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The Six Dollar Fifty Man
Short Film (Full Length) – 2009
2010 Sundance Film Festival (United States)
Jury Prize in International Short Filmmaking Section
2010 60th Berlin Film Festival (Germany)
Special Mention –Generation Kplus section
2010 Aspen Film Festival (United States)
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), Los Angeles Prize for Excellence
2010 Flickerfest (Australia)
Coopers Award for Best Short Film
2010 20th Annual Cinequest Film Festival (United States)
Best Narrative Short
2010 Vladivostok International Film Festival (Russia)
Best Short Film
2009 Cannes Film Festival (France)
Special Distinction
2009 Qantas Film and Television Awards (New Zealand)
Best Short Film
Best Screenplay
Best Actor: Oscar Vandy-Connor
2009 Valladolid International Film Festival (Spain)
Silver Spike
2009 Expresion en Corto (Mexico)
Best International Short Fiction Film
2009 Middle East International Film Festival (United Arab Emirates)
Black Pearl 09 for Best Narrative Short
2009 Show Me Shorts Film Festival (New Zealand)
Best Director: Mark Albiston and Louis Sutherland
Festivals include
2011 Portland (United States), Sprockets (Canada), Dresden (Germany), Warsaw (Poland), 2010 Hong Kong, International Children's Film Festival, Nashville, Seattle, and Palm Springs (all United States), Magma Short Film Festival (New Zealand), Wairoa Maori Film Festival (New Zealand), Short Shorts (Japan), Munich International Short Film Festival (Germany), Sao Paulo International Short Film Festival(Brazil), 2009 NZ International Film Festival, Melbourne, Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Stockholm, (Sweden), Taipei (Taiwan)
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