Chocolate With Sprinkles
2025 WINNER - BEST SHORT FILM
2024
United States
19 mins
Short Film Competition
| Huriyyah Muhammad | |
| Okema T. Moore, Yha Mourhia Wright | |
| Reno Wilson (Art), Keisha Thompson (Mary), Camron Jones (Max), Lillian Gilbert (Yazzy) |
On their 25th wedding anniversary, a bickering couple is given one day to do something they haven’t done in 25 years – work on their marriage.
About the Director
Huriyyah Muhammad is an award-winning director, writer and producer whose projects have been invited to the Sundance Film Fest, Tribeca, Outfest, Newfest, AFI, New Voices in Black Cinema, American Black Film Festival and more. Huriyyah is the 2024 HBO Short Film Competition Winner, a 2024 SeriesFest Winner, a Sundance Creative Producing Award Winner, and an alum of the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women (DWW) and the Film Independent Episodic Directing Intensive.
Reviews
Lights, Camera, Action – The Intersection of Motherhood and Filmmaking with Huriyyah Muhammad – The ProCreatives Podcast
Black Women Need to Make More Films Starting the HBO Short Film Competition Proves It – Ebony
Chocolate With Sprinkles Wins the HBO Short Film Competition – MSN
Interviews
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Awards
2024 ABFF – 2024 HBO Short Film Competition winner
2024 Baltimore International Black Film Festival – Best Short Film
2024 Black Reel Awards – Best Short Film (nominee)
2024 DC Black Film Festival – Best Short Film (nominee)
2024 Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival – Best Short Film
2024 Micheaux Film Festival – Best Original Screenplay (nominee)
2024 National Black Film Festival – Best Short Film
2024 NYWIFT Online Shorts Fest Presented by IwomanTV
Best Cast, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score
2024 Queens City Film Festival – Best Film , Best Director
2024 Quibdo African Film Festival – Best Short Film
