Rent a Grandpa Won a Special Jury Award from the International Motion Picture Festival of India.
Rent a Grandpa Won the Critics' Choice for Best International Short Film from the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival.
Rent a Grandpa was conceived so that the actors could do their scenes remotely, Ed Vela only actually worked on set with two of the plethora of young actors: Brily Jones and Adam Haq.