BREAKOUT FILMMAKER HISONNI MUSTAFA TAKES BEST DIRECTOR AWARD
at THE AMERICAN BLACK FILM FESTIVAL and CONTINUES TO SWEEP THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Hisonni Mustafa’s feature film Take Out Girl debuts on HULU
Hisonni Mustafa’s feature film Take Out Girl is selected as one of ten films by Comcast to play as a part of a year-long Asian American cinema series alongside films like Gook and Blue Bayou!
Hisonni Mustafa has been chosen to be a 2023 Commercial Directors Diversity Program fellow!
Hisonni makes the President’s List as a film student at The College of Southern Nevada by earning a 4.0 GPA!!!
Hermanita grabs an official selection to play at the Nevada Women’s Film Festival 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Triggered earns an Official Selection to screen at Milwaukee Film Festival 2023 as the lead in film for the 2023 Sundance hit film “To Live And Die And Live” produced by Academy Award Winner Forrest Whitaker!
Triggered and Hermanita WIN THREE AWARDS at Las Vegas Black Film Festival 2023. Best Actor in Short, Best Actress in a Short (Triggered) and Best Drama Short (Hermanita).
Moviemaker Magazine interview Hisonni Mustafa and Lizette Hunter about their Short film Hermanita and the true story that inspired it. See the interview here - https://www.moviemaker.com/nfmla-veterans-films-on-and-behind-camera/
Hermanita is selected to screen at Nevada Women Film Festival 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Hermanita is selected to screen at The New Jersey Independent Film Festival 2023!
Triggered earns an Official Selection to The North Carolina Black Film Festiva 2023 in Wilmington, North Carolina!
Hermanita earns an official selection and a Golden Badger Nomination from The Wisconsin Film Festival 2023.
Triggered and Hermanita EARN 9 total award nominations from The Las Vegas Black Film Festival 2023 including Best Short Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography and Best Drama nominations.
Hisonni Mustafa GRABS two official selection for Las Vegas Black Film Festival 2023 with his sisterhood drama HERMANITA and his school shooting drama TRIGGERED.
Hermanita earns SIX nominations at the Idyllwild international Film Festival of Cinema 2023 including Best Director, Best Short Film and Indie Spirit Award!
Take Out Girl’s own Hedy Wong WINS Best Actress at the Indie Night Awards 2023 at the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood California.
Hermanita wins EIGHT awards at the the Focus International Film Festival 2023 including Best Director, Best Actress and Best Short Film.
Hisonni’s short film Hermanita is nominated for Best Dramatic Film at the Austin After Dark Film festival 2023 in Austin, Texas.
Hisonni Mustafa finishes post production on Triggered the third chapter of his five part anthology of short films.
Hermanita secures an official selection to Austin After Dark Film Festival 2023 inAustin, TX
Hermanita becomes an official selection to Idlywild Film Festival 2023 in Idlywild, CA
Hermanita earns the official selection to the Dam Film Festival 2023 located in Boulder City, Nevada
Take Out Girl Wins Best Actress at Indie Night 2022 in Los Angeles California host at the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood California
Hisonni Mustafa is hired as a full time editor for the CBS Diverse Directors Program!
Hermanita get the official selection to Sunscreen West Film Festival 2022 In Hermosa Beach, CA.
Hisonni Mustafa WINS Best Director and Best Short Film at The Houston Black Film Festival 2022 for his work on Hermanita.
Hermanita is chosen to screen at New Filmmakers LA October 2022 in Los Angeles, CA as a part of Veterans Cinema month!
Hermanita Snags a official selection to The Official Latino Film Festival in Palm Springs, CA as well as a NOMINATION for the Lift Every Voice award!
Hermanita WINS four awards at Milwaukee Short Fest, America favorite local film Festivals as voted by Moviemaker Magazine! The film wins Best short, Best actress, Best Director and Best Cinematography!
Hermanita earns a official selection to Film Quest Film festival in Salt Lake City Utah, one of the worlds top genre film festivals!
Blunt earns an official Selection to the Gary Black Film Festival in Gary Indiana!!!
Hisonni Mustafa WINS the Cordillera Film Festival Pitch fest by pitching his feature film The Beautiful Brain of Billy Bendedico, becoming the FIRST Nevada filmmaker to win the $175,000 prize!!!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Blunt WINS Best Nevada Film at The 2022 Cordillera Film Festival in Reno, NV.
Hermanita, Hisonni Mustafa’s LatinX family film is to screen at Milwaukee Short Fest, America favorite local film Festivals as voted by Moviemaker Magazine!
