Film & TV Students Win Big at Production Awards

Film and television students at COM earned top honors in four categories and honorable mention in four others at the annual Student Production Awards sponsored by the Boston/New England chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

BUTV10, Boston University’s student-produced and managed content distribution service based at COM, was behind six of the eight award recipients.

“BUTV10 is back,” said BUTV10 General Manager Stephannie Joseph. “Congratulations to all of the honorees and everyone in the organization for working hard to produce quality content as we readjusted to our ‘new normal’ on campus amid the pandemic.”

Sheila Sitomer, the academic adviser for a winning video produced for the Massachusetts Center for Unexpected Infant and Child Death, said the team handled a difficult project with the care it required.

“On that first day in class, this team did not hesitate to choose this client, knowing how emotionally challenging it would be for everyone involved,” Sitomer said. “They approached the subject matter with such sensitivity and compassion.”

Winners:

• Newscast: BUTV10, Next Stop: City Hall. Sari Cohen, Producer; Alex Ross, Producer/Anchor; Chloe Liu, Producer/Anchor; Jacob Cohen, Director.

• Public Affairs/Community Service: The Massachusetts Center for Unexpected Infant and Child Death. Nick Mason, Producer; Yin (Christina) Hang; Associate Producer/Writer; Raphael Edwards, Videographer; Yubai (Nelson) Bao, Editor. 

• Magazine Program: BUTV10, Amber, Season 13, Ep. 1. Tien-Yu Chao, Producer; Luwa Yin, Producer; Rosy Gu, Anchor; Duojiao Chang, Anchor.

• Live Sporting Event/Game: BUTV10, Boston University Women’s Basketball. Jacob Cohen, Director; Daniel Multz, Announcer; Connor Keating, Announcer; Laura Stickells, Courtside Reporter.

Honorable Mention:

• Fiction-Short Form: BUTV10, Shadows, Season 27, Ep. 1. Jackson Cusick, Producer; Mia Pollak, Producer; Xiuyuan “Steven” Chen, Director.

• Fiction-Long Form: La Bella Vita Max Hakim, Writer, Director, Editor Sean Doucette, Producer; Tyler Anderson, Director Of Photography; Jiaxin Tong, Co-Producer; Arin Gökdemir, Original Score/Sound Design; Kieren Duncan, Assistant Camera; Andres Gedaly, Sound Mixer.

• Sports Program: BUTV10, Offsides, Season 29, Ep. 2. Seth Helman, Producer; Daniel Multz, Producer; Jacob Cohen, Director; Monet Ota, Host; Smaran Ramidi, Host; Robert Serafin, Host; Joseph Pohoryles, Host.

• Photographer: BUTV10, Shadows, Season 27, Ep. 2. Simran Sawhney, Cinematographer.

The High School and College/University Student Production Award Celebration will be June 14, 2022.