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Interview with Ward Bond for Bond on Cinema discussing Monochromatic.

We won two awards at BIFA qualifying KINO Short Film Festival! Best funded Short and Best First Time Filmmaker for Karen Bryson.

We have been officially selected for the Micheaux Film Festival in LA 21-27 Oct.

Short film Monochromatic nominated for several awards at kino film festival.

We are nominated for 5 awards at the BIFA qualifying KINO London Short Film Festival 2024.

We Won!! We’re thrilled to be the winners of Best Short Film at Kingston International Film Festival 2024.

Official selection at BIFA Qualifying KINO Short Film Festival 28th July – 4th August in London. Monochromatic is screening 2nd Aug at 8.30pm at The Garden Cinema, Covent Garden.

We are nominated for Best UK Short Film and Best Costume Design at the BIFA Qualifying Unrestricted View International Film Festival held in London 29th April-5th May 2024.

Nominated for Best Short Film at the The Las Vegas Black Film Festival.

Official Selection at the Hairouna Film Festival in St Vincent and the Grenadines 24-25 May

We WON! Best Short Film at The Black Film Summit in Illinois U.S in March 2024.

Industria Movies Feature on Karen Bryson. For the full interview click HERE Photo: Bertie Watson

Official Selection for The Northampton Film Festival 8th-16th March 2024

best-cinematograhy-laurel — We won Best Costume at Tweetfest 2023. Congrats to our Cinematographer Tristan Chenais.

best-costume — We won Best Costume at Tweetfest 2023. Congrats to our designer Sergio Pedro.

Winner of Most Innovative Short Film at the City of Angels Women’s Film Festival 2023 held in Los Angeles.

We are one of five films nominated for Best Short Film UK for Bifa qualifying Tweetfest along with 4 other shorts. The Gala was held at the Everyman Cinema Screen on the Green on the 14th of November 2023.

Two of our actresses are nominated for Best Actress. Kenedy McCallam- Martin for ‘Grace’ and Stephanie Levi-John for ‘Bev’

Big Syn International Film Festival Special Mention.

We’ve just been nominated for Best Narrative Short at We Make Movies International Film Festival held in LA 8th-12th November 2023 at The Broadwater Theatre in Santa Monica.

The Big Syn International Film Festival Trailer screening on Piccadilly Lights 16th Oct 2023. A shot from our film was included. Incredibly thrilling to see!

The 225 Film Club Official Selection 2023 held at BFI Southbank NFT3 5pm 26th Oct in London.

Official Selection Black Bottom Film Festival held at The August Wilson African American Cultural Center Oct 27-29 2023. We have also been nominated for Beat Narrative Short Film!

Official Selection at the Diaspora Festival of Black and Independent Film held Oct-Nov at the Stone Center for Black Culture and History in North Carolina USA

We Make Movies Film Festival — Official Selection We Make Movies International Film Festival 8-12 Nov in Los Angeles

Caribbean Tales Film Festival — Official Selection Caribbean Tales International Film Festival 8-22 Sept in Toronto.

Holly Shorts Film Festival closing night red carpet interview for Real TV Films. Press PLAY for the full interview.

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Red Carpet Interview on the Opening Night of Oscar Qualifying Holly Shorts Film Festival in Hollywood with Writer/Director of Monochromatic Karen Bryson

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MovieJawn recommends Monochromatic

Official Selection at the Oscar Qualifying Holly Shorts Film Festival held at the Chinese Theatres Hollywood LA 10-21st Aug 2023

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Writer/Directer of Monochromatic Karen Bryson talks to Digital Journal. Full interview HERE .

We WON!! Best International Short Film at the IBDFF in Canada!

A Cracking Review of Monochromatic by Take2IndieReview. Read the full review HERE

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A Fantastic Review of Monochromatic by Film Threat. Read the full Review HERE

Close Up interview with Writer/Director Karen Bryson. Read the full interview HERE

A Great Review of Monochromatic of by One Film Fan. Read the full review HERE

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Official selection at the International Black & Diversity Film Festival held in Toronto in July 2023

Monochromatic had it’s U.S premiere at the prestigious American Black Film Festival in June 2023

Monochromatic had it’s UK premiere at BUFF Film Festival in London.

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Semi-Finalist Selection at Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival.

Monochromatic are the winners of First Flights Short Film Fund: Women’s Voices 2022

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