Two films written and directed by University of Guam communications students have won awards among 1,750 entries in the Festival of Media Arts by the Broadcast Education Association. The UOG students were among 368 awardees who were recognized and whose videos were available to view at the BEA2020 convention, which took place over the weekend.<\/p>\n
The two original screenplays\u2014The Passenger, directed by Stephanie Smith and co-written by Keanno Fausto and Bradley Bartonico, and Left on Read, directed by Fausto and co-written by Kiana Brown and Brandon Cruz\u2014were written for a film criticism course taught by Associate Professor Raymond Anderson and then adapted to film for an independent filmmaking class taught by instructor Kel Muna.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is UOG\u2019s first time winning this student award, and to have two get recognized I think is outstanding,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n
The festival is an internationally judged exhibition of faculty and student work with entrants this year from more than 300 universities nationwide. The UOG student films both won Awards of Excellence as narrative works.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s surreal to be recognized for your team\u2019s work,\u201d said Fausto, who had a hand in both films. \u201cWhen we were creating the film, we were not anticipating any recognition or honors at all and simply wanted to tell a meaningful story that we would watch ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Passenger is about a rideshare driver giving a ride to a distraught and mysterious passenger, and Left on Read follows 17-year-old Sirena Perez as she deals with \u201coffline drama while trying to maintain her life online.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Left on Read has also been awarded locally, winning the \u201cBest Made in the Marianas\u201d award at the Guam International Film Festival in October and two awards at the University of Guam Film Festival last May.
\nThe films are viewable at\u00a0https:\/\/bea2020.secure-platform.com\/a. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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