AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS
Films directed by and starring Kara Hakanson
the bedroom (2021)
AWARDS
Diversity in Cannes Short Film and Webseries Showcase 2023
Best Original Song - Alistair Goldie
NOMINATIONS
Diversity in Cannes Short Film and Webseries Showcase 2023
Best Actress - Kara Hakanson
Best Cinematography - Ben Enke
Best Original Song - Alistair Goldie
OFFICIAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
2022 Red Cedar Film Festival, WI, USA
SEMI-FINALIST
2023 Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival
fifteen (2017)
FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS
Best Coming-of-Age Film 2018 Frozen Film Festival, MN, USA
Loren Savitsky Young Filmmaker Award 2017 Big Water Film Festival, WI, USA
OFFICIAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
2018 Sioux City International Film Festival, IA, USA
2018 Film Girl Film Festival, WI, USA
2018 Glass City Film Festival, OH, USA
2018 The Mespies, MN, USA
2017 Driftless Film Festival, WI, USA
daily mantra (2017)
OFFICIAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
2020 Shorts on Tap, London, UK
2018 Altered Esthetics Film Festival, MN, USA
2018 Festival de films féministes de Montréal, Montréal, QC
2018 Shorts on Tap, London, UK
2017 Minne Mini Film Festival, MN, USA
Films starring Kara Hakanson
Riddled (2020) - directed by Daisy Evans
Voice of Ava, Lead
OFFICIAL FILM FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
2020 Ionian Contemporary Animation Festival (ICONA), Greece
Solar Flare (2015) - directed by Cadence Nelson
Lead
SCREENINGS
2017 MNTV: On the Big Screen, Walker Art Center in partnership with the Independent Filmmaker Project Minnesota (IFP MN) and Twin Cities Public Television (TPT)
2016 Cinema Lounge, Bryant Lake Bowl