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