Huntington University came home with a number of awards from the 2022 Broadcast Education Association Festival of Media Arts.

Earning 23 awards total, up four from 2021, the HU digital media arts program ranks third in the nation among both private and public universities, according to a news release. Huntington University also took home a Best of Fest award in the Animation/Experimental/Mixed category.

“Ranking in the top five colleges and universities in the nation now for the 6th year tells me we have something pretty special happening in our film, television and film production programs at HU, both in Indiana and at our HU Arizona center,” said Lance Clark, dean of the School of the Arts. “It really is a David and Goliath modality in terms of university sizes. There are nearly 15,000 undergraduate students at Syracuse -- the other private university in the top five -- and for our 1,000 headcount at HU, that’s amazing to see how well we compete.”

Huntington University’s award winners include the following:

Student Documentary Competition
Micro-Documentary Category
- Award of Excellence: “Becoming”; Pepe Sifuentes, Huntington University Arizona

Faculty Film & Video Competition
Commercial or PSA Category
- Best of Competition: Show Trailer: “A Curiouser Nutcracker”; Phil Wilson, Huntington University Arizona
- Award of Excellence: Show Trailer: “Curiouser & Curiouser Too”; Phil Wilson, Huntington University Arizona
Promotional Category
- Best of Competition: “Glenn Frank Music Video”; Matt Webb & Lance Clark, Huntington University
- Award of Excellence: “Gives Day Video – Theaterworks”; Phil Wilson, Huntington University Arizona
- Award of Excellence: “Glenn Frank Promo”; Phil Wilson, Huntington University Arizona

Student Film & Video Competition
Animation/Experimental/Mixed Category
• 1st Place (Best of Festival): “Cupidella and the Rainbow”; Sean Eitniear, Chloe Jacobson & Kayla Knopp, Huntington University
• Award of Excellence: “Paddle Battle”; Cameron Elliot, Huntington University Arizona
Instructional/Educational Category
• Award of Excellence: “Spiderman Homecoming Scene Recreation”; Megan Hostetler, Ella Nosek, Jonathan Young, Matt Foutz & Joseph Soundara, Huntington University
Narrative Category
• 2nd Place: “Rocket Science”; Kenny Gondales, Chris Blackford & Tommy Pascale, Huntington University Arizona
• 3rd Place (tie): “Scorn”; Xander Williams, Frank Rojas, Alex Kennedy & Emily Bird, Huntington University Arizona
• 3rd Place (tie): “Toho”; Brady Doorn & Kayla Knopp, Huntington University
• 3rd Place (tie): “Upside Down”; Anika Sorum, Huntington University Arizona
• Award of Excellence: “Buried”; Stephen Donley & Carlos Hermosillo, Huntington University
• Award of Excellence: “Captain”; Rachael Berggren & Jared Weber, Huntington University
• Award of Excellence: “Standbye”; Pepe Sifuentes, Graham Young, Alex Payan & Tatyana Keller, Huntington University Arizona

Spots Category
• Award of Excellence: “World Ocean Day”; Sydni Wolpert, Matthew Raman & Nicholas Robinson, Huntington University
Studio Category
• Award of Excellence: “The Treehouse Christmas Finale”; Brody Bowman & Sam Delagrange, Huntington University
Student Scriptwriting Competition
Short Narrative Film/Half-Hour Television
• 2nd Place: “Prom Night”; Brody Bowman, Huntington University
• 3rd Place (tie): “Give No Quarter: Pilot”; Rebekah Karp, Huntington University
• Award of Excellence: “Jack of All Trades: Science Fair Showdown”; Jared Weber, Huntington University