Dongmyeong University 17th Nouvelle Vague Video and Academic Festival ... Innovative Works Flood Online

Department of Media Communication, ZOOM Live Broadcast Heats Up

Nouvelle Vague Film Symposium held at Dongmyung University.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] Dongmyung University (President Jeong Hong-seop) held the 17th Nouvelle Vague Film Festival and Academic Festival of the Department of Media Communication on December 17th at Athena Studio and Room 106 in the University Headquarters Management Building.

A total of 16 videos and 9 papers and report-style assignments were submitted, and after preliminary rounds, they advanced to the finals.

The living lab project "Ten Million Audience Team" (Advising Professor Jeong Mi-young, Team Leader Lee Byung-hoon), which identified local issues and derived solutions, produced a developmental disability human documentary that received a special award.

The documentary style featuring barrier-free version screens and subtitle explanations for audiovisual disabled persons stood out. This developmental disability human documentary was screened at the 2nd Developmental Disability Human Rights Film Festival.

Fresh ideas and lively award-winning works poured out. The Newcomer Film Festival Grand Prize went to "We Will Be Okay," the Excellence Award to "20:20," the 2nd to 4th Year Film Festival Grand Prize to "The Fruit of Good and Evil," the Excellence Award to "K-Gangnam Office Worker Project," the Encouragement Award to "Bravo, my Mangmi Alley," and the Special Award to "Run Toward Your Dream," among others.

Also, the Academic Festival Grand Prize was awarded to "The Influence of Opinion Leaders on Social Media," the Excellence Award to "Mikustagram," and the Encouragement Award to "Online News Content Production on BTS's Korean War Remarks," which also attracted attention.

The Department of Media Communication at Dongmyung University (Department Head Lee Hee-seung) conducted this film festival and academic festival online via Zoom in response to the COVID-19 situation. The submitted video programs were broadcast live.

Over 100 enrolled students participated, adding enthusiasm to the event, and all department professors, including Professor Na Joon-gi, who is currently staying in the United States on a research year, also participated via online connection.

Department Head Lee Hee-seung said, "Not only did this event enhance the academic progress of students exhausted by COVID-19 throughout the year, but it also fostered unity between seniors and juniors, allowing the film festival and academic festival to achieve good results."

The event proceeded in the following order: ▲ live broadcast of all videos using Zoom, ▲ judging and review of the Newcomer Film Festival and Film Festival Academic Festival finals, ▲ acceptance speeches via Zoom, and ▲ prize drawing.

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