Alum Receives Film Production Grant

hansonjl — Tue, 29 Oct 2024 20:23:53 +0000

Adriana “Yani” Foreman ’20 was awarded the BLNCD Aspiring Filmmaker Grant in the amount of $1500 to produce a short film. The grant was given to an aspiring female filmmaker by the women owned BLNCD company. The award was announced at the Twin Cities Film Festival on Awards Night Oct. 26th.

Foreman submitted her screenplay and previous work samples to be in the running for the award. Foreman will use the funds to create “Harmony Unraveled”. The film will premiere at the Twin Cities Film Festival next Fall.

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Films nominated for Student Production Awards from the Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation

Augsburg University — Mon, 11 Mar 2019 17:28:11 +0000

Upper Midwest Student Production Award from the Upper Midwest Emmy Foundation for “Monday Train” Photo: Sarah Van Sickle

Written by: Sarah Van Sickle

Congratulations to all of the Augsburg students that were nominated for a Student Production Award from the Upper Midwest Emmy® Foundation! Nominations were announced today and Augsburg has six nominations in five categories. The recognizes outstanding achievement in student filmmaking. While Augsburg has been nominated before and won twice, this is the most nominations the University has ever received. The 2019 Student Awards Ceremony takes place on April 12th.

Augsburg nominations are as follows:

Short Form: Fiction

“Cycle,” directed by Winston Heckt; editing/sound by Lukas Olson; written by Lauren Tabor; and advised by Robert Cowgill.

“Fairy of the Night,” directed by Joel Myers and advised by Jila Nikpay.

Long Form: Fiction

“Take Me Home,” written/directed by Rebecca Lynn Schroeder; editing/sound by Lukas Olson; camera/editing by Winston Heckt; produced by Francesca Chiari; assistant director Meredith Carstens; production design by Olivia Drury; and advised by Jenny Hanson.

Commercial

“Lets Talk,” directed/produced by Adrianna Foreman and advised by Jenny Hanson.

Animation/Graphics/Special Effects

“Rodney and Jimmy and the Campfire,” directed by Joel Myers and advised by Jenny Hanson.

Editor

“Amusement,” edited by Joel Myers.

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