Soren Sorensen is an award-winning filmmaker specializing in documentary film and television with an emphasis on social and cultural issues. His first feature-length documentary, MY FATHER'S VIETNAM (2016), combines interviews and never-before-seen photographs and 8mm footage of the era, to tell the story of three soldiers, only one of whom returned home from the Vietnam War alive. The film premiered at the 2015 Rhode Island International Film Festival, where it won the Soldiers and Sacrifice Grand Prize. MY FATHER'S VIETNAM is currently available on streaming video-on-demand platforms, and on Blu-ray and DVD. Sorensen’s most recent film is the short documentary, WITH DAD. Based on the book of the same name by photographer and Clark University Studio Art professor Stephen DiRado, WITH DAD features DiRado’s still photography, specifically during the painful 20-year period of his father’s decline and eventual death from Alzheimer’s disease. The film premiered at the 2020 Rhode Island International Film Festival, where it won the Youth Jury First Prize for Best Short Documentary. The film also won awards in 2020 at the Houston International Film Festival, the Massachusetts Independent Film Festival, and the Mystic Film Festival. In 2021, WITH DAD won two awards, for Best Short Documentary and Best Editing, at the Red Dirt Film Festival in Stillwater, OK. Sorensen is currently in post-production on his second feature-length documentary, on the life and music of the Cuban-born pianist and composer, Omar Sosa.
Best Music-Related Film / Official Closing FIlm / Official Selection
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
ReelHeART International Film Festival
Toronto, Ontario
2022
Best Documentary / Official Selection
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
Imaginarium Independent Film Festival
Louisville, KY
2022
Official Selection
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
Roxbury International Film Festival
Boston, MA
2022
Nominated for Best Documentary / Official Selection
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
Red Dirt Film Festival
Stillwater, OK
2022
Official Selection
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
USA Film Festival
Dallas, TX
2022
Best of Festival - Feature Documentary / Official Selection
Omar Sosa's 88 Well-Tuned Drums
Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
Worcester
2022
Best Short Documentary / Official Selection
With Dad
2021 New York City Independent Film Festival
New York, NY
2021
Best Short Documentary / Best Editing / Official Selection
With Dad
2021 Red Dirt Film Festival
Stillwater, OK
2021
Youth Jury First Prize -- Best Short Documentary
With Dad
2020 Rhode Island International Film Festival
Providence
2020
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
My Father's Vietnam
Flagler Film Festival
Palm Coast, FL
2016
Best Documentary Nominee
My Father's Vietnam
Red Dirt International Film Festival
Stillwater, OK
2015
Soldiers and Sacrifice GRAND PRIZE
My Father's Vietnam
Rhode Island International Film Festival
Providence, RI
2015
Official Selection
With Dad
2020 St. Louis International Film Festival
St. Louis, MO
Official Selection / Grand Jury Prize Documentary Short
With Dad
2020 Mystic Film Festival
Mystic, CT
Official Selection
With Dad
2020 Black Bear Film Festival
Milford, PA
Official Selection
With Dad
2020 GlobeDocs
Boston, MA
Official Selection
With Dad
2020 Chagrin Documentary Film Festival
Chagrin Falls, OH
Best Documentary
With Dad
2020 Massachusetts Independent Film Festival
Arlington, MA
Gold Remi Award -- Documentary Short Subject
With Dad
2020 WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival
Houston, TX
College
Berklee College of Music
Music, Film Scoring
19941998
College
Rhode Island College
Art, Media Studies
20102012
College
Vermont College of Fine Arts
Film, Documentary Production
20172019
Birth Date
January 21, 1975
Birth City
Hartford
Current City
Cranston
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