climate Control screened in the Films in Competition 12 program at the 64th Ann Arbor Film Festival. It was featured in a press release highlighting the films in this year's festival that engage questions around AI.
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Official Selection Slamdance Film Festival 2026
January 2026
Climate Control was selected for the Experimental Shorts program of the Slamdance Film Festival, which is in Los Angeles for its second year.
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Victor Jacoby Award from the Humboldt Area Foundation
December 2025
I was one of three local artists, including my colleague Gina Tuzzi, to receive the 2025 Victor Jacoby Award for an upcoming film project with Nicola Waugh entitled MUCKRAKERS.
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Climate Control Review in The Osprey
December 2025
Ursula Newman writes about the genesis of Climate Control and how it responds to the influx of AI in higher education in her article "The Extraction Epidemic".
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Welcome to the Enclave on RogerEbert.com
August 2024
I received a stellar review and interview with critic Collin Souter for RogerEbert.com. Souter calls the film's closing scene "one of the strangest and funniest closers to a short film I’ve seen in a long, long time".
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Winner of the Rotten Tomatoes Audience Award
May 2024
Welcome to the Enclave was given the Audience Award at the 11th Chicago Critics Film Festival held at the Music Box Theatre, where it screened alongside Sundance, Tribeca, and SXSW Jury Award winners.
Three more Oscar-qualifying festivals added to the roster
March 2024
Welcome to the Enclave will screen as part of the 62nd Ann Arbor Film Festival on Opening Night, March 26, with other films in competition. It then travels to the 51st Athens International Film and Video Festival to screen in the Late Stage program on April 13. Finally, the film will screen at the 33rd Florida Film Festival!
Slamdance Film Festival Gives Professor Lessons to Share with Students
March 2024
Article in Humboldt NOW about how my filmmaking influences my pedagogy and a teaser of my upcoming project Climate Control, starring and crewed by my Filmmaking III students with a cameo by Cal Poly Humboldt College of Arts and Social Sciences Dean Jeffrey Crane.
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Welcome to the Enclave in 48 Hills
February 2024
Jesse Hawthorne Ficks calls the film "wondrously wicked" and says to "seek out this existential, experimental extravaganza at all costs" in this 48 Hills review of Hicks's favorite features at Sundance, wherein Welcome to the Enclave is the only Slamdance film mentioned.
Welcome to the Enclave in Film Threat
January 2024
Michael Talbot-Hayes gave Welcome to the Enclave a colorfully positive review for Film Threat.
Official Selection Slamdance Film Festival 2024
Welcome to the Enclave screened at Slamdance in Park City, Utah this January in the Experimental Shorts category.
Honorable Mention Jury Award at 30th Chicago Underground Film Festival
September 2023
Welcome to the Enclave screened at the 30th Chicago Underground Film Festival hosted at the Harper Theatre in Hyde Park, Chicago alongside 100 films and was one of six films awarded with an Honorable Mention Jury Award. CUFF is the longest running underground film festival in the world, showcasing the freshest and most daring documentary, experimental, and avant-garde narrative films and videos.
Artist in Residence with Darmstädter Sezession
July 2023
I was an artist in residence at Atelier Siegele for the month of July while shooting my newest project, Climate Control. While in residence, I curated a screening of students films from Cal Poly Humboldt, gave an artist talk with performance artist Mila Hundertmark, and curated a screening of international filmmakers working in the US all presented at Designhaus Darmstadt.
Welcome to the Enclave screens at Nitehawk Cinemas
April 24, 2023
Welcome to the Enclave was featured in NoBudge Live #33 screened at Nitehawk Cinema, the premiere independent theatre, in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. The screening was sold out and featured a Q&A with all the filmmakers afterward.
Welcome to the Enclave premieres on NoBudge
March 2, 2023
NoBudge is a streaming platform for young & emerging filmmakers focused on low-budget cinema, DIY visions, alternative comedy, and film festival shorts. Their mission is to spotlight indie filmmakers and creators working without major industry connection and to serve as a discovery platform.
Wasting Time Youth Screening Tour in China
February 6 - 11, 2023
How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years screened in Guangzhou, Beijing, Chengdu and Shanghai, China alongside the work of my long-time friend and collaborator, Masha Vlasova. The program was curated by Hanyu Hu. The screening qualified my film for the Chinese IMDB!
GHOST Music Video for New Model Homes
December 26, 2022
I made a music video for a visual ablum by New Model Homes, which is a collaboration of Nyasha Chiundiza, Josh Druckman, Peter Katis, Chris Ruggiero, Masa Tsuyuki, and Tim Walsh. The album is available on 7" or listen on Spotify, Apple Music, Pandora, and Youtube.
Honorable Mention at the IN OUT Film Festival
December 3 - 4, 2022
How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years won an Honorable Mention at the IN OUT Film Festival at Łaźnia Center for Contemporary Art in Gdańsk, Poland.
Review from Visions in the Nunnery by Dave Andrews
December 3, 2022
How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years was reviewed by Dave Andrews, a London-based art critic, for its inclusion in Visions in the Nunnery Programme 2 at Bow Arts.
Visions in the Nunnery Programme 2 at Bow Arts in London
November 11 - December 18, 2022
How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years was curated into Visions in the Nunnery Programme 2 at Bow Arts in London, England by curators Webb-Ellis.
The Fuel and Lumber Company Presents: 8 at Laney Contemporary
November 4 - January 14, 2022
The Imagemaker was curated by Pete Schulte and Amy Pleasant into the group exhibition The Fuel and Lumber Company Presents: 8 at Laney Contemporary in Savannah, Georgia.
25 FPS Festival in Zagreb, Croatia
September 21 - 24, 2022
How I Choose to Spend the Remainder of my Birthing Years was an official selection of the 25 FPS 18th International Experimental Film and Video Festival in Zagreb, Croatia.