Awards
Awards
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Stanford Doc Program Alumni Earn 2026 Emmy Nominations
Stanford documentary alumni have been nominated for News & Documentary Emmy Awards including directing and producing nods for a film about disability rights and editing recognition for a climate crisis investigation
April 08, 2026
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American Pachuco Wins at 2026 Sundance Film Festival
The documentary by David Alvarado ’10 won the “Audience Award: U.S. Documentary” and the “Festival Favorite Award.”
February 09, 2026
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Elizabeth Lo’s MISTRESS DISPELLER awarded in Venice
Lo's second feature focuses on a new industry devoted to helping couples stay married in the face of infidelity
September 11, 2024
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Faye Tsakas’ thesis film premieres at SxSW, wins at HotDocs
Slice-of-life glimpse of preteen influencers wins praise.
May 05, 2024
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Dominic Yarabe’s HEADSHOT wins at Big Sky
Yarabe's first-year 16mm film wins Mini-Doc Artistic Vision Award
February 23, 2024
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Drew de Pinto (MFA ‘22) receives 2023 New Voices Filmmaker Grant from Netflix and NewFest
Drew de Pinto, an alum of Stanford's MFA in Documentary Film program, has been selected as one of the recipients of the 2023 New Voices Filmmaker Grant, awarded by Netflix and NewFest. This grant recognizes emerging LGBTQ+ filmmakers.
June 21, 2023
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Stanford films and students awarded at SFFILM Festival
Aurora Brachman's (MFA '21) thesis film wins Bay Area Short Film Prize
April 25, 2023
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Reid Davenport wins at Independent Spirit Awards
Stanford MFA Documentary Film alum picks up Truer Than Fiction Award for his debut feature "I Didn't See You There"
March 08, 2023
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Luke Lorentzen wins Directing Award at Sundance
Stanford alum and lecturer wins the Sundance Documentary Directing Award for his latest feature "A Still Small Voice"
January 29, 2023
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Drew de Pinto's thesis film nominated for IDA Award
Compton's '22 nominated for IDA's David L. Wolper Student Documentary Film Award
November 11, 2022
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Stanford student films win at BlackStar Film Festival
Thesis films by Adrian Burrell and Aurora Brachman win top honors for short docs at BlackStar
August 10, 2022
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Reid Davenport ('16) wins Sundance Directing Award
In his film, Davenport offers an unflinching meditation on freakdom, (in)visibility, and the pursuit of individual agency
February 10, 2022
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Yeon Park's film named Student Academy Award semifinalist
A young woman buys a time machine for her father off of eBay. With the mysterious device, she begins an unexpected journey through her father's memory.
July 19, 2020
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Elizabeth Lo's Stray wins Hot Docs and is acquired by Magnolia
Lo's ('15) debut feature making big waves
July 19, 2020