LAS VEGAS - s4story -- Las Vegas filmmaker Trina Colon is earning national and international recognition for her debut feature film, Sunny Yard. The award-winning dark comedy recently earned nominations for Best Feature and Best Actress for Colon's lead performance at The North Film Festival in New York City, where it also received an Honorable Mention Award. Building on that momentum, Sunny Yard went on to capture the festival's highest honor, Best in Fest, at the Hispanic International Film Festival at the Cinema Art Theater in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

Produced by Colon's independent production company, World of Difference, Sunny Yard has become a festival favorite, collecting awards, nominations, and selections from festivals across North America, Europe, and Asia.

Written, directed, produced, and starring Colon, Sunny Yard follows a stubborn junkyard owner whose life begins to unravel when a string of petty thefts threatens her livelihood. What starts as a fight to save her business becomes a funny, heartfelt, and occasionally disastrous reckoning with family, identity, and survival.

Part dark comedy, part working-class love story, and part glorious train wreck, Sunny Yard embraces the chaos of being human.

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Audience member Aaron Penney summed it up best:

"Sunny Yard is an endearing comedy about family hardships and next chapters packaged into gift-wrapped chaos and madness. I loved every second."

What makes the film's growing success especially remarkable is that Sunny Yard is Colon's first narrative feature film.

Shot on a micro-budget and fueled by determination, creativity, and a healthy amount of duct tape, the film features a cast drawn from Las Vegas' entertainment community, including comedians, improvisers, actors, and Las Vegas Strip talent.

"We filled a junkyard with comedians, improvisers, Vegas entertainers, and a whole lot of bad decisions," said Colon. "Somehow, it turned into an award-winning movie."

The film's growing list of honors includes:

Awards

• Hispanic International Film Festival — Best in Fest (2025)
• National Independent Film Association (NIFA) — Best Micro Budget Film (2025)
• Hollywood Gold Awards — Winner (2025)
• Bangkok Movie Awards — Winner (2025)
• Nevada Women's Film Festival — Audience Favorite (2026)
• The North Film Festival — Honorable Mention (2026)

Nominations

• The North Film Festival — Best Feature (2026)
• The North Film Festival — Best Actress, Trina Colon (2026)
• Montreal Women Film Festival — Best Feature (2026)
• Nevada Women's Film Festival — Best Feature (2026)

Official Selections & Additional Recognition

• New York Movie Awards (2025)
• London Lift-Off Film Festival (2025)
• BITCH Fest Film Festival — Finalist (2025)
• California Women's Film Festival — Semi-Finalist (2025)
• Santa Barbara International Movie Awards — Semi-Finalist (2025)
• New Orleans International Film Awards — Semi-Finalist (2026)

For Colon, the success of Sunny Yard represents more than festival recognition. It highlights the depth of talent thriving in Las Vegas and demonstrates that meaningful independent cinema can emerge far beyond traditional filmmaking hubs.

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"This film was built by artists who showed up, believed in each other, and made something out of almost nothing," said Colon. "Every award belongs to the entire team that helped bring this story to life."

About Trina Colon

Trina Colon is a Las Vegas-based writer, director, producer, actor, entrepreneur, and founder of World of Difference Productions. Sunny Yard marks her debut feature film as writer, director, producer, and lead actor. Her work focuses on character-driven stories that blend humor, heart, and the resilience of everyday people.

About World of Difference

World of Difference is an independent production company founded by Trina Colon and dedicated to creating original stories that celebrate authenticity, resilience, humor, and unconventional voices.

Executive Producers

John Colon
Janae Herd

For more information please visit

https://sunnyyardmovie.com/