Excelsior Correspondent
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.
As per MERC, the films in the final round were evaluated by a jury having vast experience in the art of filmmaking.
‘Sony World of Film ‘Competition commenced’ in 2021, celebrating the best short-form filmmaking shot on Sony Cameras across the Asia Pacific, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Korea, India, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Cambodia, Australia and New Zealand,” MERC said.
The competition aims to encourage filmmakers at all levels, from aspiring filmmaking students to passionate amateurs and industry veterans, to showcase their exceptional talents and abilities using the Sony system to capture their stories.
As a national winner, the ‘Sony World of Film’ will be felicitating ‘An Unknown Environmentalist’ team with a Sony Cinema Line FX3 + SEL 1635GM, MERC said.
The MERC team of student winners will be receiving premium Sony wireless headphones WH-1000XM4 and be a part of the exclusive workshop on Sony Digital Imaging.
An Unknown Environmentalist’ has also entered to compete at international level (Asia Pacific) for which the winners will be announced around March-April 2022.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad and Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir congratulated the students for winning the first prize, hoping that the Department would continue to bring more laurels to the University in future.
Head MERC Dr Aliya Ahmad said the Department would continue to excel in academics and research while facilitating its students to actively participate in such national and international level competitions.
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