[3] On this occasion, she directed her first short film: Open Your Eyes.
Cohen won the Alexis Award for Most Promising Student Filmmaker at the Palm Springs International ShortFest in 2008 and Best Director at both the Canada International Film Festival in 2009 and Beverly Hills Shorts Festival 2009.
[citation needed] She is the producer of the films Fuelling the Fire, Animated American, Fortune Teller (finalist in the Chrysler Million Dollar Film Festival), and the DWW short film Laying Down Arms.
"Open Your Eyes" is Cohen's first short film as writer and director.
"Open Your Eyes" was awarded the Jim DeMulling Speak Out Award and received an honorable mention for Best Narrative at the 42nd Humboldt Film Festival in 2009.