Nela Wagman
Writer/Director
Click on the TVFilm poster image above for an Interview with Nela Wagman, followed by Come Find Me
Broadcast and Streaming on WMHT TV
FESTIVALS 2021
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival
20MinMax Festival, Ingolstadt Germany
Lake Placid Film Festival FEATURED TOP SHORT
Big Apple Film Festival
Manhattan Film Festival FESTIVAL AWARD WINNER
Toronto International Women's Film Festival
Prague International Indie Film Festival
Golden Door International Film Festival
YoFiFest The Yonkers Film Festival
The Golden Gate Intl. Film Fesival WINNER BEST STUDENT FILM
Overcome Film Festival
Ealing Film Festival WINNER BEST STUDENT FILM
Nevada Short Film Festival
Silicon Beach International Film Festival
Film in Focus International Film Festival, Bucharest
Amsterdam Short Film Festival WINNER BEST YOUTH ACTOR/ACTRESS
Berlin International Art Film Festival WINNER BEST SHORT FILM
Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival
2022
Catalina Film Festival
Ischia Global Film Festival
Lighthouse International Film Festival
TVFilm WMHT
Oxaca Film Festival
Asbury Film Concert
Shockfest 2022
Kino Short Films presents The People's Film Festival
NYC Indie Theatre Film Festival
NYWIFT Short Film Festival WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAHY
Red Dirt Intl. Film Festival WINNER BEST ACTRESS, BEST EDITING
2023
Julien Dubuque International Film Festival
The North Film Festival - Stockholm Sweden
Simply Indie Film Festival
Festival of Cinema NYC
Love and Hope International Film Festival
Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival
FESTIVALS 2019
Golden Door International Film Festival
YoFiFest Yonkers Film Festival
International Women's Film Festival
Simply Indie Film Festival
Best Micro Short Drama Nomination
The Monkey Bread Tree Film Awards
Best Actress Nomination
2020
Manhattan Film Festival
NY Indie Theatre Film Festival
Oregon Short Film Festival
Best Micro Short Drama Nomination
WPRN.tv Womens’ International Film Festival
Exceptional Merit
Excellence: Lead Actress, Nela Wagman
IndieFest
Award of Recognition: Web Tube Length Video
Award of Merit: Actress: Leading
New Faces New Voices
Rome Independent Prisma Awards
Silicon Beach Festival
2021
Fusion Film Festival - Brussels
Red Dirt Film Festival
2022
Love and Hope Film Festival - Barcelona
WINNER BEST ACTRESS IN A SHORT FILM
The North Film Festival - Stockholm
Skiptown Playhouse International Film Festival
WINNER BEST MICROSHORT (USA)
2023
Reale International Film Festival
WINNER BEST MICRO SHORT
Nela Wagman’s short films "Come Find Me", "That Was Delicious" and "Magnetism" have screened in festivals in the US and around the world. NYC theater directing/producing credits include the Obie-winning My Left Breast by Susan Miller. Founding Artistic Director of the award-winning Watermark Theater, Nela is a 2020 graduate of the CCNY MFA Filmmaking Program, where she was awarded the Sara Booth Award for Excellence in Editing.
