Awards
**Nominated** Rumi Foundation, Best Documentary Short, Grierson Awards (MOTHER) 2021
One World Media Prize Award Shortlisted (MOTHER) 2021
**Winner** Jury Award for Best Documentary Short, Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (ABRÁZAME)- 2019
**Winner** Best Short Film (Documentary), Filmmakers without Borders (ABRÁZAME)- 2018 *Winner* Achievement in Directing, Filmmakers without Borders (ABRÁZAME) - 2018 *Winner* Audience Award , LFFF (KIDS ON GENDER) - 2015 *Nominated* David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award, International Documentary Awards (ABRÁZAME) - 2018 *Longlisted* One World Media Awards (ABRÁZAME) - 2018
PRESS/ FEATURES
“As I mentioned earlier, the short film programme at LFF is one of the most consistent I encounter and although it would be easy to recommend a host of films to check out from the 52 selected shorts, here are our five top-picks, all with a S/W connection”: https://www.shortoftheweek.com/news/london-film-festival-2020/
“Through the power of vogueing, a group of young dancers in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, try to find their way in the world in this pulsating documentary. Screened part of the Shorts programme This is the Rhythm of My Life.” https://player.bfi.org.uk/free/film/watch-mother-2020-online
“Arquivo” is being screened at the upcoming CineShots Short Film Festival in Streatham, South London, on the 3rd of March 2020. https://documentaryweekly.com/home/2020/2/29/when-our-memories-burn-the-aftermath-of-rios-museum-fire?fbclid=IwAR2XD4mCg5Kxn3hqjp6Fu68XIISAxVJZgQD42gSAQMDK04KaGkwt-JXMFfE
NFTS Documentary Grad Film Wins Jury Award for Best Documentary at the 2019 Cine Las America Film Festival. https://nfts.co.uk/blog/nfts-documentary-grad-film-wins-jury-award-best-documentary-2019-cine-las-america-film-festival
Abrázme directed by Jas Doyle Pitt will compete for the student award which recognises exceptional achievement in non-fiction film and video production at university level and brings greater public and industry awareness to the work of students in the documentary field. https://nfts.co.uk/blog/two-2018-ida-student-award-nominations-nfts-documentary-grad-films
“Kids on Gender makes us tune into how aware children are from a young age of the disparity between genders. It opens our eyes to see where the beginning of the disparity starts. “ http://girlsinfilm.net/director/jas-pitt
“One particularly precocious girl seems to have a better handle on the complexity of gender identity than most adults.” Gay Essentials https://gay-themed-films.com/bfi-flare-shorts-highlights/