AWARDS:
Yokaitopia (2026)
Best Animated Film
Florence Film Awards
New York Movie Awards
Portland Under the Stars (Oregon)
Paris Film Awards
Mannheim Arts and Film Festival
New York Film & Cinematography
Montenegro International Film Festival
Beyond the Screen Festival
Symbiotic Film Festival (Kiev)
Little Penguin Festival
Best Director Animation Film
Tokyo Film & Screenplay Awards
Los Angeles Movie & Music Video Awards
Best Score
Little Penguin Festival
Best Fantasy Film
New York Film & Cinematography
Award of Merit
Accolade Global Film Competition
Awards:
Bippy The Little Robot (2024-2025)
Director’s Award
Berlin Sci-Fi Film Festival
Award of Excellence
Best Shorts Competition (La Jolla, Cal.)
IndieFEST (La Jolla, Cal.)
Global Shorts (Los Angeles)
Depth of Field International Film Festival (Rehoboth Beach, Del.)
Best Picture
Paris Film Awards
Milan Gold Awards
Best Original Animation Style
FilmHaus (Berlin, Germany)
Plot Twist (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Best Sci-Fi Film
San Diego International Film Awards
Best Original Score
Plot Twist (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
Best Animation Short
Antakya International Film Festival (Turkey)
Phoenix Shorts
Chicago Filmmaker Awards
Brussels World Film Festival
Portland Moviemakers Award
Golden Swan Zurich Film Festival
Tokyo Women Film Festival
Sunny Film Festival (Berlin)
International Gold Awards (India)
Imaginary Mind Film Contest
Fireline Film Festival
LUMINA Film Festival (Czech Republic)
Hollywood Gold Awards
Pineapple Animation Festival (Marbella, Spain)
Hamburg Indie Film Festival (Germany)
Stockholm Short Festival
Sacramento Underground Film & Arts Festival
Dreamz Catcher International Film Festival (Kolkata, India)
MP Film Award 2025 (India)
Krimson Horyzon International Film Festival
Vision International Film Festival (India)
Mei International Film Festival (Mysuru, India)
Indie Cine Tube Awards (Kolkata, India)
Best Visual Effects/Best Montage
Lumina Flicks International Short Film Fest (Albania)
Best Short Film
Spinning Reels Awards
Awards:
Nana korobi, Ya oki (2021-2025)
Burmer received the Seattle Filmmaker Award for Nana korobi in 2021 and the following year she was the recipient of the Outstanding Animated Film Award from the Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival. Stardust Films and Screenplays recognized her with the Best Inspiration Award and audiences at the Women Over 50 Film Festival selected her film for the Audience Choice Award.
Since its release, Nana korobi has been recognized by more than 60 national and international film festivals for best animation, best original score, best director and best female composer. Here is an abbreviated look at other key festival awards:
Best Animation
Seattle Film Festival
Tokyo Sensei Filmfest
Oregon Short Film Festival
Women Over Fifty Film Festival (UK)
Pacific International Film Festival
Hamburg Film Awards (Germany)
LA Independent Women Film Awards
Toronto International Women Film Festival
Independent Shorts Award
San Francisco Women Film Festival
Golden Short Festival
New York Neorealism Film Awards
Royal Society of Television & Motion Picture
New Wave Short Film Festival
Best Female Composer/Best Original Score
Tokyo International Women Film Festival
Chaplin Independent Film Festival
IndieX Film Fest (Los Angeles)
Best Director
IndieX Film Fest
Hollywood Stage Script Film Competition
AWARDS: music
Celebrate World Music!
2014 Independent Music Vox Populi Award
Best Contemporary Classical Album
Best Instrumental (“Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra” by Nan Avant)
2022 Global Music Award
Silver Medal for “Tributum for Celtic Bagpipes and Orchestra” by Nan Avant
MEDIA COVERAGE: LIVE MUSIC CONCERTS
“A novel event of varied exotica created by an unexpected new presence in Seattle culture….Her aim is to bring Northwest artists of all kinds into fresh collaborations.”
Tom Keogh, The Seattle Times
“Origins,” a world-premiere audiovisual spectacle at Benaroya Hall, has set its sights big — cosmically big. Using magnificent images from NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope, new symphonic music, computer simulations and the latest in scientific research and theory, “Origins: Life and the Universe” promises to be an entertaining and awe-inspiring exploration of the cosmos.
The Seattle Times
“Dante’s Inferno sets classical ballet on fire.”
Seattle Dances
“Dr. Burmer turned her first-hand experience with Japan’s earthquake devastation into a musical experience. Seven local composers are given a chance to create and perform their own symphonic stories.”
Art Zone with Nancy Guppy
“Celestial objects have inspired countless masterpieces, from Vincent Van Gogh’s Starry Night to Emily Dickinson’s poems about the moon. Now eight Northwest composers have created symphonic works that celebrate the wonders of the Universe.”
Nancy Joseph, UW Perspectives
“The event will showcase seven of the city’s most talented and emerging talents.”
Helen Kempton, The Mercury (Hobart, Australia)
“Dr. Burmer is the daughter of an American father and Japanese mother. She is focused, disciplined and highly driven. That’s one side of her personality. Then there is the birdwatcher and nature lover – the Glenna who loves music, art and creativity. “
Dave Beck, KUOW Presents
“Seattle has an unusual concentration of music composers who write for the video-game and film industries, but you’ve probably never heard their names – even if you’ve heard their music…On March 18, seven local composers will be in the public spotlight and will get to hear their music performed live in a premiere of original orchestral compositions in Benaroya Hall.”
Katherine Long, The Seattle Times
“Music lovers can hear a 50-piece orchestra perform….original symphonic work at Benaroya Hall while raising money for the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra in Japan… It will be the world premiere of all seven compositions.”
Michael Harthorne, KOMO News
“Each composition tells a compelling story… performed by a 40-pieceorchestral ensemble made up of some of Seattle’s most talented musicians.”
Tacoma News Tribune