March 13, 2014
3 Chapman student films won awards at the Sedona International Film Festival in Arizona: Blue (Katelyn Bianchini ‘12, Rena Cheng ‘12, Asia Lancaster ‘12) won Director’s Choice Award for Best Animated Short Film, Grounded (Monica Stefanelli ‘13) won Audience Choice Award for Best Animated Short Film, Into the Silent Sea (Andrej Landin ‘13) won both the Director’s Choice and Audience Choice Award for Best Student Film.
Editor John Baldino (MFA ’09) had been working on NBC’s “The Voice” for three years in 2019 when another veteran editor, Nick Don Vito ’87, returned to the show after a 15-season absence. It didn’t take long for them to realize that they were both Chapman University graduates. “We were just discussing our backgrounds a
The 51st Student Academy Awards were handed out in London, with three Olympic-style medal placements announced in the shorts categories of animations, live-action and documentary. Dodge alum Aaron Johnson ’24, received the Silver Award for his documentary short “The 17 Percent.”