A W A R D S & G R A N T S
LOREHOLE
California Humanities California Documentary Project (CDP) Production Grant — Winner — April 2025
EARTH FOCUS
Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards — Nominations — July 2025
L.A. LOCAL COLOR
Earth Focus: Transforming the Los Angeles River
EDUCATION/INFORMATION
Earth Focus: The Tortoise, the Raven, and Us
FEATURE SEGMENT
Earth Focus: YTT Tribe Reclaims Ancestral Land
INFORMATION SEGMENT
Earth Focus: Reimagining the Los Angeles River
Los Angeles Press Club 67th Southern California Journalism Awards — June 2025
Earth Focus: The Tortoise, the Raven, and Us
WINNER: ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING
Earth Focus: Transforming the Los Angeles River
WINNER: SOLUTIONS JOURNALISM
Earth Focus: All Episodes
WINNER: ANIMATION/MOVING GRAPHIC
Nomination: FAITH/SPIRITUAL REPORTING
Earth Focus: YTT Tribe Reclaims Ancestral Land
Nomination: PUBLIC SERVICE NEWS or FEATURE
Earth Focus: Reimagining the Los Angeles River
Nomination: ACTIVISM JOURNALISM
Earth Focus: Diablo Canyon: California's Last Nuclear Power Plant
Nomination: NEWS FEATURE (Over 5 Minutes)
Earth Focus: What Joshua Tree's Social Media Presence Means for Tourism
Radio Television Digital News Association 75th Golden Mike Awards — Nominations — April 2025
BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING, 5 MINUTES OR LONGER
Earth Focus: YTT Tribe Reclaims Diablo Canyon Land
BEST SERIOUS FEATURE REPORTING, 5 MINUTES OR LESS
Earth Focus: Desert Ravens & Indigenous Traditions
BEST ENVIRONMENTAL REPORTING, 10 MINUTES OR LESS
Earth Focus: Loving Joshua Tree
TOOTH & NAIL
Cameras and Lenses provided by the Panavision® New Filmmaker Program — April 2024
E V E N T S & F E S T I V A L S
TOOTH & NAIL
San Francisco Short Film Festival (San Francisco, CA, USA) Official Selection: Experimental (October 24, 2025)
WINNER: BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Atlanta Horrorfest (Atlanta, GA, USA) — Official Selection: ExpERIEmental Shorts (October 19, 2025)
Tallgrass Film Festival (Wichita, KS, USA) — Official Selection: Experimental Short Film (October 17, 2025)
VORTEX - EXPERIMENTAL COMPETITION
L'Étrange Festival (Paris, France) — Official Selection: Short Films (September 2, 2025)
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION
FEST New Directors | New Films (Espinho, Portugal) — Official Selection: Experimental Short Film (June 26, 2025)
SILVER LYNX COMPETITION
Phoenix Film Festival (Phoenix, AZ, USA) — Official Selection: Experimental Shorts (March 28, 2025)
EXPERIMENTAL SHORTS COMPETITION
Creative Film Awards (Los Angeles, CA, USA) — Official Selection: Fashion Film (February 23, 2025)
WINNER: BEST COSTUME DESIGN
EARTH FOCUS
Green Screen: Our Planet On Film at the Natural History Museum (NHM & PBS SoCal) — April 2025
Film screening of Earth Focus: Transforming the LA River
Movie Night Under the Stars (Santa Rosa & San Jacinto Mountains National Monument/Friends of the Desert Mountains) — October 2024
Film screening of Earth Focus: The Tortoise, the Raven and Us
Earth Focus Presents: River Perspectives w/ DJ Ruben Molina (dublab & PBS SoCal) — April 2024
Immersive event at Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) featuring Earth Focus episodes about the LA River, interactive ecology activities, oral histories from communities along the river, a pop-up VR exhibit and DJ Ruben Molina spinning tunes.
N E W S
LOREHOLE (FKA "Amargosa: Underground River")
EARTH FOCUS
"The best albums of 2024: Top pop from Jessica Pratt to Kendrick Lamar" (Washington Post)
10. Elori Saxl, ‘Earth Focus (Original Score)’
"An Indigenous future for nuclear power in California?" (Bulletin of Atomic Scientists)
"Transforming the Los Angeles River" (Clockshop)