Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film

Motion picture award for short film

Black Reel Award for Outstanding Short Film
Country	United States
Presented by	The Black Reel Awards (BRAs)
First awarded	Black Reel Awards of 2010
Most recent winner	Canvas (Black Reel Awards of 2021)
Website	blackreelawards.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
2010
	(Mis)leading Man	Morocco Omari
	Life on Earth	Jeffrey Keith
	The Roe Effect	Kiel Adrian Scott
2011
	Katrina's Son	Ya'Ke Smith
	Stag & Doe	Daniel Patterson
	Cred	Sherman Payne
2012
	Wake	Bree Newsome
	The Abyss Boys	Jan-Hendrik Beetge
	Fig	Ryan Coogler
	The Tombs	Jerry Lamothe
	Wolf Call	Rob Underhill
2013
	The Bluest Note	Maruqes Green
	Crossover	Tina Mabry
	Last/First Kiss	Andrea Ashton
	Record/Play	Jesse Atlas
	White Space	Maya Washington
2014
	Black Girl in Paris	Kiandra Parks
	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
	Muted	Rachel Goldberg
	The Voodoo	Steven Alexander
2016
	Addiction	Danny Dzhurayev
	David's Reviere	Neil Creque Williams
	Sacred Heart	Sol Aponte and Jennia Fredrique
2017
	$15 Kicks	Jenn Shaw
	#Whereisbeauty	Angela McCrae
	2 Fists Up	Spike Lee
	86-32	Randy Wilkins
	Black Card	Pete Chatmon
2018
	Oscar Micheaux	JD Walker
	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
	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
2020
	Hair Love	Matthew A. Cherry
	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
	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
	54 Years Late	Michele Wise Wright
	The Door of Return	Kokutekeleza Musebeni & Anna Zhukovets
	Junior	Jehnovah Carlisle
	The Snakes	Michelle Beck
2023	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

Multiple nominations and wins

Multiple nominations

2 Nominations

References

2010 Black Reel Awards
2011 Black Reel Awards
2012 Black Reel Awards
"Critics Wild About Beasts". Black Reel Awards. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
"2014 Black Reel Awards - Nominees". Black Reel Awards. December 11, 2014. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
2015 Black Reel Awards
2016 Black Reel Awards
2017 Black Reel Awards
2018 Black Reel Awards
2019 Black Reel Awards
2020 Black Reel Awards
"2021 Black Reel Awards". Archived from the original on 2021-02-22. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
"'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.
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.

v t e Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film
(Mis)leading Man (2010) Katrina's Son (2011) Wake (2012) The Bluest Note (2013) Black Girl in Paris (2014) #AmeriCan (2015) Addiction (2016) $15 Kicks (2017) Oscar Micheaux (2018) The Tale of Four (2019) Hair Love (2020) Canvas (2021) Coffee (2022) North Star (2023)

v t e Black Reel Awards
Film	Film Director Lead Performance Supporting Performance Breakthrough Performance Ensemble Screenplay Documentary International Film Independent Film Independent Documentary Cinematography Costume Design Editing Hairstyling & Makeup Original Score Original Song Original Soundtrack Production Design Voice Performance Short Film Emerging Director First Screenplay
Television	Comedy Series Drama Series Movie or Limited Series Documentary Variety, Sketch, or Talk – Series or Special Lead Performance in a Comedy Series Lead Performance in a Drama Series Lead Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series Supporting Performance in a Drama Series Supporting Performance in a TV Movie/Limited Series Guest Performance in a Comedy Series Guest Performance in a Drama Series Directing, Comedy Series Directing, Drama Series Director, TV Movie/Limited Series Writing, Comedy Series Writing, Drama Series Writing, TV Movie/Limited Series Cinematography Costume Design Editing Makeup & Hairstyling Musical Score Music Supervision Original Song Production Design
Retired	Actor Actress Supporting Actor Supporting Actress Breakthrough Performance, Male Breakthrough Performance, Female Actor, Independent Film Actress, Independent Film Actor, Drama Series Actress, Drama Series Supporting Actor, Drama Series Supporting Actress, Drama Series Guest Actor, Drama Series Guest Actress, Drama Series Actor, Comedy Series Actress, Comedy Series Supporting Actor, Comedy Series Supporting Actress, Comedy Series Guest Actor, Comedy Series Guest Actress, Comedy Series Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actor, TV Movie/Limited Series Supporting Actress, TV Movie/Limited Series Original Television Program Film Poster
Ceremonies	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

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