Screenings & Awards
Cottage Grove is a Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy®-nominated short film produced by Cottage Grove Productions and InstinctiVision Films. The story follows a young man and his stroke-afflicted father as they struggle to find common ground in a store parking lot.
COTTAGE GROVE (2023)
Awards & Honors
- Chicago/Midwest Regional Emmy® Nomination – Outstanding Achievement in Arts/Entertainment (2025)
- AMC+ Distribution – National streaming release on AMC+ (2025)
- 2× Gold Telly Awards – People’s Telly & Student Telly (2024)
- Screen Magazine Feature – Highlighted for Black History Month (2025)
- The Times of Northwest Indiana Feature – “Gary native’s film showing on AMC+” (2025)
- Chicago Sun-Times Feature – Part of the Black History Month Film Series at the Music Box Theatre (2025)
- Chicago Crusader Feature – Local spotlight on Cottage Grove’s Chicago screening
Film Festival Selections
- Micheaux Film Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
- Capital City Film Festival (Lansing, MI)
- George Lindsey UNA Film Festival (Florence, AL)
- Tallgrass Film Festival (Wichita, KS)
- Driftless Film Festival (Mineral Point, WI)
- Midwest Film Festival (Chicago, IL)
- Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (Cleveland, OH)
- Free State Film Festival (Lawrence, KS)
- Blue Whiskey Film Festival (Elk Grove, IL)
- Gary International Black Film Festival (Gary, IN)
- Chicago Southland Film Festival (University Park, IL)
- Plus 20+ additional national festival selections across the U.S.