FIRST LIGHT was a 2021 award winner at the Academy Award®-qualifying Ann Arbor Film Festival. It has won numerous additional awards including Best Animation 2021 at New Jersey International Film Festival, Best Score 2020 at Mediterranean Film Festival Cannes, Best Animation 2020 at Mediterranean Film Festival, and a short animation award 2020 at American Filmatic Arts Awards, Brooklyn. It was also the official selection at numerous Academy Award®-qualifying and Canadian Screen Award Qualifying film festivals. FIRST LIGHT features the vocals of mezzo-soprano Maren Montalbano, and soprano Jessica Beebe, vocalists in Grammy®Award-winning ensembles.