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Two NewsDoc Student Documentaries Longlisted for the 2024 Yugo BAFTA Student Awards
My Lens, My Land by Ke Chen and Nancy Joy by Franky Dean were both selected for the longlist, which is 20 documentaries in length. The awards received over 800 submissions.
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NewsDoc alum Giorgio Ghiotto won the Non Fiction Series student Emmy for his thesis documentary, Wings of Dust
Giorgio also won theThe Seymour Bricker Humanitarian Award, given to only one of the winners, with an award of $4000. He follows in the footsteps of Shuhao Tse who won these award last year.
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NewsDoc Alum Robie Flores’ Documentary “The In Between” Premieres at SXSW
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“Wings of Dust,” a film by NewsDoc Alum Giorgio Ghiotto was nominated for an EMMY and made its MSNBC debut!
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NewsDoc Director Marcia Rock’s film, Family Treasures Lost and Found, premiered at the Miami Jewish Film Festival in January
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NewsDoc Alum Chen Dongnan’s film 14 PAINTINGS is having its North America Premiere at Sundance Film Festival
14 PAINTINGS will premiere at Sundance's 2024 film short film program.
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Newsdoc Alum Serge Kharytonau’s new venture, Frontlines of Freedom, premieres to the public.
Frontlines of Freedom is a brand-new series of broadcasts Kharytonau is producing […]
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NewsDoc Alum Giorgio Ghiotto’s Film “Wings of Dust” Shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards
"Wings of Dust" will compete with 14 other films for a nomination in the "Documentary Short Film" category. Nominations will be announced next month.
![2023 Student Academy Awards winners Lyuwei Chen and Giorgio Ghiotto pictured with their awards, and NewDoc program director Marcia Rock.](https://journalism.nyu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/IMG_0511.jpg)
NewsDoc Graduates Giorgio Ghiotto and Lyuwei Chen Take Home Two Student Academy Awards
Both alumni won in the documentary category. NewsDoc students and alumni have now won 10 Student Academy Awards in total.
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Alumni Lyuwei Chen and Giorgio Ghiotto Named Finalists for the 2023 Student Academy Awards
Chen and Ghiotto are both Class of 2023 News and Documentary graduates.
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Celebrated documentary filmmaker Nanfu Wang will join the faculty at NYU’s Journalism Institute starting Fall 2023
Wang has won the MacArthur Genius Grant, two Peabody Awards, a George Polk Award, and was shortlisted for three Academy Awards. She will teach courses, including a new one on Reporting in Closed Societies, and advise graduate students as a Distinguished Writer In Residence.
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NewsDoc alum Shuhao Tse wins 2022 Student Academy Award for his documentary “Found”
Shuhao is the 8th NewsDoc student to win this honor.