{"id":11699,"date":"2023-03-07T12:04:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-07T17:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/?p=11699"},"modified":"2023-03-17T14:41:19","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T18:41:19","slug":"two-major-film-festivals-honor-web-series-by-screenwriting-m-f-a-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/two-major-film-festivals-honor-web-series-by-screenwriting-m-f-a-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Major Film Festivals Honor Web Series by Screenwriting M.F.A. Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BlessYourHeartTopShorts_350x350.jpg\" alt=\"Bless Your Heart wins Best Web Series at Top Shorts Film Festival\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BlessYourHeartTopShorts_350x350.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BlessYourHeartTopShorts_350x350-250x250.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/BlessYourHeartTopShorts_350x350-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\n<span class=\"edgtf-dropcaps edgtf-normal\" style=\"color: #aa214e\">\n\tA<\/span> digital video production by students in Hollins\u2019 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program in screenwriting and film studies has been cited by two renowned film festivals.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bless Your Heart<\/em>, a four-episode comedic web series written by Bri Kaisen, Michael Greenwald, and Ian Deleon, was named Best Web Series in the November 2022 monthly competition sponsored by Top Shorts, a leading online film festival that was selected by Motion Array as one of the best short film festivals for up-and-coming filmmakers. Top Shorts is one of the best-reviewed festivals on the website FilmFreeway, with over 200 five-star reviews.<\/p>\n<p>The production also earned Honorable Mention in the Best Original Story category in the New York International Film Awards\u2019 (NYIFA) monthly film and script competition for November 2022. NYIFA\u2019s goal is to acclaim films and filmmakers from around the world and to serve as the next stage in their careers.<\/p>\n<p>Kaisen believes that \u201cnone of this would be possible\u201d without the guidance and support she has received as she pursues her M.F.A. in screenwriting at Hollins. \u201cI\u2019ve completely evolved throughout the program. I\u2019ve gained confidence in my writing and learned so much from the amazing teachers we have. Hollins\u2019 screenwriting program has given me a real chance to succeed in the industry.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A digital video production by students in Hollins\u2019 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) program in screenwriting and film studies has been cited by two renowned film festivals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,130],"tags":[135],"class_list":["post-11699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-in_the_loop","category-homepage-side","tag-winter-2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11699"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11860,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11699\/revisions\/11860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hollins.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}