Best Director London Director Awards (A Wait)

Annecy Festival Residency 2022 (Feature Script)

MENTORSHIP Directors UK Inspire 2020

Best Director EDA (Excellence in Dynamic Activism) Award from AWFJ, 2021

Sundance Feature Development Lab FINALIST

CANNESERIES Writers Club 2021

MIP: Producer to Watch (Bleachers)

JOAN SCHECKEL LABS: Action, Episodic, Feeling

ERA50:50 - TellHerVision Project LONGLIST 

Canneseries Short Form Content FINALIST

Berlinale JETS / WEP films Production WINNER

Sundance X Youtube Episodic Lab FINALIST

NFTS Star of Tomorrow Award (BAFTA)

ADAPTING-4-CINEMA Lab: Torino-Budapest-London

Creative England/Big Talk/Baby Cow: Funny Girls SHORTLIST

Creative England Film Development Scheme

Spike Island game design- LIONSGATE FINALIST

Creative Skillset Bursary | NFTS Screenwriting and Producing Scholarship

WINNER Film London PULSE DIGI SHORTS Award

Variety - New Filmmakers Los Angeles Best International Comedy 2023 nominees

Film Industry Network - Top 8 Short Films to Watch in 2022

London Rocks Festival - Interview with Clare Macdonald, Director of ‘The Mountain’

Film Carnage - 1800-D-DIRECT review: "a little bit filthy, lots of fun..."

Alliance of Women Film Journalists - The winner of the EDA Award for Best Female-Directed Short is 1-800-D-DIRECT, directed by Clare Macdonald

Festival Formula - 1800-D-DIRECT Festival Run

FILM FORWARD Episode: Clare MacDonald, Haley Bishop & Gemma Yates-Round "1-800-D-Direct"