The Burn Pile won Best Screenplay and Best Director awards at James Franco's Studio 4 Film School Film Festival- New York, where the short film was produced.
The Burn Pile has screened at the 2016 Los Angeles Cine Fest, The 120 Hour Film Festival at Rattlestick Theater West, and will be screening in December 2016 at the New Filmmakers New York Screening Series at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC.