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APU Students Win Big at BEA Festival of Media Arts
March 19, 2008
AZUSA, Calif. –
Azusa Pacific University is proud to announce that five APU student films received awards at the 2008 (BEA) Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts. The students’ films competed against 80 to 120 entries from other college students from around the U.S. This year, APU won three of the top seven film divisions.
Narrative Film:
1st Place: Flutter
Directed by Patricia Aurand
Produced by Nick Ganas
2nd Place: Life After
Written and directed by Jeremiah Lujan
Produced by David Martinez
3rd place: Second December
Written and directed by Savannah Nord
Produced by Chadwick Trentham
Studio/Multi Camera:
1st Place: American U
Directed by Anders Lindwall
Produced by Savannah Nord and Chadwick Trentham
Music Video:
1st Place: Be There For You
Directed by Matt Francis
APU’s Cinema Broadcast Arts Program enters student films in the BEA Festival of Media Arts annually. Last year, two films were awarded first place in their category and one film received second in its category. The festival is held in Las Vegas and is the culminating event of the National Association of Broadcasters Convention.
The Cinema and Broadcast Arts Program at APU prepares students to integrate a Christian worldview into their study of the history, theory, and philosophy of narrative and communicative media which encompasses film, television and radio. The program guides and assists students as they develop, write, produce, and evaluate critical and creative efforts that prepare them for involvement in the entertainment and communication industries.
Featured in TIME magazine and ranked as one of the nation’s best by U.S.News & World Report and The Princeton Review, Azusa Pacific is a comprehensive, Christian, evangelical university, committed to God First and known for excellence in higher education. Azusa Pacific’s main campus lies just 26 miles northeast of Los Angeles in the San Gabriel Valley, while its seven Southern California regional centers bring convenience and extend quality programming. The university offers more than 50 areas of undergraduate study, 23 master's degrees, and 7 doctorates to a total student population of more than 8,100.
