(Atlanta, GA – November 1, 2023) The Associated Collegiate Press and College Media Association welcomed students from around the world to the Hyatt Regency Atlanta for the nation’s largest gathering of college journalists, media students, and their advisors. Philm student KT Reihner joined a delegation of attendees from PennWest Edinboro. For four days, students chose from…
(St. Louis, MO – October 20, 2023) The International Photography Hall of Fame (IPHF) has announced winners of its 2023 Open Photography Competition. PennWest Photography instructor Natasha Kravchenko will be included as an exhibiting artist. Works will be showcased as an online collection through March 15, 2024. Juror Joyce Tenneson (lauded by American Photo Magazine…
(Kings Mountain, NC & Waldwick, NJ – June 26, 2023) The Real to Reel International Film Festival today announced the program it will screen for North Carolina audiences in August of this year. Twisting Memories, a documentary made in the FA22 Non-Fiction Filmmaking course, is among the roster of official selections. Twisting Memories showcases the…
(Tokyo, Japan & Lansing, IA – May 31, 2023) Charged with fostering connections between the Asian and international markets, the Tokyo Lift-Off film festival has selected Drunk History for screening in a program offering a mixture of fresh talent and festival veterans from all genres. Additionally, judges of the Star City Film Festival in Lansing,…
(Tamil Nadu, India & Pinewood, England – February 14, 2023) In a hub of South India’s rich Tamil cinema, a PennWest student documentary is earning deserved recognition for women in arts. The Kollywood International Film Festival has this month named Alla Prima its Best Women’s Film. This follows an Official Selection designation by England’s Lift-Off…
(Allentown, PA; New York, NY; Ely, MN and Calcutta, India – December 22, 2022) Barely two weeks after its Edinboro premiere, a student documentary has earned a place in the roster of films that will be shown early next year in India at the Calcutta International Cult Film Festival. Organizers have recognized the film with…
(West Chester, PA – October 21, 2022) Mark Wilton’s short story A Pool of Blood won a flash fiction competition sponsored by the English Association of Pennsylvania State Universities (EAPSU). “I found out I won while I was on set shooting Drunk History, the narrative film for fall 2022.” Wilton presented the story at EAPSU’s…
(Provo, UT; Portland, OR; Gorizia, Italy; and London, UK – October 12, 2022) At an after-hours ceremony in London’s famed British Museum, the British Horror Film Festival conferred its top screenwriting honor on Edinboro alum Lee Copeland. Rooted in traditional tales of creatures corrupted by humans, Oread is a folk/horror story about friends who reconnect…
(New York, NY – May 25, 2021) Assistant Professor of Digital Filmmaking Brian Fuller today was honored with a Silver Telly Award for ART100 Videoscape. The film features work by faculty and graduates of the Edinboro University of Pennsylvania’s celebrated Art Department. ART100 Videoscape was designed to be projection-mapped in four synchronized panels onto irregular…
(Laguna Beach, CA and Cookeville, TN – January 15, 2021) A Tennessee PBS affiliate recognized Edinboro Film & Video student Kain Winiecke with a bronze award in WCTE’s Student Film Festival. Winiecke’s short documentary, Good Curling, won third prize in the festival’s non-fiction category. The honor comes in tandem with a second place win at…
