Wenhwa Ts'ao is the recipient of the Kodak Faculty Scholar Award, the
Individual Artist Support Initiative Artists Fellowship, the Illinois
Arts Council Artist Fellowship, the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Media Artist Fellowship, the Appalshop Southeast Media Program
Fellowship. She has received grants from the City of Chicago Community
Arts Program, the Columbia College Faculty Development Grant, and
Ilford Imaging. In 2011, Ts'ao was selected for the American Film
Institute Directing Workshop for Women.
Her shorts have screened in numerous film festivals including Palm
Spring International ShortFest, Montreal World Film Festival, San
Francisco Asian American Film Festival, Creteil Festival International
de Film de Femmes, Vancouver International Film Festival, MadCat
Women's International Film Festival, Mill Valley International Film
Festival, Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Victoria
Independent Film Festival, the Chicago Film Festival, and in festivals
and showcases in China, Romania, Mexico, Ecuador, Korea, Iran, Africa
and the Netherlands.