 "Steps" won international awards from Poland's KAN Film Festival, Ukraine's International Rights Film Festival, UK's Black Film Festival and Malta's Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival.MTV Networks acquired Cheng's film "The Red Dress" for its 2009-2010 Logo programming.Prior to that, Cheng directed "Mrs. C", a political satire starring Niecy Nash, to help the Obama campaign during the 2008 presidential primary.