'Eersgeborene' won the 2009 Corto Cortissimo 'Lion' for Best Short Film at the Venice Film Festival. it is the first Afrikaans-language film to do so.
'Eersgeborene' was a 2010 National Board of Review 'Student Grant Awardee'
"Eersgeborene' won the 2010 Atlanta Film Festival Narrative Short Jury Award.