{"id":3931,"date":"2013-06-21T11:36:13","date_gmt":"2013-06-21T18:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/dodge\/2013\/06\/21\/into-the-silent-sea-wins-baftas-highest-honors\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T16:34:28","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T16:34:28","slug":"into-the-silent-sea-wins-baftas-highest-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/dodge\/2013\/06\/21\/into-the-silent-sea-wins-baftas-highest-honors\/","title":{"rendered":""Into the Silent Sea" Wins BAFTA's Highest Honors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Late last night, the Chapman film “Into the Silent Sea” took the Grand Prize at the BAFTA awards in LA.
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\nWe’re thrilled to announce that the thesis film from recent grad Andrej Landin (Film Production, ’13) has won the Grand Prize at the prestigious BAFTA Student Awards ceremony in Los Angeles!
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\nIn brief, the film focuses on a cosmonaut, adrift in space, who forms a bond with an Italian radio operator, as the two work against the clock to save his life.
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\n The actors and cinematographer of Into the Silent Sea receive the prestigious BAFTA student award Grand Prize.<\/figcaption><\/figure>
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\nThe
\nBAFTA<\/a>
\n organization is the British equivalent of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which confers the famous golden Oscar awards.  The acronym stands for the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Of special note,
\nInto the Silent Sea<\/em>
\n is the first Dodge College film to win the award.
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\nThey released
\nthis statement<\/a>
\n, in part, about the show: <\/p>\n
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BAFTA Los Angeles congratulates our Student Film Award winner Andrej Landin for Into the Silent Sea (Chapman University) and the special Jury Prize winner Patrick Dickinson for Usagi-San (AFI).
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\n22 of the most elite film schools from across Southern California to submit 3 of their best films for consideration, and a selection panel of academy members selected 6 outstanding finalists.
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\nThis year’s finalists were Into the Silent Sea<\/strong> by Andrej Landin, Chapman University; Jaya<\/strong> by Puja Maewal, UCLA; Shaya<\/strong> by Amir Noorani, USC; Solidarity<\/strong> by Dustin Brown, Santa Monica College; Usagi-San<\/strong> by Patrick Dickinson, AFI; and Will<\/strong> by Eusong Lee, CalArts.
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\nThe winner of the BAFTA Los Angeles Student Film Award was selected by the Voting Members of BAFTA in attendance at the event.
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\nIn addition to the accolade, both winners will receive one year’s access to BAFTA Los Angeles’ educational and professional development events and classes. All finalists will receive a camera rental package from BAFTA Los Angeles partner The Camera House. A selection of films submitted in consideration for the Awards will also be screened at BAFTA’s London headquarters in July.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nYou can follow the film’s progress on their
\nFacebook page<\/a>
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\nTwitter account<\/a>
\n, and we’ve reached out to the team to see if we can get a trailer or film reel to share with the community.  Read the whole release from BAFTA
\nhere<\/a>
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