SELECTED AWARDS: JOCELYN M. AJAMI

2008 RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION $10,000 GRANT TO PRESENT POSTCARD FROM LEBANON AND FOR PARTICIPATION AT THE DUBLIN DIPLOMATIC CONVENTION TO BAN CLUSTER BOMBS

AUDIENCE CIRCLE AWARD, 2nd Place, 2004 WASHINGTON DC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, 2004, QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES

BEST DOCUMENTARY, NORTH AMERICA, LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, 2003 QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES

GOLD SPECIAL JURY AWARD, HOUSTON WORLDFEST 2003 for QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES

BEST DOCUMENTARY, THE ARTS IN FILM, WINE COUNTRY FILMFEST, 2003 QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES

RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION GRANT, $6000, 2002 for CARMEN AMAYA, QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES

RICHARD H. DRIEHAUS FOUNDATION GRANT, $35,OOO, 2000- 2001 for CARMEN AMAYA, QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES

MASS COUNCIL PRODUCTION FELLOWSHIP, for CARMEN AMAYA QUEEN OF THE GYPSIES, $2OOO, 1999

GYPSY HEART, “Best of Dance, 1998”, Boston Globe

GYPSY HEART, Silver award, 1998, Worldfest, Houston International Film Festival

PEOPLE OF THE YEAR AWARD, Tab Community Papers, 1997

WOMENS INTERNATIONAL FORUM, LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION FELLOWSHIP, Washington DC, 1996

OASIS OF PEACE, Merit Award, 1995, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival.

JIHAD, Honorable Mention, American Film and Video Festival, 1992

PROJECT DEVELOPMENT GRANT, Ministry of Culture, Bucharest, Romania, 1992