K.I.N.G., Writer | Director | Editor - Rashad Frett
A troubled kid ventures into an unfamiliar city seeking to bond with his estranged father.
**Based on actual events**
“Had I not Fallen, I would not have arisen. Had I not been a subject to darkness, I could not have seen the light”
AWARDS & RECOGNITION
2018 DGA Student Film Award - WINNER (Eastern Region African American Category)
2018 BAFTA - HBO Scholar
2019 BET Blackhouse Foundation Fellowship at Sundance
2019 NYU First Run Film Festival - King Wasserman Award - WINNER (3rd Prize) and Craft Awards (Best Supporting Actress and Best Cinematography)
2019 Gentle Jack's Real to Reel Competition with Omari Hardwick - NATIONAL GRAND PRIZE WINNER
2019 BlackStar Film Festival - Official Selection
2019 BronzeLens Film Festival - Best Student Film
2019 MECCAcon International Film Festival - Official Selection
2019 Cucalorus Film Festival - Official selection
2019 Independent Shorts Award - Best Student Short & Best Student Director (Male)
2019 New York Film Awards - (October) Best Student short film and Best Young Actor
2020 Annapolis Film Festival - Official Selection
2020 Caribbean Tales International Film Festival- WINNER - Best Short Film
2020 Trinidad + Tobago Film Festival - Best Youth Jury Film Nominee
2020 New York Film Awards - Best Student Film (Annual Award)
2020 Hip Hop Film Festival - Official Selection
2020 Bushwick Film Festival - Official Selection
2020 London Short Series - Best Student Short Nominee
2020 African American Film Marketplace and S. E. Manly Short Film Showcase - Official Selection
2021 Halifax Black Film Festival - Official Selection
2021 NoBudge - Online Premiere
2021 Roxbury International Film Festival - Official Selection
2021 San Francisco Black Film Festival- Official Selection
2021 1261 Film Festival - Official Selection