Maine West Film Students Earn Awards at Midwest Media Educators' Association Film Festival 2024! #207Now #mediaarts #excellence #awards #natas @wmth

Students in Maine West's broadcasting program distinguished themselves as some of the best student broadcasters and filmmakers in the region by earning a number of awards at the Midwest Media Educators' Association (MMEA) Film Festival on Friday, April 26! The MMEA Film Festival has been around for 31 years, and it involves all of the Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana media arts programs. Awards from this film festival distinguish students as some of the best regional student filmmakers. This year, there were over 400 student entries.

Congratulations to all of the students on your incredible achievements! We are so proud of you!

Congratulations to our media arts teacher, Mr. Rebecca Fisher, on her students' achievements!

More photos and video from the MMEA Film Festival can be found HERE.

Brooke Capper - 1st Place - Natural Audio News Package

Daniel Meckes - 2nd Place - News Package

Aaron Rivera - 5th Place - Natural Audio News Package

Katie Huk - 5th Place - News Package

Warrior Weekly - 5th Place - News Program - Written and Edited by Brooke Capper, Ash Carmichael and Damian Liakopolous and produced by the entire Warrior Weekly Staff - Avery Rizzi, Ben Pluta, Estelle Ghinea, Sami Alam, Katie Huk, and Daniel Meckes.

Avery Rizzi - 3rd Place - Demonstration

Alesandro Fajardo and Damian Liakopolous - 5th Place- Commercial

Students who received NATAS (student Emmy award) nominations were also honored at the MMEA Film Festival. Here are the student nominees from West this year:

Brooke Capper, Addie Webb, Marjorie Padar, Alesandro Fajardo, Jude Santos, Mickael Drimboi - NATAS Nomination - Fantastic Feasts and Where To Find Them