Hermanita, Hisonni Mustafa’s shocking LatinX short film is selected to screen at Sene Film Festival in Rhode Island, a top 50 Film Festivals by Moviemaker Magazine for 4 years in a row!
Hisonn’s short film Blunt has been ACCEPTED to Reeling: The 40th Chicago International LGBTQ+ Film Festival 2022.
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Blunt WINS Best Nevada Film and earns Nominations for Best LGBTQ Film and Best Short Film at The Nevada Women’s Film Festival 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Hisonn’s short film Blunt has been selected for The 2022 Cordillera International Film Festival in Reno, Nevada!
Hisonni Mustafa’s newest short film Hermanita earns an official selection for MKE Short Film Fest 2022, one of Moviemaker Magazine’s top local film festivals!!!
Hisonn’s short film Blunt has been selected for the 2022 OutSouth QUEER FILM FESTIVAL in Durham, North Carolina!
Hisonni Mustafa’s newest short film Hermanita earns an official selection for The Micheaux Film Festival 2022, a moviemaker top 50 film festival in Los Angeles, California!!!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Blunt grabs an official selection for OutSouth Film Festival 2022 in North Carolina!
Mustafa scores big with official selection for BOTH Hermanita and Blunt for DesertScape Film Festival in St. George, Utah!!!
Hisonni Mustafa’s newest short film Hermanita scores an 8/10 on FilmThreat.com "…solid storytelling from start to finish." - Film Threat
Mustafa’s newest short film Hermanita locks picture on May 2nd, 2022, at 4:32 am!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Blunt grabs an official selection to Frameline: The San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, the world’s longest-running LGBTQ film festival!!!
Hisonni’s short film Blunt is Selected to screen at Hollyshorts 2022 monthly screening showcase at the world-famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California!!!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Blunt earn an Official Selection for the Nevada Women’s Film Festival 2022 in Las Vegas, Nevada!
Las Vegas Black Film Festival honors Hisonni Mustafa’s short film Blunt with a nomination for Best Short, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Cinematography!
Hisonni Mustafa’s dark comedy Blunt is chosen to screen at Seattle Black Film Festival 2022!
Mustafa’s LGTBQ short film Blunt snags an Official Selection for OUTshine Film Festival 2022 in Miami, Florida!!!
Hisonni Mustafa has been selected as a part of the inaugural class to receive The National Black Arts Forward Artist Project Grant.
Hsonni Mustafa's short film Blunt earns Best Short Film and Storyteller’s Award nominations at the 9th annual Destiny City Film Festival in Destiny City, Washington!!!
Hisonni Mustafa has received the prestigious Nevada Arts Council Grant for 2022.
Blunt earns an official selection to the 2022 Omaha Film Festival, a Moviemaker top 50 film festival!!!
Blunt earns an official selection to the 2022 Tag! Queer Shorts Festival, a Moviemaker top 25 coolest film festival!!!
Hisonni’s interracial romance drama “Blunt” grabs an Offical Selection to screen at the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood, CA, for the Indie Night Film Festival on Feb 5th, 2022!
Hisonni Mustafa grabs a Best Short Film Nomination for his short film Blunt at The 7th annual Chandler Film Festival in Chandler, Arizona!
Hisonni Mustafa picks up a Best Short Film Award nomination for his short film Blunt at The 9th annual Denton Black Film Festival 2021 in Denton, Texas!
Hisonni’s interracial romance drama “Blunt” grabs an Offical Selection for the famous Las Vegas Black Film Festival 2021!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” grabs an Offical Selection San Diego Black Film Festival 2021!
Hisonni’s short film “Blunt” earns an Offical Selection at The 19th annual Dam Film Festival 2021, a Moviemaker magazine top 50 film festival in Boulder City, Nevada!
Hisonni Mustafa’s LGBTQ short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 22nd annual Spokane Film Festival 2021 in Spokane, Washington!
Hisonni Mustafa’s LGBTQ short film “Blunt” earns an Offical Selection at The 40th annual Queer Screen Film Fest 2022 in Sydney, Australia!
Hisonni Mustafa’s LGBTQ short film “Blunt” grabs an Offical Selection at The 9th annual Destiny City Film Festival 2021 in Tacoma, Washington!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 7th annual Chandler Film Festival in Chandler, Arizona!
Hisonni Mustafa’s LGBTQ short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 9th annual Denton Black Film Festival 2021 in Denton Texas!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” snags an Offical Selection and Best Short film Nomination at The New Vision International Film Festival 2021 in Amsterdam, Netherlands!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 10th annual OutReels Cincinnati Film Festival!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 10th annual Sunscreen Film Fest West in Hermosa Beach, California!
