She soon expanded to directing, and her third short film Eye won a prize at the Short Shorts Film Festival in 2002, while her short film Grandmother won the grand prize in the Digital Shorts category of Tokyo International Fantastic Film Festival.
Ia kemudian memutuskan untuk menjadi sutradara, dan film pendek ketiganya Eye memenangkan sebuah penghargaan di Festival Film Short Shorts pada 2002, sementara film pendeknya Grandmother memenangkan grand prize dalam kategori Digital Shorts pada Festival Film Fantastik Internasional Tokyo.