Jury Prize Winner (tied) for Best Short Film at YES Film Festival - Columbus, Indiana (2020)
2019 Finalist for Best Screenplay (Short Film) at the 15th annual Hollyshorts Film Festival
Writer/director Joel Kohn and producer Mike Horvath first attempted to make The Mirror in 2013. After the screenplay was shortlisted as a Finalist in the Hollyshorts Film Festival in 2019, both Joel and Mike raised the funds required to remount the project.
The Mirror was one of two short films that received a completion funding grant from JIFF (Jewish International Film Festival Melbourne) and rough cut of the film premiered at JIFF in October 2019.
RUNNER UP - Jury Award for Best Live Action Short at the 2020 Gold Coast International Film Festival (New York)
HONORABLE MENTION - Audience Award for Best Short at the 2020 Gold Coast International Film Festival (New York)