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JK: MERC bags first prize at 'SONY World of Film Competition'
Srinagar, Feb 18: Kashmir University's Media Education Research Centre (MERC) has bagged the first prize at the 'SONY World of Film Competition' 2022 A university student entry titled 'An Unknown Environmentalist' by Muzamil Bhat, Suheel Nissar Paul, Aadil Shafi and Suhaib Rafiq Bhat (3rd-semester students from batch 2020) at MERC made it to the final round amongst a huge number of such entries received by Sony India.
The films in the final round were evaluated by a jury having vast experience in theart of filmmaking, a handout issued by MERC said.'Sony World of Film' competition commenced in 2021, celebrating the best shortform filmmaking shot on Sony Cameras across Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Taiwan,Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia,Australia and New Zealand.
The competition aims to encourage filmmakers at all levels, from aspiringfilmmaking students to passionate amateurs and industry veterans, to showcasetheir exceptional talents and abilities using the Sony system to capture theirstories.
As a national winner, the 'Sony World of Film' will be felicitating 'An UnknownEnvironmentalist' team with a Sony Cinema Line FX3 + SEL 1635GM, the handoutsaid.
The MERC team of student winners will be receiving premium Sony wirelessheadphone WH-1000XM4 and be a part of exclusive workshop on Sony DigitalImaging.'An Unknown Environmentalist' has also entered to compete at international level(Asia Pacific) for which the winners will be announced around March-April 2022,the handout said.Pertinently, MERC students have proved their mettle at the national andinternational levels from time to time.
Muhammad Abu Bakar, a student from batch 2020, was recently selected for theprestigious International Foundry Photojournalism Workshop 2021 while anotherstudent Muhammad Fazil from the same batch won the first prize at theChandigarh University Festival KissaGoie (Storytelling) competition.
KU Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad and Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir congratulatedthe students for winning the first prize, hoping that the department wouldcontinue to bring more laurels to the university in future.
Head MERC Dr Aliya Ahmad also congratulated the winning team and said thedepartment would continue to excel in academics and research while facilitatingits students to actively participate in such national and international levelcompetitions.
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