Blunt, a short film by Hisonni Mustafa, has been selected to screen at The American Black Film Festival 2021 in the New Visions category.
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 21st annual Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, a Moviemaker Magazine top 50 film festival!
Hisonni Mustafa’s Take Out Girl screens in Calgary Alberta Canada as one of ten films chosen for the prestigious Perspectives Film Series!
On September 26th, 2021, Hisonni began PRINCIPAL PHOTOGRAPHY on Stable, the second chapter in an anthology of short films that depict coming-of-age moments that are all based on true stories.
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The 15th annual Lone Star Film Festival, a Moviemaker Magazine top 50 film festival!
“Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at the 13th annual Reel Out Charlotte Film Festival!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes a short film FINALIST at the Oscar Qualifying Peachtree Village International Film Festival 2021 in Atlanta Georgia!!!
Hisonni Mustafa’s feature film Take Out Girl has been selected to screen at Dances With Films 2021 at the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood California.
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at the 18th annual Twin Cities Black Film Festival 2021!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” snags a BEST SHORT SCREENPLAY Nomination at the sixth annual Urban film festival 2021 in Miami Florida!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at the sixth annual Urban film festival 2021 in Miami Florida!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at the Oscar Qualifying Peachtree Village International Film Festival 2021 in Atlanta Georgia!!!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at the Oscar Qualifying 34th annual Out On Film, Atlanta gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender LGBT Film Festival!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” snags an Offical Selection for The 2021 Hollyshorts Monthly Screening Series!
Hisonni Mustafa’s short film “Blunt” becomes an Offical Selection at The Fargo-Moorhead LGBT Film Festival 2021
Hisonni Mustafa’s new short film “Blunt” snags an 8.5 out of 10 on FilmThreat.com
Hisonni Mustafa’s feature film Take Out Girl has been acquired by HULU and will premiere on that streaming service on September 10th, 2021!
Dark Tales Chapter One, a short film directed by Michael Yosef and executive produced, edited, and mixed by Hisonni Mustafa has officially been selected to Screamfest Horror Film Festival 2021 (named by MovieMaker Magazine one of the World’s 50 BEST Genre Fests) with a premiere at the iconic Chinese theaters in Hollywood.
Dark Tales Chapter One, a short film directed by Michael Yosef and executive produced, edited, and mixed by Hisonni Mustafa is picture locked and off to festivals!
Take Out Girl has been selected to screen at Lakefront Film Festival 2021 in Baltimore, MAryland.
Novanario a short film directed by Alberto Triana and executive produced, edited, and mixed by Hisonni Mustafa is selected by Honolulu Rainbow Fest!
Take Out Girl has been selected to screen at DC Asian American Film Festival 2021 in Washington, DC.
Novanario a short film directed by Alberto Triana and executive produced, edited, and mixed by Hisonni Mustafa is picture locked and off to festivals!
Take Out Girl earns nominations for Best U.S. Feature Film, Best Screenplay, Best Emerging Director and WINS BEST DIRECTOR at The American Black Film Festival 2020.
Hisonni Mustafa becomes a featured filmmaker in Oscar Winner John Ridley’s ( 12 Years A Slave) Filmmakers With No Boundaries showcase 2021.
Hisonni has a wonderful think piece about Take Out Girl published by Shadow and Act.
Take Out Girl WINS Best Ensemble at The 2021 Desertscape Film Festival 2021 in St. George Utah
Take Out Girl WINS Best Female Protagonist at The 2021 Nevada Women’s Film Festival
Hisonni Mustafa wrap his short film “Blunt” at 4:58 am May 9th, 2021
Take Out Girl makes USA Today’s annual SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW LIST!
Hisonni Mustafa WINS The ROBERT RODRIGUEZ INDIE AUTEUR FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR Award for Take Out Girl at The Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival 2021
Hisonni Mustafa earn a BARE BONES INDIE AUTEUR FILMMAKER OF THE YEAR Award Nomination for Take Out Girl at The Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival 2021
Hisonni Mustafa’s Take Out Girl WINS Best Indie Thriller at the 2021 Film Threat “Award This” Awards.
Hisonni Mustafa’s Take Out Girl earns a nomination for the 2021 Film Threat “Film This” Awards.
