Guillermo Casarín's work has been recognized by the "Directors Guild of America (DGA)," BAFA, Emmys, and more than 120 International Film Festivals, many of them Oscar qualifiers.

  •  28th Annual DGA Student Film Awards  (Jury Award Winner). One of the most important awards you can get as a filmmaker. The award is given by the Directors Guild of America. He was the first person in history to receive the Jury Award in the Documentary category.

  • Santa Barbara International Film Festival. It is arguably the biggest and most important festival in California. It is an Oscar qualifier festival. We had the World Premiere of Bad Hombrewood.

  • Winner of Best Documentary at the American Pavilion at the Cannes Film Festival.

  • Finalist at the Commercial Directors Diversity Program (CDDP), which was created by the AICP (Association of Independent Commercial Producers) and the DGA (Directors Guild of America).

  • Nominee of 42nd College Television Awards (Emmys).

  • New York International Children's Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier). Largest children's film festival.

  • Recipient of The George Lucas Family Foundation Endowed Student Support Fund for Production Scholarship. 

  • Recipient of the 2021 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Animation Grant.

  • Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival. The oldest Documentary Film Festival in America. It is arguably the most prestigious one in the country regarding documentaries. It is an Oscar qualifier.

  • Annual American Documentary And Animation Film Festival And Film Fund (AmDocs) (Oscar qualifier).

  • Bogoshorts Film Festival. The biggest short-film festival in Latin America. It is an Oscar qualifier.

  • Official selection at NewFilmmakers Los Angeles. The event is sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Warner Bros Media, LA Times, Hollywood Foreign Press Association, and Sundance Institute, among others.

  • Nalip Media Summit. Nalip stands as the premier and leading organization championing the support and advocacy of Latine content creators.

  • Semi-Finalist at Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival, which is an Oscar qualifier.

  • Winner at Cordillera International Film Festival.

  • Phoenix Film Festival.

  • Best of NFMLA Awards nomination.

  • Raw Science Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier)

  • Highland Park Independent Film Festival (winner)

  • Imagination Lunchbox International Children's Film Festival! (Winner)

  • Curta Taquari film festival (winner)

  • Margaret Mead Film Festival

  • VivaCortos! Film Festival

  • International Animated Film Festival “Animur”

  • SUNCINE: Barcelona International Environmental Film Festival.

  • San Francisco Latino Film Festival

  • Festival del Cinema Iberoamericano di Firenze.

  • Recipient of the"honors term," at Art Center College of Design. The school only grants the award to one student from all majors.

  • Art Center College of Design departmental Scholarship.

  • Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival

  • Barcelona INDIE AWARDS (winner)

  • Best International Film Festival

  • Latifam Film Festival

  • Mansfield International Film Festival (honorable mention)

  • MOUNTAIN SHADOW FILM SOCIETY’S SHORT FILM COMPETITION

  • Latitudes Cinema

  • Animation Volda Festival

  • Cine Infantil y Juvenil, Calibelula

  • Girona film Festival

  • Our Heritage, Our Planet Film Week

  • Festival Anim!Arte 

  • El Encuentro: The Latino Film Experience

  • MM Fest

  • Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil y Juvenil :: Calibélula

  • Children’s Film Festival Seattle!

  • Borrego Springs Film Festival

  • Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles

  • San Diego Latino Film Festival

  • DaVinci International Film Festiva

  • Smile Int’l Film Festival for children and youth: SIFFCY, India! 

  • Cachinus de Cine (International Youth Film Festival)

  • CARIBETOONS Festival Internacional de animación 

  • CMS,INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (ICFF)

  • Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF)

  • Sizes & Values

  • Winner at Cleveland International Film Festival (Oscar qualifying).

  • Guanajuato International Film Festival (Oscar qualifier). Arguably the most important festival in Mexico and Latin America

  • Austin Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier). One of the most prestigious festivals in the U.S. renowned for celebrating the art of screenwriting and filmmaking.

  • Chicago International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier). It is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America.

  • Bengaluru International Short Film Festival (Oscar qualifier). India's only Oscar Qualifying Festival and the largest short film festival in India.

  • LA Shorts (Oscar qualifier). The longest-running short film festival in Los Angeles and ranks among the world's most prestigious and largest international short film festivals.

  • SPARK ANIMATION (Oscar Qualifier).

  • Chicago International Children’s Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier). It is the first Academy®-qualifying children’s film festival in the world; the CICFF presents the best, most innovative international films for kids, teens, and young adults ages 2-25.

  • Tirana International Film Festival (Oscar qualifier)

  • Beeston Film Festival (ranked in the Top 100 Best Reviewed Film Festivals on the leading festival platform, FilmFreeway.)

  • Beaufort International Film Festival (ranked in the Top 100 Best Reviewed Film Festivals on the leading festival platform, FilmFreeway.)

  • RiverRun International Film Festival (Oscar Qualifier)

  • Winner at Atlanta Children's Film Festival

  • Los Angeles Animation Festival (honorable mention.) LA’s only international animation film festival.

  • Latino Lens Incubator Grant

  • Shorts Mexico. Biggest short film festival in Mexico.

  • Milwaukee Film Festival.

  • Orlando Film Festival.

  • Winner at March on Washington Film Festival. 

  • Winner at ¡Tú Cuentas! Cine Youth Fest.

  • Pittsburgh Shorts and Script Competition.

  • Key West Film Festival Florida (voted as one of the top 25 coolest film festivals by MovieMaker Magazine).

  • Sight + Sound Festival (winner). 

  • Tomorrow’s Filmmakers Today 

  • El Paso Media Fest!

  • NHdocs The New Haven Documentary Film Festival 

  • Student World Impact Film Festival (SWIFF) (winner)

  • TAMIZHAGAM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (winner) 

  • Indie House (Winner)

  • Winner of the Pitchfest at Pittsburgh Shorts and Script Competition 

  • San Diego Latino Film Festival

  • USC First Look 

  • Watsonville Film Festival

  • FILM BUZZ FESTIVAL LONDON

  • Short Shot Fest

  • First-Time Filmmaker Sessions @PinewoodStudios

  • Sierra International Film Weekend (Winner)

  • I, Immigrant. 

  • Videotitlán, Latin American Video Festival 

  • STUFF MX

  • Campinas Film Festival (Winner)

  • Alibag Film Festival

  • REELS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

  • FINDECOIN (winner)

  • Caracas Ibero-American Film Festival (winner)

  • Ora! Fest

  • Pune Short Film Festival

  • Festival de Cine Infantil Churumbela

  • International Film Festival for children and young people “AniFestROZAFA

  • FESTIVAL DE CINE INFANTIL CHURUMBELA

  • International Nature Image Festival

  • Penitente Film Fest

  • Festival Arica Nativa

  • Lagos International Festival of Animation LIFANIMA.

  • Cinema Nahualli

  • La Guarimba Film Festival

  • Vienna Film Awards

  • kinofestival "Light of the world”

  • IdentificarX Film festival 

  • Lake View International Film Festival

  • Festival Internacional de Cine Ambiental de la Patagonia

  • Claremont Heritage Showcase