"Manus" was awarded Best Documentary at the 2019 St. Kilda Film Festival and Best Documentary at the 2020 FIFO (Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien) in Tahiti. It was an official selection for the 2020 Byron Bay International Film Festival and the 2020 Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFFest) in York, UK, qualifying the film for entry into the 2020 Oscars Documentary Short category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts &amp; Sciences.