Awards/Press

AWARDS

2023         Nomination, BEST INTERNATIONAL COMEDY, “Shit Sponge”, Best of New Filmmakers LA
2022          Winner, AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD, “The Sandbox”, Vancouver Run ‘N Gun 48 Hr Film Competition
2022          Winner, BEST PERFORMANCE by Arghavan JenatiCaitlin McCarthy, “Shit Sponge”, The 48
2021          Winner, BEST FILM, “Shit Sponge”, Vancouver Run ‘N Gun 48 Hr Film Competition
2021          Winner, BEST DIRECTION by Brianne Nord-Stewart, “Shit Sponge”, Vancouver Run ‘N Gun 48 Hr Competition
2021          Winner, BEST PERFORMANCE by Arghavan Jenati, “Shit Sponge”, Vancouver Run ‘N Gun 48 Hr Competition
2021            Nominations, BEST PERFORMANCE by Caitlin McCarthy, BEST ENSEMBLE by Arghavan Jenati & Caitlin McCarthy, BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY by Ryan Purcell, BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN by Neil Colango, BEST EDITING by David Trevail, BEST WRITING by Riley Madincea, Vancouver Run ‘N Gun 48 Hr Competition
2021            Nominations, Best Short Int’l Comedy & Best Sound Design, “BOT PROX”, Best of NFMLA Awards, LA
2018            Winner, Best Comedy, “The Dangers of Online Dating”, Vancouver Web Fest
2018            Nominations, Best Comedy & Best of BC,”Young & Reckless”, Vancouver Web Fest
2017            The Newcomer Spotlight Award, Women in Film and Television Vancouver
2017            Nomination, Best Int’l Comedy Series, “Young & Reckless”, Melbourne Web Fest, Melbourne
2017            Best Short Film, “Beat Around the Bush”, Broad Humour Film Festival, Los Angeles
2017            Best Comedy Series,”Young & Reckless”, T.O. Webfest, Toronto
2017            Nomination, Best Canadian Story,”Young & Reckless”, T.O. Webfest, Toronto
2017            Best Int’l Web Series,”Young & Reckless”, Pilot Light UK TV Festival 2017, Manchester, UK
2017            Best Editing, Brianne Nord-Stewart & Alec Richardson, “Young & Reckless”, Hollyweb Festival, LA
2016            Best Comedy Short, “Beat Around the Bush”, Arizona Int’l Film Festival, Tucson, AZ
2014            Harold Greenberg Fund’s Short-to-Features Award for “Beat Around the Bush”
2014            Creative Women Workshops Scholarship for Women in the Director’s Chair
2013            Shaw Media Fearless Female Director Award for “The Provider”, NSI Online Film Festival
2012            Short List,  MPPIA Short Film Award for “Cougars Cruising”, MPPIA and BC Film, Whistler, BC
2012            Nomination, Best Production Design by Enigma Arcana for “The Provider”, Leo Awards, Vancouver
2012            Nomination, Best Costume Design by Enigma Arcana for “The Provider”, Leo Awards, Vancouver
2012            Nomination, Best Cinematography by Amy Belling for “The Provider”, Leo Awards, Vancouver
2012            Nomination, Best Female Performance by Gabrielle Rose for “The Provider”, Leo Awards, Vancouver
2012            3rd place Legacy Award for “The Provider”, Legacy Filmworks at the Vancouver Women in Film Festival
2011             Short List, MPPIA Short Film Award for “No Return”, MPPIA and BC Film, Whistler, BC
2010            Grand Prize, “The Provider”, Bloodshots Canada 48 Hr Film Competition, Vancouver
2010            Nomination, Best Script , “Trolls”, Grand OFF – World Independent Film Awards, Warsaw
2010            Best Film, “The Provider”, Bloodshots Canada 48 Hr Film Competition, Vancouver
2010            Best Costume, “The Provider”, Bloodshots Canada 48 Hr Film Competition, Vancouver
2010            Best Female Director, “Trolls”, Vancouver Short Film Festival
2010            Best Student Production, “Trolls”, The Leo Awards, British Columbia
2010            Best Canadian Short Film, “Trolls”, The World of Comedy Film Festival, Toronto
2010            Honorary Mention, “Trolls”, Int’l Competition, Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival

PUBLICATIONS
2021 July 11,  ““Shit Sponge” cleans up at Vancouver’s Run N Gun 48-hour film competition“, by Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight
2018 Feb 28, “49 Degrees North #19 – Brianne Nord-Stewart“, 49 Degrees North Writers Podcast
2018 Feb 18, “THE ASK: Brianne Nord-Stewart” by Stephanie Law, HER Film Project
2018 Feb 01, “The Next Wave“, IndieScreen

2014 May 23, “Billy Crystal Fills the Silence“, ECUAD News
2013 Sept 16, “Ten Thousand Suns extracts art from the earth”, by Aurora Tejeida, The Ubyssey
2013 Sept, Ten Thousand SunsCatalogue, Helen Belkin/Satellite Gallery, Vancouver, BC
2012 May 24, “Actress relishes in an ’embarrassment of riches’”, by Curtis Woloschuk, WE Vancouver
2012 Jan 27, “New music videos: The Pack a.d., The Autumn Portrait, Wilco“, by Francois Marchand, The Vancouver Sun
2011 Oct 21, “Blood Filled Weekend“, Vancouver Courier
2011 Oct. 12, “@Viffest short films wind down today“, by Kellie Ann Benz, The Shorts Report
2011 Oct 7, “VIFF: Canadian Shorts are long on talent and tech“, by Peter Birnie, Vancouver Sun
2011 Oct 7, “Solid script is foundation for successful short film“, by Peter Birnie,Vancouver Sun
2011 Oct. 5, “The Arts Report“(Listen), Brianne is interviewed by Adam Janusz, CiTR – In Print,
2011 Oct. 3, AhornTV, E5S2, Brianne opens the German TV show at VIFF 2011 Media Conference
2011 Sept 30, CBC Radio North, Director Brianne Nord-Stewart, Yellowknife
2011 Sept 24, CBC Radio Vancouver, The Provider is mentioned as a highlight of VIFF Canadian Shorts
2011 Sept 7, Vancouver Sun article about Gabrielle Rose at the Vancouver Int’l Film Festival
2011 Sept 1, The Provider selected for Cinéfest Sudbury Int’l Film Festival, The Sudbury Star
2011 Feb. 18, “It’s not your film that sucks its your script”, by Kellie Ann Benz, NSI
2010 Dec. 17, “Complexity enters editing stage”, Cynthia Ramsay, Jewish Independent, Vancouver
2010 Nov 1, “Vancouver Short Film Festival awards: Everything’s Coming Up Rosie, Empire City“, by Craig Takeuchi, The Georgia Straight
2010 June, “Slap ‘n’ Tickle”, Review by Robert Bell, Exclaim Magazine, Toronto
2010 June, “Slap ‘n’ Tickle”, Review by Kieran Grant, EYE WEEKLY, Toronto
2010 Spring, “Student + Alumni Achievements”, Visions, Vancouver, BC
2010 Feb. 24, “2010 Young Artist Awards nominations for B.C. short films”, Craig Takeuchi, Georgia Straight, Vancouver
2010 Feb. 24, “World of Comedy Film Festival Toronto”, by Gilbert Seah, Cinema Eye
2010 Feb. 21, “Trolls Looms Large”, by Kellie Ann Benz, The Shorts Report: NSI
2010 Feb. 11, “Public Celluloid Sex”, by John Sekerka, Ottawa XPress, Ottawa, ON
2010 Jan. 28, “Victoria grad’s short film on way to French fest”, Liz Nicholls, Edmonton Journal
2009 May, Undergraduate Catalogue, ECUAD, Vancouver, BC,
2008 Emily Carr Viewbook”, Reality TV, still photo, ECIAD, Vancouver, BC