‘Nomadland,’ ‘Sound of Metal,’ ‘Take Out Girl’ Lead The Nominations for Twin Cities Film Fest 2020 Awards
Take Out Girl WINS The HBO Feature Film Award at Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival 2020
Take Out Girl WINS The Jury’s Choice award and EARNS a Best Picture Nomination at The Chandler International Film Festival 2021
Hisonni WINS the DisOrient Film Festival 2021 Raising Our Voices award and is Nominated for the Jason D. Mak Social Justice award!
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Nevada Women’s Film Festival 2021 in Las Vegas, NV
Hisonni has been AWARDED the prestigious 2021 Nevada Arts Council Grant
Take Out Girl WINS Best Feature Film, Best Actress, and Best Director at The Las Vegas Black Film festival
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Las Vegas Black Film festival and SIX AWARD NOMINATIONS (Best Feature Film, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Director, Best Ensemble, and Best Cinematography.
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The 2021 Julien Dubuque Film Festival in Dubuque, Iowa (Moviemaker’s Top 50 film festivals and Moviemaker’s Top 25 Coolest Film Festivals ).
Take Out Girl WINS the Audience Choice Award and earned a Best Film Nomination at The Beloit International Film Festival 2021
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Beloit Film Festival 2021
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Bare Bones International Film & Music Festival 2021 in Muskogee, Oklahoma (Moviemaker’s Top 50 and Filmmaker’s 20 best festivals for new and emerging filmmakers)
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Disorient Film Festival 2021 (one of the most prestigious Asian American festivals)
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Omaha Film Festival 2021 (Moviemaker’s Top 50)
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Destiny City Film Festival 2021
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to Las Cruces International Film Festival 2021
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to Durango Independent Film Festival 2021
Take Out Girl earns Jury Honorable Mention in the Narrative Feature Category at Durango Independent Film Festival 2021
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to Chicago Underground Film Festival 2020
Take Out Girl WINS Best Feature Film and BEST Ensemble at The International Film Festival Manhattan 2020
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The 2021 Chandler Film Festival in Chandler, Arizona
Twin Cities Film Festival 2020 - Nominated for Best Feature Film, Indie Vision award, and Breakthrough Performance
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to the 2020 Silver State Film Festival in Las Vegas, NV
Take Out Girl is chosen for the EMPOWER SERIES at The Twin Cities Film Festival 2020
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The 2021 Green Bay International Film Festival in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Take Out Girl is awarded PROGRAMER’S CHOICE at Boston Asian American Film Festival 2020
Take Out Girl earns a BEST Feature Nomination and WINS Outstanding Ensemble Award and Audience Choice BEST Poster at Indie Memphis Film Festival
Hisonni Mustafa becomes a 2020 Rising Storyteller Search FINALIST (Top 20 out of 1750 applicants)
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The 2021 Beloit Film Festival in Beloit, Wisconsin
Hisonni Mustafa is NOMINATED for the NEW VISION AWARD at Cinequest Film Festival 2020 (Moviemaker Magazine Top 50 and USA Today’s number 1 film festival in North America).
Take Out Girl is Nominated for Best Film at CAAM fest 2020 in San Francisco.
Take Out Girl is chosen as a SPOTLIGHT film by CineJoy 2020
Take Out Girl WINS 2020 Grand Jury Award Honorable Mention at Dances With Films
Take Out Girl earns Official Selection to The Macon Film festival 2020
Take Out Girl earns Official Selection to Dances With Films 2020 )Moviemaker Top 50 films festivals list and USA Today’s top ten film festivals list)
Take Out Girl wins Best Actress at Bentonville Film Festival 2020
Take Out Girl earns an Official Selection to The Bronze Lens Film festival 2020 in Atlanta, Georgia
Take Out Girl wins Special Jury Recognition for Cinematography at The Ashland Independent Film Festival 2020
Take Out Girl earns a 2020 Cinequest Film Festival Selection
Red Hood IT becomes an Official Selection for 2019 Long Beach Comic Expo, 2019 Comic Con Revolution, 2019 WonderCon, 2019 Comic Con Revolution,
Hisonni Mustafa produced film, Prodigy, makes the list of Top Films on NETFLIX in 2018
Red Hood IT becomes an Official Selection for 2019 Long Beach Comic Con, 2019 Rose City Comic Con, 2019 Los Angeles Comic-Con, 2019 Rhode Island Comic-Con, and 2019 Wizard World
Hisonni Mustafa serves as cinematographer for a Chinese TV commercial for Disney’s Star Wars Rogue One
Hisonni Mustafa has two feature films distributed by Gravitas Ventures
Hisonni Mustafa produced the film, Prodigy, becomes a 2017 Cinequest festival Offical Selection (Voted America’s Top Festival by Moviemaker magazine 2016)
Hisonni Mustafa has TWO Fan films that surpass a million views on Youtube
Hisonni BECOMES an Austin Screenplay Festival Semi-Finalist (Voted America’s top screenplay festival in 2016)
Hisonni BECOMES an HollyShorts Screenplay Finalist (2016 Moviemaker Magazine top 50 fests in the US)
Hisonni Mustafa BECOMES the only filmmaker to have TWO series nominated for best series at the IAWTV Awards in LAs Vegas, NV
Grayson Earth One WINS Best Fan Film at The 2015 Atlantic City Boardwalk Con
Hisonni Mustafa Options TV Pilot entitled Oasis to Fox Television and New Regency TV.
