 The film won the First Place Drama Short for the United Latino Film Festival, a Gold CINDY Award, a Robert Townsend Social Issues Award and Merit Special Mention at The Best Shorts Competition.Directed by Cardoso, written by Nina Weiman and produced by Frank Konigsberg and Patricia Clifford, "Meddling Mom" was the first Latino film ever made by Hallmark Channel.The film stars Sonia Braga, as Carmen Vera, a ceramics art dealer and meddling mother pursued by a charming dance professor played by Tony Plana.