'' Electrick Children '' gained Thomas — at that time a fourth-year student at Columbia University School of the Arts — a nomination for the " Someone to Watch " award at the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards . It won her the FIPRESCI Award at the 2012 International Festival of Independent Cinema PKO Off Camera in Kraków , Poland , and a " Directors to Watch " award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival . '' Electrick Children '' won Best Film at the Tallinn Blacks Night Film Festival and Garner won Best Young Actress at the BUSTER Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth and Best Actress at the Mumbai Film Festival
2012 Independent Spirit Awards
28th Independent Spirit Awards
Electrick Children