Awards and Festival Selections
Films directed by Yazan Al Assadi have been selected more than 90 times at over 75 international film festivals, winning 19 awards and placing as finalist or semi-finalist a further 17 times. Most of the recognition is for documentary work. The full record is below.
Awards
| Festival | Film | Year | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Roots Film Festival | Bravo (commercial) | 2024 | Award winner |
| Berlin Flash Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Honorable Mention |
| MP Film Award | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Award winner |
| Golden Earth Film Award | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Award winner |
| Wallachia International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Award winner |
| International Screen Awards | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Golden Award |
| CKF International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Award winner |
| Lakecity International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Best Director |
| Beyond Earth Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Best Documentary Short |
| Tagore International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Outstanding Achievement |
| Ayodhya International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Best Documentary |
| South Film and Arts Academy Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Best Documentary Film |
| Crown Wood International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Best Documentary Short Film |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival | A Girl with a Naked Life | 2019 | Award winner |
| TMFF — The Monthly Film Festival | Selou | 2017 | Best Documentary |
| Wendy’s Shorts Awards | Paradise Is Here | 2015 | Best Short International Documentary |
| Tyre International Short Film Festival, Lebanon | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | — | Best Cinematography |
| 11th Mini Film Festival, Malaysia | Phyque: The Lady with the Red Hat | — | Best Production Design |
| Prime Minister Award for Creativity & Innovation | — | — | Award winner |
IMDb independently lists 13 of these as verified wins, alongside 17 nominations. The remainder are for a commercial and for films not listed on IMDb.
Finalist and semi-finalist placements
| Festival | Film | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| European Cinematography Awards (ECA) | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Finalist |
| Kosice International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Finalist |
| TMFF — The Monthly Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 | Finalist |
| So Limitless and Free International Film Festival | A Girl with a Naked Life | 2019 | Finalist |
| European Cinematography Awards (ECA) | Selou | 2018 | Finalist |
| Dumbo Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| Visualis Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| FESTPRO Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| Couch Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| AltFF Alternative Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| SENSUS Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| Ambitus Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 | Semi-finalist |
| International Film and Video Festival «Catharsis» | A Girl with a Naked Life | 2019 | Semi-finalist |
| San Mauro Film Festival | Selou | 2018 | Semi-finalist |
| San Mauro Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2018 | Semi-finalist |
| Hollywood Screenings Film Festival | Selou | 2017 | Semi-finalist |
Official selections
| Festival | Film | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Short Shot Fest | Bravo (commercial) | 2024 |
| Sicilymovie — Festival del Cinema di Agrigento | Bravo (commercial) | 2024 |
| Golden Earth Film Award | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| MalatestaShort Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Jersey Shore Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Mediterranean Film Festival (Cannes–Milan–Athens) | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Bucharest ShortCut CineFest | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Film in Focus | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Long Story Shorts International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| American Golden Picture International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| CIC International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Hollywood Screenings Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Goa Short Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Direct Monthly Online Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Esto Es Para Esto — Exhibidora de Cine | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| International Screen Awards | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Dekho Film Festival, Mumbai | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| Roma Cinema DOC | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| FINDECOIN — Independent International Short Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2020 |
| GENERIcamente UMANI | (Karma) Who You Are | 2020 |
| Feel The Reel International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 |
| Chhatrapati Shivaji International Film Festival | Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli | 2019 |
| International Film and Video Festival «Catharsis» | A Tribe Ladies in Our Day | 2019 |
| Direct Monthly Online Film Festival | Selou | 2018 |
| Roma Cinema DOC | Selou | 2017 |
| International Film Festival on Cultural Tourism | Selou | 2017 |
| GEOFILMFESTIVAL | Paradise Is Here | 2017 |
| Novella Showcase — TV Program / Web Series | Paradise Is Here | 2017 |
| The Best Film Fest | Paradise Is Here | 2017 |
| International Monthly Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| Direct Short Online Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| China Micro Film and Micro Video Ten-Year Exhibition | Who You Are | 2016 |
| China Micro Film and Micro Video Ten-Year Exhibition | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| Hak İş 7th International Labour Photographs Competition | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| Direct Monthly Online Film Festival | Who You Are | 2016 |
| CINECAFEST Central American Short Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| International Tourism Film Festival “Tourfilm” | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| STEPS International Film Festival | Cup of Roses | 2016 |
| Chennai International Short Film Festival | (Karma) Who You Are | 2016 |
| TrueDoc Documentary Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2016 |
| Clean Shorts Film Festival | Who You Are | 2016 |
| Wendy’s Shorts Awards | Paradise Is Here | 2015 |
| The Short Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2015 |
| Back In The Box Competition | (Karma) Who You Are | 2015 |
| 22 Festival Transterritorial de Cine Underground | Paradise Is Here | 2015 |
| The Reel Short Film Festival | Wasted | 2015 |
| Olive Tree International Story-Teller Film Festival | Who You Are | 2015 |
| Golden Diana Awards | Paradise Is Here | 2015 |
| Golden Diana Awards | Who You Are | 2015 |
| Multiverse Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2015 |
| Goa Short Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2015 |
| Access Code Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2014 |
| #TOFF — The Online Film Festival | Wasted | 2014 |
| KisaKes (Cut It Short) Short Film Festival | Wasted | 2014 |
| KisaKes (Cut It Short) Short Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2014 |
| Pune Short Film Festival | Paradise Is Here | 2014 |
The films
Silou: A Tale of an Orang Asli — documentary. Paradise Is Here, Who You Are / (Karma) Who You Are, A Girl with a Naked Life, Wasted, Cup of Roses (Syrian National Film Organisation, 2013) and Selou — short films and documentaries. Bravo — a television commercial that went on to festival selection.
Every credit since 2007, award-winning or not, is listed in the full filmography.