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

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

Bryan Leon, Alesandro Fajardo, Owen Wedge, Joe Chamlin - NATAS Nomination - Commercial for Mountain View Adventure Center

Daniel Meckes - NATAS Nomination - Bill Fireside's Honor Flight Documentary

Damian Liakopolous - NATAS Nomination - Say Something PSA

Maine West Film Students Find Success at MMEA Film Festival & NATAS 2023 #207Now #mediaarts #excellence @wmth_west @mainewestfab @mwactivities

The work of several Maine West film students recently received recognition from two prestigious film organizations: Midwest Media Educators' Association (MMEA) and The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS; the organization behind the Emmy Awards). 

We are so proud of these students and their film teacher, Ms. Rebecca Orr, for their achievements!

Congratulations to the following students:

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Student Production Award Nominees (LINK)

Ash Carmichael - Arts and Culture Nomination: Expressing Identity Through Art

Addie Webb - Serious News Nomination: Banned Book Week at Maine West

Russell Adaya - Public Service Announcement Nomination: Be Kind PSA

Midwest Media Educators' Association Award Recipients (LINK)

Kris Modi - Recipient of the Lucas Palermo Scholarship

Marjorie Padar and Avery Rizzi - 1st Place Demonstration: How To Put Up a Birdhouse  

Nikhil Nair - 3rd Place Demonstration: How to Make a "Dum" Good Biryani

Ash Carmichael - 2nd Place News Package: Expressing Identity Through Art

Abby Wilson - 5th Place News Package: New Feature Twirler: Olivia Young

Marjorie Padar - 3rd Place Public Service Announcement: Surviving Your Family During the Holidays

Ben Pluta - 4th Place Public Service Announcement: Porch Pirate PSA

Ben Pluta - 3rd Place Talk Show: Career Corner with Michael Norman

More pictures from the 2023 Midwest Media Educators' Association can be found HERE.

Maine West Broadcasting Students Earn Awards from NATAS and MMEA! #207Now #broadcasting #mediaartseducation @wmth_mainewest

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) Festival on Friday, April 29, 2022! Congratulations to all of the students on your incredible achievements! We are so proud of you!

Brooke Capper's piece, The Hope Wall, took home two awards: 

• 1st Place and Crystal Pillar Winner from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for Light News
• 2nd Place News Package from the Midwest Media Educators' Association

Brooke Capper's piece, From Pain to Hope, took home 1st Place in Documentary Filmmaking from the MMEA

Ben Pluta's piece, Libraries of the Past: Terry Blue's Honor Flight, took home 3rd Place in Documentary Filmmaking from the MMEA. Ben's piece also received a NATAS nomination. 

Nitya Nair and Lindsey Kulesza's piece, How to Make a Dessert Charcuterie Board, took home 2nd Place in Demonstration Video from the MMEA.

Warrior Weekly- 4th Place News Program MMEA 

Anchors: Said Nonoal, Andrew Stutheit, Nitya Nair, Lindsey Kulesza 

Producers: Abby Wilson, Said Nonoal, Brooke Capper, Addie Webb, Ash Carmichael 

News Packages: Addie Webb, Brooke Capper, Leena Lugo, Nitya Nair, Lindsey Kulesza

Intro Video: Damian Liakopolous 

Head Editor: Sam Lightfoot 

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