"Broken English" screened at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival. It was also entered into the 29th Moscow International Film Festival. The film was nominated at the 23rd Independent Spirit Awards for Best First Screenplay and Posey was nominated for Best Female Lead. She was set to co-star in John Waters' film "Fruitcake" with Johnny Knoxville. The film was to be set in her hometown of Baltimore, Maryland. However, Waters announced that he has canceled "Fruitcake", saying "I can't get it made ... I thought it would do well, but it's not. In this economy, I'm going to have to do a puppet show."