Hisonni Mustafa OPTIONS award-winning Web series, Fight Night to French company Rockzaline
Hisonni WINS DragonCon with Grayson
Fight Night WINS Best TV Pilot and Best Lead Actor at The California Film Awards
Olympia WINS Best Short Film at The California Film Awards
Fight Night Legacy WINS Best TV Pilot at The Accolade Awards
Hisonni WINS The NextTV Competition with his viral web series Grayson
Hisonni WINS Marseille Web Fest Runner Up (Europe’s Most Prestigious Web Fest) with his award-winning series Fight Night
Hisonni EARNS a VH1 Streamy Award Nomination (World’s Top Web Festival) with his hit web series Fight Night
Fight Night SCREENS at The Cannes Film Festival
Hisonni WINS the LAWEB Fest Grand Prize with his fantasy web series Olympia
Hisonni WINS the LAWEB Fest Grand Prize with his hit boxing show Fight Night
Noteworthy Press *partial list
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stupid-young-make-acting-debut-drug-drama-take-girl-1272714?fbclid=IwAR0IE1SLMpCMIrQCrEbGab_JAwUNxi66uuQRp4R95QELEGG7bpBTbv4gAPU
https://www.starkinsider.com/2020/11/take-out-girl-film-review-hedy-wong-literally-lights-up-the-screen.html
https://www.hometownsource.com/sun_sailor/filmmakers-discuss-twin-cities-film-fests-empower-series-full-responses/article_561030da-1320-11eb-bd63-7be01044c493.html
https://elementsofmadness.com/
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/20/arts/what-watch-online-boston-asian-american-film-fest/
https://www.asiancinevision.org/chasing-the-american-dream-in-take-out-girl/?fbclid=IwAR2tmKtH9602QEj4_mQ6UjmvepWRUyh4h0-UHWzRsZRbhsMFzD9OtZcn6Rs
https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=672481990034820
https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/television/8549497/rapper-stupid-young-makes-acting-debut-sings-title-track-in-take-out-girl?fbclid=IwAR2jsCGPogjzh82IipKdvuYWKlGw1f4THDS1WZjpsJCxuOHhF-FSdIANOic
https://screenrant.com/prodigy-movie-2018-reviews/
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/prodigy-delivers-eerie-trailer-sci-fi-thriller-1087734
https://www.cbr.com/red-hood-fan-film/
https://www.comicbookmovie.com/batman/new-red-hood-it-fan-film-is-the-hard-edged-crossover-you-didnt-know-you-wanted-a159730
http://www.joblo.com/movie-news/red-hood-squares-off-against-pennywise-in-fan-made-film-red-hood-it-227-02
https://screenrant.com/red-hood-it-fan-movie-trailer/
https://www.facebook.com/MOREFOX5/videos/10156291819884450/?fref=gs&dti=809154289273845&hc_location=group
Hollywood Reporter Article- http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/viral-batman-web-series-introduces-779155
Hollywood Reporter Article- http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/nightwing-web-series-turns-fans-586413
Collider Article- http://collider.com/joker-vs-joker-fight-video-hisonni-johnson/
Collider Article- http://collider.com/the-gambit-hisonni-johnson/
Cinema 5d- https://www.cinema5d.com/talent-feature-the-boy-and-the-bullet-filmmaker-hisonni-johnson/
Comic book Resources- http://comicbook.com/2015/03/06/john-stewart-green-lantern-fan-film-teaser-released/
Nerdists- http://nerdist.com/a-new-green-lantern-rises-in-trailer-for-fan-film-power/
Filmthreat Review- http://filmthreat.com/uncategorized/fight-night-legacy/
Legendarium review- http://www.legendariummedia.com/2013/06/14/taking-on-hollywood-with-grayson-earth-one-directorhisonni-johnson/