UNCG’s School of Art Visiting Assistant Professor of Animation, Dan Hale was nominated for several awards by the Lonely Wolf London International Film Festival for The Boy Who Cried, a film he co-directed. The Boy Who Cried is a dark, animated short about the complex relationship between a parent and a child, the power of fear to drive our actions and the shattering of innocence.

The film was nominated for
- Outstanding Character Design Nomination
- Outstanding Created Environment Nomination
- Best Animated Film Semi-Finalist