{"id":12388,"date":"2018-08-20T11:04:01","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T18:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2018\/08\/20\/5-chapman-films-selected-as-2018-student-academy-awards-semi-finalists-2-advance-to-finalist-stage\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:44","slug":"5-chapman-films-selected-as-2018-student-academy-awards-semi-finalists-2-advance-to-finalist-stage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2018\/08\/20\/5-chapman-films-selected-as-2018-student-academy-awards-semi-finalists-2-advance-to-finalist-stage\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Chapman films selected as 2018 Student Academy Awards Semi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12400\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Student-Academy-Awards.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Student-Academy-Awards.jpg 960w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Student-Academy-Awards-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Student-Academy-Awards-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/>We are pleased to announce that two Chapman films advanced to the Finalist stage of the 2018\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/saa\">Student Academy Awards<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>In the Alternative Category:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Transient Passengers (Experiment Number Nun)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Thesis Film (dir. Natalia Hermida BFA\/FP &#8217;19). Natalia is one of three Finalists in this category.<\/p>\n<p>In the Narrative Category:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Esta Es Tu Cuba\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Graduate Thesis Film (dir. Brian Robau MFA\/FP &#8217;18). Brian is one of eight finalists in this category.<\/p>\n<p>The next stage of judging has begun and Finalists will be notified of their final status by mid-September.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the two Finalists being announced, Chapman had five films named Semi-Finalists. Those films included:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>She Who Questions\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>&#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Project S UK Short (dir. Rachel Lattin BFA\/NWD &#8217;18, Jordyn Romero BFA\/NWD &#8217;19, Elliot Powell BFA\/FP &#8217;18, Riani Astuti BFA\/NWD &#8217;18, Paloma Young &#8217;18)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Esta Es Tu Cuba\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Graduate Thesis Film (dir. Brian Robau MFA\/FP &#8217;17, Student Academy Award <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oscars.org\/news\/medalists-revealed-2016-student-academy-awardsr\">silver medalist<\/a> in the narrative category in 2016)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Some Nerve\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>&#8211;\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2017\/11\/15\/community-voices-documentary-film-screening-2\/\">Community Voices Documentary Film<\/a>\u00a0(dir. Megan Ernst BFA\/TBJ &#8217;18, Nikki Nahai BA &#8217;20, Dora Wu MFA\/DOC &#8217;18, Emily Tapanes BFA\/FP &#8217;18)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Snowball<\/strong><\/em><em> &#8211;\u00a0<\/em>Graduate Non-Thesis Film (dir. Paul Rivet MFA\/FP &#8217;19)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Transient Passengers (Experiment Number Nun)\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>&#8211; Thesis Film (dir. Natalia Hermida BFA\/FP &#8217;18)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Yours for the Revolution<\/strong><\/em> &#8211; Graduate Documentary Film (dir. Ben Yates MFA\/DOCU &#8217;19)<\/p>\n<p>Last year there were also four Chapman films selected as Semi-Finalists:\u00a0<em>Beginning of the Road\u00a0<\/em>(dir. Jeremiah Thompson),\u00a0<em>Dempsey the Diabetic<\/em> <em>Superhero\u00a0<\/em>(dir. Kendall Goldberg, Greyson Horst, Rocky Pajarito, Caroline Roffe),<em> A Foreman <\/em>(dir. Daniel Drummond, 2015 Student Academy Award Winner),\u00a0and\u00a0<em>G.R.E.T.A<\/em>. (dir. Tanner Cusumano). Of these films\u00a0<em>A Foreman<\/em> went on to become a Finalist in the narrative category. In addition, Priscilla Gonzalez Sainz&#8217;s documentary film\u00a0<em>Room 140\u00a0<\/em>is also a Semi-Finalist. Priscilla is our Assistant Production Manager here at Chapman, but the film was created while she was a student at Stanford.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congratulations and good luck to the filmmakers and crews!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12403\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12403\" style=\"width: 580px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12403 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Some-Nerve_Multiple-Sclerosis-Society-of-Orange-County.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Some-Nerve_Multiple-Sclerosis-Society-of-Orange-County.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/Some-Nerve_Multiple-Sclerosis-Society-of-Orange-County-300x169.jpg 300w, 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src=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/estaestucuba_still3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"313\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/estaestucuba_still3.png 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/estaestucuba_still3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/estaestucuba_still3-1024x552.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/estaestucuba_still3-768x414.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2018\/08\/estaestucuba_still3-1536x828.png 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12416\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esta Es Tu Cuba<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12417\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12417\" style=\"width: 580px\" 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