Complete listing of awards, national, and international screenings is provided at the end.
   HANGING ​(5 min. 2016)
  • Synopsis - A loving mother desperately attempting to save her son from a luring fog of depression. 
  • ​Addresses the moment of a suicide attempt cinematically visualizing the experience for audiences.​             
          
            WINNER - BEST ANIMATED SHORT - Catalina Island Film Festival, 2016.     
            WINNER - BEST ANIMATED SHORT - SOHO International Film Festival, 2017.
             SEMI-FINALIST - ANIMATED SHORT - 43rd Student Academy Awards, 2016.  
             Conference Exhibition - 44th American Psychotherapy Association's Winter Symposium, 2017.
             Conference Exhibition - 2nd Canadian Mental Health Association's MH4A Conference, 2017.
             Conference Exhibition - 26th European Congress of Psychiatry, 2018.
TRAILER - 1 min.

​FULL SHORT FILM - 5 min.

   DEAR DAD (3 min. 2019) 
  • Synopsis - A father and son who struggle to communicate.
  • Addresses the moment of parental loss provoking conversations on grief and the importance of dialogue.
             
            WORLD PREMIERE - Animation Day in Cannes, 72nd Cannes Film Festival, 2019.
             WINNER - BEST ANIMATED SHORT - Los Angeles Film Awards, 2019.
             WINNER - BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM - Rough Cut Film Festival, 2019.
             - Currently in competition throughout 2020. 
TRAILER - 1 Min.

​FULL SHORT FILM - Online Available in 2020. 
Film Festival Selections​

​​- AWARDS -
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"Best Animated Short" -  Catalina Film Festival. Catalina Island, California. 2016
"Best Animated Film" -  SOHO International Film Festival. New York City. 2017
"Best Animated Film" -   Los Angeles Film Awards. Los Angeles, Canada. 2019
"Best Animated Short" -   FEEDBACK Animation Festival. Toronto, Canada. 2017
"Best Animated Short" -  Rough Cut Film Festival. Philadelphia. Pennsylvania. 2016
"Best Experimental Film" -  Rough Cut Film Festival. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2019
​"Best Animated Short" -  ReadingFilmFEST: StudentFEST. Reading, Pennsylvania. 2016
"Best Animated Short" -  Bucks County Fever Film Fest. Doylestown, Pennsylvania. 2016
​"Best University Film of the Month" -  TMFF: The Monthly Film Festival. Glasgow, Scotland. 2016
"Best Animated Short" - West Chester International Film Festival. West Chester, Pennsylvania. 2016
"Animation For Adults Award" -  ANNY: Animation Nights New York: Best of Fest. New York City. 2017
"Best Short Film" and "Best Director" -  Red Ditch Halloween Horror Film Festival. Redditch England. 2016
"Award of Excellence in University Animation" -  Accolade Global Film Competition. Los Angeles, California. 2016
"Olive Collection Winner - September Suicide Awareness Month" -  Art With Impact. San Francisco, California. 2017
"Finalist  - Animated Short" -   59th CINE Golden Eagle Awards.  New York City, NY. 2016
"Semi-Finalist - Animated Short" -   43rd Student Academy Awards.  Beverly Hills, California. 2016
​
- OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - International -

​Animation Day in Cannes. Cannes, France. 2019
Global Health Film Festival. London, England. 2016
Ethnografilm Film Festival. Montemarte, France. 2017
Tehran International Short Film Festival. Tehran, Iran. 2017
Sunlight International Film Festival. Moscow, Russia. 2016
Los Angeles San Rafael Film Festival. Segovia, Spain. 2016
​International Festival of Red Cross Films. Varna, Bulgaria. 2019
Liverpool International Film Festival. Liverpool, England. 2016
Le Sommets du Cinema d'animation. Montreal, Canada. 2017 
15th Festival Internazionale del Cinema d'Arte. Milan, Italy. 2016
London Golden International Film Festival. London, England. 2016 
Safe Community International Film Festival. Mashhad, Iran. 2017
Move Me Productions: Short Film Festival. Cologne, Belgium. 2016
AJAYU International Animated Short Film Festival. Puno, Peru. 2016
Experimental & Subreal Animation Screening. Istanbul, Turkey. 2017
Kinofest International Animation Festival. Bucharest, Romania. 2016
Short Pole London International Film Festival. London, England. 2016
FRESCO International Festival of Modern Art. Yerevan, Armenia. 2017
Pokhara International Mountain Film Festival. Nepal, South Asia. 2016
Mental Health Film Festival- TRIMITI Trust - Mindscope. Pune, India. 2017
Bucheon International Animation Festival. Bucheon, South Korea. 2016
Zoom ZBLIŻENIA International Film Festival. Jelenia Gora, Poland. 2017
INPUT Student Documentary Film Festival. Hilversum, Netherlands. 2016
Future Vision Asia International (Wenzhou) Exhibition. Beijing, China. 2016
Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal. Montreal, Quebec. 2016
Anim!arte International Animation Festival of Brazil. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 2017
Festival Internacional de Cortometrajes y Arte sore Enfermedades. Valencia, Spain. 2016
Our City Film Project. Cape Town, South Africa. 2017
​Sydney World Film Festival. Sydney, Australia. 2016
Ou chy Film Awards. Lausanne, Switzerland. 2016
IMAGE Power Arts Summit. Beijing, China. 2016
Largo Film Awards. Geneva, Switzerland. 2016
AM Egypt Film Festival. Cario, Egypt. 2017
Athens Animfest. Athens, Greece. 2017 
​Ibiza Cinefest. Ibiza, Spain. 2017

- OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - National (USA) -

Los Angelos Film Awards. Los Angelos, California. 2019 
Burbank International Film Festival. Burbank, California. 2016 
National Film Festival for Talent Youth. Seattle, Washington. 2016 
ANNY: Animation Nights New York. New York City, New York. 2019 
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival. Austin, Texas. 2016
American Documentary Film Festival. Palm Springs, California. 2017
DRAWTASTICON 2D Animation Festival. Seattle, Washington. 2017
Monmouth International Film Festival. Monmouth, New Jersey. 2019  
ASIFA East: Queer Animation Screening. New York City, New York. 2017
Philadelphia Independents Film Screening. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 2017 
Newtown Theater Independent Film Screening. Newtown, Pennsylvania. 2016
Blow - UP Chicago International Art House Film Festival. Chicago, Illinois. 2016
Cinema Diverse: Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Festival. Palm Springs, California.  2016
Princeton University Film Festival. Princeton, New Jersey. 2017
International Peace and Film Festival. Orlando, Florida. 2016
Awareness Film Festival. Los Angelos, California. 2016
Los Angeles CineFest. Los Angeles, California. 2016
First Take Film Series. Ambler, Pennsylvania. 2017
​Trenton Film Festival. Trenton, New Jersey. 2017
Miami Short Film Festival. Miami, Florida. 2017
Film Quest. Utah, Provo. 2017
​
- SHORT LISTED -
​
Paphos International Film Festival. Paphos, Mediterranean Island of Crypus. 2017
Locomotion and Experimental Animation Festival. Mexico City, Mexico. 2016
Mountain Valley Film Competition. San Francisco, California. 2016 
Something's Wild Film Festival. Durango, Colorado. 2016
HollyShorts Film Festival. Hollywood, California. 2016​​
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Nick LeDonne mental health and suicide prevention public speaker serving New Jersey Philadelphia Pennsylvania Delaware New York for high schools and colleges focused on youth suicide awareness and depression.