This article lists the winners and nominees for the Black Reel Award for Outstanding Independent Short Film. This award is given to the directors and was first awarded during the 2010 ceremony. Notable winners and nominees includes Spike Lee, Gabourey Sidibe, Matthew A. Cherry & Ryan Coogler.
Winners and nominees Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold.
2010s Year Film Director Ref 2010 (Mis)leading Man Morocco Omari 2010 Black Reel Awards Life on Earth Jeffrey Keith The Roe Effect Kiel Adrian Scott 2011 Katrina's Son Ya'Ke Smith 2011 Black Reel Awards Stag & Doe Daniel Patterson Cred Sherman Payne 2012 Wake Bree Newsome 2012 Black Reel Awards The Abyss Boys Jan-Hendrik Beetge Fig Ryan Coogler The Tombs Jerry Lamothe Wolf Call Rob Underhill 2013 The Bluest Note Maruqes Green Crossover Tina Mabry Last/First Kiss Andrea Ashton Record/Play Jesse Atlas White SpaceMaya Washington 2014 Black Girl in Paris Kiandra Parks A Different Tree Steven Caple Jr. African Cowboy Rodney Charles Sweet Honey Chile Talibah Newman They Die by the Dawn Jeymes Samuel 2015 #AmeriCan Nate Parker 2015 Black Reel Awards Muted Rachel Goldberg The Voodoo Steven Alexander 2016 Addiction Danny Dzhurayev 2016 Black Reel Awards David's Reviere Neil Creque Williams Sacred Heart Sol Aponte and Jennia Fredrique 2017 $15 Kicks Jenn Shaw 2017 Black Reel Awards #Whereisbeauty Angela McCrae 2 Fists Up Spike Lee 86-32 Randy Wilkins Black Card Pete Chatmon 2018 Oscar Micheaux JD Walker 2018 Black Reel Awards 90 Days Jennia Fredrique & Nathan Hale Williams Amelia's Closet Halima Lucas GEMA Kendrick Price See You Yesterday Stefon Bristol 2019 The Tale of Four Gabourey Sidibe 2019 Black Reel Awards Funk Force Desmond Levi Jackson Hair Wolf Mariama Diallo Jump Kofi Siriboe WTFIMH: What the Fuck is Mental Health Kofi Siriboe
2020s Year Film Director Ref 2020 Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry 2020 Black Reel Awards America Garrett Bradley It's Not About Jimmy Keene Caleb Jaffe Suicide by Sunlight Nikyatu Jusu Zahra and the Oil Man Yucef Mayes 2021 Canvas Frank E. Abney III Brother Ya'Ke Smith The Cypher Letia Solomon Grab My Hand: A Letter to My Dad Camrus Johnson The Pandemic Chronicles Ya'Ke Smith 2022 Coffee Jordan Pitt 54 Years Late Michele Wise Wright The Door of Return Kokutekeleza Musebeni & Anna Zhukovets Junior Jehnovah Carlisle The Snakes Michelle Beck 2023 North Star P.J. Palmer Angola Do You Hear Us? Voices from a Plantation Prison Cinque Northern Elegy: My Two Months in Harlem Andre Lambertson Fannie Christine Swanson New Moon Jeremie Balais, Raúl Domingo and Jeffig Le Bars 2024 Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games Joe Brewster, Michèle Stephenson The Last Repair Shop Ben Proudfoot, Kris Bowers ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton A.K. Sandhu Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney Nazenet Habtezghi The Dads Luchina Fisher 2025 Chocolate with Sprinkles Huriyyah Muhammad Mosiah Jirard On a Sunday at Eleven Alicia K. Harris Self Searit Kahsay Huluf Will I See You Again? Michael Perez-Lindsey
Multiple nominations and wins
Multiple nominations
2 Nominations Jennia Fredrique Kofi Siriboe Ya'Ke Smith
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